María Cruz Minguillón Bengochea
932557585 - int: 437769
mariacruz.minguillon@idaea.csic.es
ORCID:
0000-0002-5464-0391
Research group: Environmental Geochemistry and Atmospheric Research (EGAR)
Service: Atmospheric Monitoring Network
Dr María Cruz Minguillón (female) is a tenure scientist at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), CSIC. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science (2007, Doctorate Extraordinary Prize). She was Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Southern California, USA, and at Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland. She is expert in air pollution monitoring, including characterization, monitoring and assessment of ambient and indoor air quality, with a special focus on carbonaceous aerosols. She coordinates the COST Action CA16109 COLOSSAL on fine aerosols using high time resolution techniques (80 partners from 34 countries). She has been PI in a national project and co-PI in a Marie Curie ITN, and participated in more than 25 national and international projects. She is member of CEN European Working Groups. She organized international training schools. She is reviewer for 25 SCI journals and project proposal evaluator for entities in >5 countries. She conducted dissemination activities and provides advice to administrations such as European Commission, and National and Regional Governments in Spain. She is Scientist at IDAEA-CSIC with 82 SCI research articles, h-index = 36, 2 supervised PhD thesis and 1 ongoing.
RI-URBANS
Research Infrastructures Services Reinforcing Air Quality Monitoring Capacities in European Urban & Industrial AreaS
The project aims to demonstrate how service tools from atmospheric research infrastructures can be adapted and enhanced to better address the challenges and societal needs concerning air quality in European cities and industrial hotspots. RI-URBANS responds to urgent needs to substantially reduce air pollution across the European Union by providing enhanced air quality observations in support of advanced air quality policy assessment.
We develop and enhance synergies between Air Quality Monitoring Networks (AQMNs) and research infrastructures in the atmospheric domain and combine advanced scientific knowledge and innovative technologies to develop pilot service tools. These will enhance the AQMNs capacity to evaluate, predict and support policies for abating urban air pollution. RI-URBANS deploys tools and information systems in the hands of citizens and communities to support decision-making by AQ managers and regulators. The focus is on ambient nanoparticles and atmospheric particulate matter, their sizes, constituents, source contributions, and gaseous precursors. RI-URBANS will evaluate novel air quality parameters, source contributions, and their associated health effects to demonstrate the European added value of implementing such service tools.
Funded by the European Commission’s call “European Research Infrastructures capacities and services to address European Green Deal challenges (LC-GD-9-1-2020)”