Sandra Pérez Solsona

Dr. Sandra Pérez Solsona, Since February 2017, she is a researcher at the Institute for Environmental Assessment and Water Research IDAEA-CSIC in Barcelona (Spain). Postdoctoral researcher at State University of New York at Buffalo (2003-2005).

My work focuses on the study of the presence, distribution and transformation of organic pollutants in the aquatic environment, biota and crops with high-resolution mass spectrometry techniques, particularly in hybrid techniques such as UPLC-Q TOF-MS and UPLC-Q Exactive-MS for the structural elucidation of transformation products and metabolites. Development of ultratrace methods for the quantification of organic compounds, their transformation products or their metabolites in different environmental compartments by means of LC-QqQ-MS and LC-QLIT-MS techniques. For the past three years we have been applying qualitative analysis methods with high resolution mass spectrometry to wastewater, surface, groundwater samples and also in biota (fish and plants) and crop samples to evaluate the presence and transformation as well metabolism in the case of fish and plants, of polar pollutants in these matrices. Recently, she has expanded her research scope to the field of exposome. Lead researcher of contracts both with public and private agencies as well as coordination and participation in 20 projects of the European Union, National Science Foundation projects and Spanish national projects. Secretary of the Spanish mass spectrometry society since 2017. Associate editor of TrEAc magazine since March 2024. CSIC representative on the Governing Board of the Water4all Partnership (since 2023).