Sergio Santana Viera
long-term stay as Catalina Ruiz research fellow
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sergio.santana@idaea.csic.es
Research group: Environmental and Water Chemistry for Human Health (ONHEALTH)
Sergio Santana-Viera is a highly skilled chemical engineer specializing in the development of methodologies for trace-level contaminant determination. He successfully completed his PhD in 2020 at the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, where his research focused on the extraction, pre-concentration, and analysis of cytostatic compounds in various environmental samples such as wastewater, sludge, sediment, and fish. Currently, Sergio holds a prestigious postdoctoral contract awarded by the Government of the Canary Islands. As part of this contract, he will be conducting a two-year research project at the renowned Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research in Barcelona, Spain. During his stay, Sergio will concentrate on investigating emerging contaminants in urban water sources such as wells and rivers, as well as studying the transformation compounds through the utilization of high-resolution mass spectrometry techniques.
UPWATER
Understanding groundwater Pollution to protect and enhance WATERquality
Groundwater plays a key role in providing water supplies and livelihoods to respond the pronounced water scarcity. Groundwater pollution is a widespread worldwide problem. The scientific and technological goals of the UPWATER project are:
-To provide scientific knowledge on identification, occurrence and fate of pollutants in the groundwater with cost-efficient sampling methods based on passive samplers.
-To develop sources apportionment methods to identify and quantify the pollution sources.
-To validate and assess the performance of bio-based engineered natural treatment systems designed as mitigation solutions.
The monitoring and mitigation solutions will be validated in 3 case studies (Denmark, Greece and Spain), representing different climate conditions and a combination of rural, industrial and urban pollution sources. Expected outcomes include amongst others updating the EU chemical priority lists, scaling-up the pilot bio-based solutions to demonstration scale, the adoption of some preventive measures in the case studies and the close-to-market development of the passive sampling devices.