Teresa Moreno Pérez
Director IDAEA
1121 - 1573
teresa.moreno@idaea.csic.es
ORCID:
0000-0003-3235-1027
Research group: Environmental Geochemistry and Atmospheric Research (EGAR)
Teresa Moreno trained as a geologist (Universidad Complutense Madrid, 1992), working in the Spanish Geological Survey before completing her doctoral thesis on the geochemistry and micromineralogy of platinum group elements at Cardiff University (UK) in 1999. After a short Fulbright Scholarship in New York she worked in the UK as a postdoc researcher with toxicologists funded by the British Medical Research on the physical and chemical characterization of atmospheric particulate matter and its health effects. She has worked at CSIC research institutes as an atmospheric geoscientist since 2004, firstly as a Ramón y Cajal Researcher (2004-2007), then Tenured Scientist (2007-2010) and Senior Scientist (2010-present). In 2011 she won an award from the Japanese Society for the Advancement of Science to work in Japan. She has published over 130 articles in SCI journals and contributed to more than 30 books (4 as an editor, including the prestigious Geology of Spain (2002), Chile (2007) and Japan (2016) series published by the Geological Society of London). Teresa has participated in more than 50 competitive projects, 11 of them as main researcher at both national (Ministries of Environment, Science and Innovation and Economy and Competitiveness) and international (European Union, Framework Programs and LIFE) levels. In recent years she has co-ordinated and led the European IMPROVE LIFE project (2014-2018), and the nationally funded METRO and BUSAIR projects (2013-2015, 2016-2019) on the improvement of air quality in the rail subway and on public buses. She has been the Director of IDAEA since May 2018.
Caucho granulado y contaminación atmosférica: un aspecto medioambiental del reciclaje de neumáticos
El fin último de este estudio es continuar ampliando nuestro conocimiento sobre la calidad del aire que respiramos en diferentes ambientes. Hasta la fecha no se ha realizado ningún estudio tan detallado sobre exposición a material de neumáticos reciclados en ambientes tan sensibles como parques infantiles o pistas deportivas. Este conocimiento debe transferirse no solo a las autoridades pero especialmente al ciudadano. La colaboración entre la Fundación ACS y el CSIC continuará divulgando resultados y mostrando a todos la necesidad de realizar estos estudios y el beneficio social que producen.
Entidad financiadora: Fundación ACS
Start Date: 01/12/2020 – End Date: 01/12/2021
Project Leader: Teresa Moreno Pérez
Funding: National Project
EUROqCHARM
Plastic pollution has become a global environmental and societal concern in recent years. To develop long-term solutions to reduce plastic pollution, it is essential to establish harmonised methodologies.
Plastic pollution has become a global environmental and societal concern in recent years. To develop long-term solutions to reduce plastic pollution, it is essential to establish harmonised methodologies. EUROqCHARM recognises that harmonisation for large scale monitoring requires flexibility, comparability and reliability. We will identify Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP), resulting in a catalogue of RAP procedures for nano-, micro- and macro-plastics for the four target matrices. Each RAP will be validated in terms of Technology Readiness Level to decide if further validation is needed (by ILC).
Start Date: 01/11/2020 – End Date: 31/10/2023
Project Leader: Marinella Farré Urgell
Researchers: Teresa Moreno Pérez , Esteban Abad Holgado
Funding: European Project
EXPOPLAS
Assessment of human exposure to chemical additives associated with plastics
The general objective of EXPOPLAS is to assess the human exposure to chemical additives associated with plastics and to identify: i) chemical contaminants to which we are most exposed, ii) main routes of exposure, iii) most contaminated food items, the processes and treatments that lead to greater contamination of foodstuff, iv) main sources of inhalable contaminants in indoor and outdoor environments.
Funding: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (CGL2016-79132-R)
Start Date: 01/06/2020 – End Date: 31/05/2023
Project Leader: Teresa Moreno Pérez , Ethel Eljarrat Esebag
Funding: National Project
Evaluación de la presencia y de la eficiencia de desinfección de SARS-CoV-2 en superficies y aire de autobuses de transporte público
Se pretende determinar la carga vírica en el aire y en superficies en autobuses del transporte público, y proponer actuaciones para minimizar las posibilidades de infección en su interior, añadidas a las actuales obligaciones de uso de mascarillas. Así mismo se pretende comprobar el efecto de las posibles acciones a implementar en la reducción de la probabilidad de contagio tanto en aire como superficies.
En este proyecto tratamos de evaluar y aplicar-optimizar unos mínimos para reducir al máximo posible el contagio. Estamos ante un problema general de transporte metropolitano y si consensuamos acciones apropiadas según lo expuesto serán de gran interés no solo para las empresas de transporte sino evidentemente para la población en general.
Funding: CSIC (COVID funding) and TMB
Start Date: 04/05/2020 – End Date: 03/05/2021
Project Leader: Teresa Moreno Pérez
Researchers: Xavier Querol Carceller , Andrés Alastuey Urós , Natalia Moreno Palmerola , María Cruz Minguillón
Funding: National Project
Excellence Centre “Severo Ochoa” SEV-2018
The “Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa” Award aims to fund and accredit public research centers and units on any areas that demonstrate scientific leadership and impact at global level, as well as active collaboration in their social and business environment. The Centers of Excellence Severo Ochoa and Units of Excellence Maria de Maeztu are organizational structures with highly competitive strategic research programmes in the frontiers of knowledge. They are among the best in the world in their respective scientific areas. The evaluation and selection process is carried out by an independent international committee of prestigious scientists with high impact.
Funding: : Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades