DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL
AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES
CIENTÍFICAS, BARCELONA, SPAIN (CSIC)
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Responsible scientist
Joan O. Grimalt
E-mail:jgoqam@cid.csic.es
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Institute:
Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Chemical and Environmental R,
Address:
Jordi Girona 18
Barcelona, Spain
Phone: +34 93 400 61,
Fax: +34 93 204 59
Vice-director of this Institute (1999-)
and has been head of the Department for 12 years (1986-98). His
scientific activity is devoted to the study of trace organic
compounds in the environment as indicators of natural and
man-mediated processes and/or risk to ecosystems, organisms and
human beings. To date, he has published 228 papers in
internationally peer reviewed journals, including Nature, GCA,
ES&T, Anal. Chem. and Paleoceanogr. He has edited 5 volumes
of Journal of Chromatography and 2 of Organic Geochemistry. He
has also edited the book Organic Geochemistry: Developments and
Applications to Energy, Climate, Environment and Human History
(AIGOA, Donostia, 1995, 1150p.) He has supervised 13
Ph.D. Theses. He is member of the Board of the European
Association of Organic Geochemists (1991-) and of the Spanish
Association of Chromatographists (1980-). He has participated in
52 research projects sponsored by Agencies from EU, USA, UNESCO,
Spain and Catalonia, co-ordinating 16 of these projects.
Members
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Pilar Fernandez
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E-mail:pfrqam@cid.csic.es,
Institute:
Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Chemical and Environmental R,
Address:
Jordi Girona 18
Barcelona, Spain,
Phone: +349-3-400 61,
Fax: +34 93 204 59
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Assistant professor at CSIC. She has devoted her scientific activity to the
analysis of trace organic compounds, namely POPs and endocrine
disruptors, in diverse environmental matrices. She has published
30 papers in the scientific literature, including journals such
as Anal. Chem. and ES&T |
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Benjam Pina
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E-mail:bpcbmc@cid.csc.es,
Institute:
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Institute of Molecular Biology of,
Address:
Jordi Girona 18
Barcelona, Spain,
Phone: +34-93-400615,
Fax: +34-93-204590
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Researcher at CSIC. He has spent
the last 8 years working on the control of the transcription of
the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (MIT, Massachusetts, USA, 3
years; IMBB-CSIC, 5 years). As a consequence of this work he has
cloned ADA3, one of the principal co-factors as estrogenic
acceptors in yeast. Previously he worked in the regulation of
the genetic expression mediated by steroidal hormones
(Heidelberg, Germany). He has authored about 25 papers on this
topic including journals such as Molecular Cellular Biology,
Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Molecular
Biology. |
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Ingrid Vives
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E-mail:ivrqam@cid.csic.es,
Institute:
Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Chemical and Environmental R,
Address:
Jordi Girona 18
Barcelona, Spain,
Phone: +34 93 400 61,
Fax: +34 93 204 59
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Barend van Drooge
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E-mail:bvdqam@cid.scic.es,
Institute:
Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Chemical and Environmental R,
Address:
Jordi Girona 18
Barcelona, Spain,
Phone: +34 93 400 61,
Fax: +34 93 204 59
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Tasks:
CSIC convenes the "regionalisation of lake micropollutant
distribution" work package (WP 3) and
performs all the analyses of organic compounds in the samples
collected within the project. This includes air, atmospheric
precipitation, water, settling particles, sediments and organisms
(fish and food web). This group, through collaboration with the
Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona (IMBB-CSIC), also
develops a bioassay for estrogenic and anti-estrogenic activities
using recombinant yeast. Specialist assistance with field sampling
for POPs is given to EMERGE partners where required. Within CSIC
the EMERGE project contributes to, and benefit from, regional
projects of the Junta de Sanejament, Generalitat de Catalunya
(Catalan Autonomous Government); and at a national level the
Programa Nacional de Medio Ambiente of the Secretaria de Estado de
Educacion, Universidades, Investigacion y Desarrollo of the
Ministerio de Educacion y Cultura of the Spanish Government.
Lake Districts:
Recent Publications
| Assessment of the sample handling procedures in a
labor-saving method for the analysis of organochlorine compounds
in a large number of fish samples |
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Berdie, L. & Grimalt,
J.O. (1998) Journal of Chromatography, 823,
373-380.
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| Analysis of trace polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and
organochlorine compounds in atmospheric residues by solid-phase
disk extraction |
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Carrera, G., Fernandez, P.,
Vilanova, R. & Grimalt, J.O. (1998) Journal of
Chromatography, 823, 189-196.
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| PAH distributions in sediments from high mountain
lakes |
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Fernandez, P., Vilanova, R. &
Grimalt, J.O. (1996) Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, 9,
121-128.
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| Loss of unburned-fuel hydrocarbons from combustion
aerosols during atmospheric transport |
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Simo, R., Grimalt, J.O. &
Albaiges, J. (1997) Environmental
Science and Technology, 31, 2697-2700.
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| The use of high mountain lake sedimentary records for
the study of the European environmental change |
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Vilanova, R., Fernandez, P.,
Grimalt, J.O., Appleby, P., Rose, N. & Battarbee,
R.W. (1995) In: J.O. Grimalt & C. Dorronsoro (eds.). Organic
Geochemistry: Developments and Applications to Energy, Climate,
Environment and Human History. A.I.G.O.A. Donostia.
pp. 575-577.
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