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Damià Barceló

Damià Barceló

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Chemistry
Spain
2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Spain Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Spain Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Damià Barceló is affiliated with the University of Almería in Spain and has an extensive publication record in the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans over 507 publications focusing on various subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Infectious Diseases.

Their recent notable papers include:

  • Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality, 2021, The Innovation
  • Increased plastic pollution due to COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and recommendations, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Plastic waste and its management strategies for environmental sustainability, 2021, Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
  • Rethinking and optimising plastic waste management under COVID-19 pandemic: Policy solutions based on redesign and reduction of single-use plastics and personal protective equipment, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Antibiotic residues in final effluents of European wastewater treatment plants and their impact on the aquatic environment, 2020, Environment International

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Paolo Pastorino
  • Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz
  • Hafiz M.N. Iqbal
  • Marino Prearo
  • Yolanda Picó

Damià Barceló has contributed significantly to several publication venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (58 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (18 publications)
  • Environmental Pollution (14 publications)
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (13 publications)
  • Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (12 publications)

Book publications appear under major publishers including Springer Nature and Elsevier BV. Notable titles include:

  • Water Resources in Algeria - Part II (Springer Nature, 2020)
  • Interaction and Fate of Pharmaceuticals in Soil-Crop Systems (Springer Nature, 2021)
  • Sample Handling and Trace Analysis of Pollutants (Elsevier BV, 2024)

The main topics of Damià Barceló's research encompass:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Biosensors and Analytical Detection
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Best Publications

  • Environmental risk assessment of pharmaceutical residues in wastewater effluents, surface waters and sediments.

    M.D. Hernando;M. Mezcua;A.R. Fernández-Alba;D. Barceló

  • Occurrence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in hospital and urban wastewaters and their impact on the receiving river.

    Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Sara Chamorro;Elisabet Marti;Belinda Huerta

  • Fate and distribution of pharmaceuticals in wastewater and sewage sludge of the conventional activated sludge (CAS) and advanced membrane bioreactor (MBR) treatment

    Jelena Radjenović;Mira Petrović;Damià Barceló

  • Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality

    Fang Wang;Jean Damascene Harindintwali;Zhizhang Yuan;Zhizhang Yuan;Min Wang

  • Occurrence, partition and removal of pharmaceuticals in sewage water and sludge during wastewater treatment.

    Aleksandra Jelic;Meritxell Gros;Antoni Ginebreda;Raquel Cespedes-Sánchez

  • Fate and toxicity of emerging pollutants, their metabolites and transformation products in the aquatic environment

    Marinel la Farré;Sandra Pérez;Lina Kantiani;Damià Barceló

  • Removal of pharmaceuticals during wastewater treatment and environmental risk assessment using hazard indexes

    Meritxell Gros;Mira Petrović;Antoni Ginebreda;Damià Barceló

  • Increased plastic pollution due to Covid-19 pandemic: challenges and recommendations

    Ana L. Patrício Silva;Joana C. Prata;Tony R. Walker;Armando C. Duarte

  • Development of a multi-residue analytical methodology based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for screening and trace level determination of pharmaceuticals in surface and wastewaters.

    Meritxell Gros;Mira Petrović;Mira Petrović;Damiá Barceló

  • Hospital effluents as a source of emerging pollutants: An overview of micropollutants and sustainable treatment options

    Paola Verlicchi;Alessio Galletti;Mira Petrovic;Mira Petrovic;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Rejection of pharmaceuticals in nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membrane drinking water treatment.

    J. Radjenović;M. Petrović;M. Petrović;F. Ventura;D. Barceló

  • Response of soil enzyme activities and bacterial communities to the accumulation of microplastics in an acid cropped soil.

    Yufan Fei;Shunyin Huang;Haibo Zhang;Yazhi Tong

  • Cytotoxic effects of commonly used nanomaterials and microplastics on cerebral and epithelial human cells.

    Gabriella F. Schirinzi;Ignacio Pérez-Pomeda;Josep Sanchís;Cesare Rossini

  • Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the analysis of pharmaceutical residues in environmental samples: a review.

    Mira Petrović;Maria Dolores Hernando;M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;Damià Barceló

  • Analysis of pharmaceuticals in wastewater and removal using a membrane bioreactor

    Jelena Radjenovic;Mira Petrovic;Damiá Barceló

  • Fast and comprehensive multi-residue analysis of a broad range of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and some of their metabolites in surface and treated waters by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-linear ion trap tandem mass spectrometry.

    Meritxell Gros;Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Environmental behavior and analysis of veterinary and human drugs in soils, sediments and sludge

    M.Silvia Dı́az-Cruz;Marı́a J. López de Alda;Damià Barceló

  • Contribution of hospital effluents to the load of pharmaceuticals in urban wastewaters: Identification of ecologically relevant pharmaceuticals

    Lúcia H.M.L.M. Santos;Meritxell Gros;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Cristina Delerue-Matos

  • Hospital effluent: investigation of the concentrations and distribution of pharmaceuticals and environmental risk assessment.

    P. Verlicchi;M. Al Aukidy;A. Galletti;M. Petrovic

  • Plastic waste and its management strategies for environmental sustainability

    Niyitanga Evode;Sarmad Ahmad Qamar;Muhammad Bilal;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Determination of pharmaceuticals of various therapeutic classes by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis in hospital effluent wastewaters.

    M. José Gómez;Mira Petrović;Mira Petrović;Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba;Damià Barceló

  • Ecotoxicity and analysis of nanomaterials in the aquatic environment.

    Marinella Farré;Krisztina Gajda-Schrantz;Lina Kantiani;Damià Barceló

Frequent Co-Authors

Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Ethel Eljarrat
Ethel Eljarrat Spanish National Research Council
Marinella Farré
Marinella Farré Spanish National Research Council
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz Catalan Institute for Water Research
Miren López de Alda
Miren López de Alda Spanish National Research Council
Sandra Pérez
Sandra Pérez Spanish National Research Council
Silvia Lacorte
Silvia Lacorte Spanish National Research Council
Sergi Sabater
Sergi Sabater University of Girona
M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz
M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Antoni Ginebreda
Antoni Ginebreda Spanish National Research Council

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