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Spain
2023

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65
Citations
12849
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  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award

Overview

M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz is affiliated with the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science with an emphasis on pollution and its various impacts. They have contributed extensively to the understanding of pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, microplastics and plastic pollution, as well as water treatment and disinfection processes.

The scientist's work also covers areas of health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental chemistry, and dermatology. Specific topics within their research include the effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, skin protection and aging, and wastewater treatment and reuse.

M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz has published papers in several key venues known for environmental and hazardous material research. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Their collaboration network features several frequent co-authors, including Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Jesús Carrera, Cristina Valhondo, Lurdes Martínez-Landa, and Albert Contreras-Llin.

Selected recent publications by M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz include:

  • Beach showers as sources of contamination for sunscreen pollution in marine protected areas and areas of intensive beach tourism in Hawaii, USA (2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • Metallic Nanoparticles-Friends or Foes in the Battle against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria? (2021, Microorganisms)
  • Contaminants of emerging concern in marine areas: First evidence of UV filters and paraben preservatives in seawater and sediment on the eastern coast of Tunisia (2022, Environmental Pollution)
  • Oxybenzone contamination from sunscreen pollution and its ecological threat to Hanauma Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.A. (2021, Chemosphere)
  • Priority and emerging organic microcontaminants in three Mediterranean river basins: Occurrence, spatial distribution, and identification of river basin specific pollutants (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Identification and determination of metabolites and degradation products of sulfonamide antibiotics

    Mª Jesús García-Galán;M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;Damià Barceló

  • Organic UV filters and their photodegradates, metabolites and disinfection by-products in the aquatic environment

    M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;Marta Llorca;Damià Barceló

  • Liquid chromatography-(tandem) mass spectrometry of selected emerging pollutants (steroid sex hormones, drugs and alkylphenolic surfactants) in the aquatic environment.

    Marı́a J Lopez de Alda;Silvia Dı́az-Cruz;Mira Petrovic;Damià Barceló

  • Occurrence of sulfonamide residues along the Ebro river basin: Removal in wastewater treatment plants and environmental impact assessment

    M. Jesús García-Galán;M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Highly sensitive simultaneous determination of sulfonamide antibiotics and one metabolite in environmental waters by liquid chromatography–quadrupole linear ion trap–mass spectrometry

    M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;M. Jesús García-Galán;Damià Barceló

  • An overview of UV-absorbing compounds (organic UV filters) in aquatic biota

    Pablo Gago-Ferrero;M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;Damià Barceló

  • Chemical analysis and ecotoxicological effects of organic UV-absorbing compounds in aquatic ecosystems

    M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • First Determination of UV Filters in Marine Mammals. Octocrylene Levels in Franciscana Dolphins

    Pablo Gago-Ferrero;Mariana B. Alonso;Mariana B. Alonso;Carolina P. Bertozzi;Juliana Marigo

  • Determination of estrogens and progestogens by mass spectrometric techniques (GC/MS, LC/MS and LC/MS/MS)

    M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;María J. López de Alda;Ramón López;Damià Barceló

  • Trace organic chemicals contamination in ground water recharge.

    M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;Damià Barceló

  • Analysis of selected emerging contaminants in sewage sludge

    M.S. Díaz-Cruz;M.J. García-Galán;P. Guerra;A. Jelic

  • Determination of 19 sulfonamides in environmental water samples by automated on-line solid-phase extraction-liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (SPE-LC-MS/MS).

    M. Jesús García-Galán;M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Fate and removal of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in conventional and membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment plants and by riverbank filtration.

    Mira Petrovic;Mira Petrovic;Maria Jose Lopez de Alda;Silvia Diaz-Cruz;Cristina Postigo

  • UV filters bioaccumulation in fish from Iberian river basins

    Pablo Gago-Ferrero;Pablo Gago-Ferrero;M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;Damià Barceló

  • Simultaneous occurrence of nitrates and sulfonamide antibiotics in two ground water bodies of Catalonia (Spain)

    Ma Jesús García-Galán;Teresa Garrido;Josep Fraile;Antoni Ginebreda

  • Fully automated determination of nine ultraviolet filters and transformation products in natural waters and wastewaters by on-line solid phase extraction–liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

    Pablo Gago-Ferrero;Nicola Mastroianni;M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Determination of parabens and benzophenone-type UV filters in human placenta. First description of the existence of benzyl paraben and benzophenone-4.

    Jennifer Valle-Sistac;Daniel Molins-Delgado;Marta Díaz;Lourdes Ibáñez

  • Occurrence, fate and environmental risk assessment of the organic microcontaminants included in the Watch Lists set by EU Decisions 2015/495 and 2018/840 in the groundwater of Spain.

    Anna Jurado;Marc Walther;M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz

  • LC–MS2 trace analysis of antimicrobials in water, sediment and soil

    M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz;Damià Barceló

Frequent Co-Authors

Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Ethel Eljarrat
Ethel Eljarrat Spanish National Research Council
Teresa Vicent
Teresa Vicent Autonomous University of Barcelona
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Jesús Carrera
Jesús Carrera Spanish National Research Council
João Paulo Machado Torres
João Paulo Machado Torres Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Olaf Malm
Olaf Malm Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Marinella Farré
Marinella Farré Spanish National Research Council
Romà Tauler
Romà Tauler Spanish National Research Council
Marta Llorca
Marta Llorca Spanish National Research Council

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