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María Cruz Minguillón

María Cruz Minguillón

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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
59
Citations
9967
World Ranking
3156
National Ranking
79

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

María Cruz Minguillón is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Automotive Engineering.

Their research contributions engage multiple scientific topics, especially:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Infection Control and Ventilation

Minguillón has published extensively in a range of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Environment International
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques

Some notable papers co-authored by Minguillón feature studies on air quality, aerosol phenomenology, and SARS-CoV-2 viral presence in public transport environments. Selected publications are:

  • "Changes in air quality during the lockdown in Barcelona (Spain) one month into the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "European aerosol phenomenology − 8: Harmonised source apportionment of organic aerosol using 22 Year-long ACSM/AMS datasets," 2022, Environment International
  • "Tracing surface and airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA inside public buses and subway trains," 2020, Environment International
  • "A European aerosol phenomenology - 7: High-time resolution chemical characteristics of submicron particulate matter across Europe," 2021, Atmospheric Environment X
  • "Quantifying traffic, biomass burning and secondary source contributions to atmospheric particle number concentrations at urban and suburban sites," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Minguillón include Andrés Alástuey, Xavier Querol, Marta Via, Andrê S. H. Prévôt, and Francesco Canonaco, reflecting a network of researchers specializing in environmental and atmospheric science.

Best Publications

  • Changes in air quality during the lockdown in Barcelona (Spain) one month into the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic.

    Aurelio Tobías;Cristina Carnerero;Cristina Reche;Jordi Massagué

  • Source origin of trace elements in PM from regional background, urban and industrial sites of Spain

    X. Querol;M. Viana;A. Alastuey;F. Amato

  • Spatial and temporal variations in airborne particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) across Spain 1999–2005

    X. Querol;A. Alastuey;T. Moreno;M.M. Viana

  • AIRUSE-LIFE+: a harmonized PM speciation and source apportionment in five southern European cities

    Fulvio Amato;Andrés Alastuey;Angeliki Karanasiou;Franco Lucarelli

  • Assessment of air quality microsensors versus reference methods: The EuNetAir joint exercise

    C. Borrego;J. Ginja;M. Coutinho;C. Ribeiro

  • Recreational atmospheric pollution episodes: Inhalable metalliferous particles from firework displays

    Teresa Moreno;Xavier Querol;Andrés Alastuey;María Cruz Minguillón;María Cruz Minguillón

  • PM speciation and sources in Mexico during the MILAGRO-2006 Campaign

    X. Querol;J. Pey;M. C. Minguillón;N. Pérez

  • Exposure to airborne particulate matter in the subway system

    Vânia Martins;Teresa Moreno;María Cruz Minguillón;Fulvio Amato

  • Subway platform air quality: Assessing the influences of tunnel ventilation, train piston effect and station design

    Teresa Moreno;Noemi Perez;Cristina Reche;Vânia Martins

  • Factors controlling air quality in different European subway systems

    Vânia Martins;Vânia Martins;Teresa Moreno;Luís Mendes;Konstantinos Eleftheriadis

  • Urban air quality comparison for bus, tram, subway and pedestrian commutes in Barcelona

    Teresa Moreno;Cristina Reche;Ioar Rivas;Maria Cruz Minguillón

  • Inter-comparison of receptor models for PM source apportionment: Case study in an industrial area

    M. Viana;M. Pandolfi;M.C. Minguillón;X. Querol

  • 2001-2012 trends on air quality in Spain.

    Xavier Querol;Andrés Alastuey;Marco Pandolfi;Cristina Reche

  • A new look at inhalable metalliferous airborne particles on rail subway platforms.

    Teresa Moreno;Vânia Martins;Vânia Martins;Xavier Querol;Timothy Peter Jones

  • Fossil versus contemporary sources of fine elemental and organic carbonaceous particulate matter during the DAURE campaign in Northeast Spain

    M. C. Minguillón;M. C. Minguillón;N. Perron;N. Perron;X. Querol;S. Szidat;S. Szidat

  • Tracing surface and airborne SARS-CoV-2 RNA inside public buses and subway trains.

    Teresa Moreno;Rosa María Pintó;Albert Bosch;Natalia Moreno

  • ACTRIS ACSM intercomparison - Part 1: Reproducibility of concentration and fragment results from 13 individual Quadrupole Aerosol Chemical Speciation Monitors (Q-ACSM) and consistency with co-located instruments

    Vincent Crenn;Jean Sciare;Jean Sciare;Philip L. Croteau;Stéphanie Verlhac

  • ACTRIS ACSM intercomparison - Part 2: Intercomparison of ME-2 organic source apportionment results from 15 individual, co-located aerosol mass spectrometers

    R. Fröhlich;V. Crenn;A. Setyan;C. A. Belis

  • Origin of inorganic and organic components of PM2.5 in subway stations of Barcelona, Spain.

    Vânia Martins;Vânia Martins;Teresa Moreno;María Cruz Minguillón;Barend L. van Drooge

  • On the isolation of OC and EC and the optimal strategy of radiocarbon-based source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosols

    Yanlin Zhang;Yanlin Zhang;Yanlin Zhang;N. Perron;N. Perron;V.G. Ciobanu;P. Zotter

  • Fine and coarse PM composition and sources in rural and urban sites in Switzerland: local or regional pollution?

    M.C. Minguillón;X. Querol;U. Baltensperger;A.S.H. Prévôt

Frequent Co-Authors

Xavier Querol
Xavier Querol Spanish National Research Council
Andrés Alastuey
Andrés Alastuey Spanish National Research Council
Teresa Moreno
Teresa Moreno Spanish National Research Council
Fulvio Amato
Fulvio Amato Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Cristina Reche
Cristina Reche Spanish National Research Council
André S. H. Prévôt
André S. H. Prévôt Paul Scherrer Institute
Mar Viana
Mar Viana Spanish National Research Council
Urs Baltensperger
Urs Baltensperger Paul Scherrer Institute
Jorge Pey
Jorge Pey Spanish National Research Council
Noemí Pérez
Noemí Pérez Spanish National Research Council

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