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María J. Sánchez-Martín

María J. Sánchez-Martín

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
47
Citations
7307
World Ranking
5866
National Ranking
157

Overview

María J. Sánchez-Martín is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural biological sciences, with significant contributions to understanding pollution, soil science, and plant science. The scientist's work spans topics such as pesticide and herbicide environmental studies, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

Their recent publications include studies on the presence and behavior of pesticide residues in agricultural environments, notably in vineyard regions. Key papers include the 2021 study Assessment of pesticide residues in waters and soils of a vineyard region and its temporal evolution published in Environmental Pollution, and two separate 2020 papers, Organic carbon nature determines the capacity of organic amendments to adsorb pesticides in soil in Journal of Hazardous Materials and Monitoring and environmental risk assessment of pesticide residues and some of their degradation products in natural waters of the Spanish vineyard region included in the Denomination of Origin Jumilla in Environmental Pollution.

Other notable recent works include a 2021 review titled Effect of Organic Residues on Pesticide Behavior in Soils: A Review of Laboratory Research published in Environments and a 2020 publication Holistic assessment of the microbiome dynamics in the substrates used for commercial champignon (Agaricus bisporus) cultivation in Microbial Biotechnology.

Sánchez-Martín collaborates frequently with several researchers, including M. Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz, Jesús M. Marín-Benito, María José Carpio, María Soledad Andrades Rodríguez, and Eliseo Herrero-Hernández.

Their research appears often in journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Agronomy, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Research, and Processes, reflecting a consistent focus on environmental effects and agricultural systems.

In addition to articles, they have contributed to book publications including Pesticides in Soils, published by Springer Nature in 2022.

Topics prominent in their work include:

  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
  • Fungal Biology and Applications

The scientist's main fields of study are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Their research also touches several subfields:

  • Pollution
  • Soil Science
  • Plant Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Food Science

Best Publications

  • Nanoparticles in magnetic resonance imaging: from simple to dual contrast agents

    Joan Estelrich;María Jesús Sánchez-Martín;Maria Antònia Busquets

  • Efficiency of different clay minerals modified with a cationic surfactant in the adsorption of pesticides: Influence of clay type and pesticide hydrophobicity

    M.J. Sanchez-Martin;M.S. Rodriguez-Cruz;M.S. Andrades;M. Sanchez-Camazano

  • Influence of clay mineral structure and surfactant nature on the adsorption capacity of surfactants by clays

    M.J. Sánchez-Martín;M.C. Dorado;C. del Hoyo;M.S. Rodríguez-Cruz

  • Occurrence of pesticides and some of their degradation products in waters in a Spanish wine region

    E. Herrero-Hernández;M.S. Andrades;A. Álvarez-Martín;E. Pose-Juan

  • Tooth whitening: From the established treatments to novel approaches to prevent side effects.

    Jorge Rodríguez-Martínez;Manuel Valiente;María-Jesús Sánchez-Martín

  • A comparative study of adsorption of an anionic and a non-ionic surfactant by soils based on physicochemical and mineralogical properties of soils.

    M.S. Rodríguez-Cruz;M.J. Sanchez-Martin;M. Sanchez-Camazano

  • Seasonal and time variability of heavy metal content and of its chemical forms in sewage sludges from different wastewater treatment plants

    M. García-Delgado;M.S. Rodríguez-Cruz;L.F. Lorenzo;M. Arienzo

  • Heavy metals in sewage sludge amended soils determined by sequential extractions as a function of incubation time of soils

    M.J. Sánchez-Martín;M. García-Delgado;L.F. Lorenzo;M.S. Rodríguez-Cruz

  • Seasonal distribution of herbicide and insecticide residues in the water resources of the vineyard region of La Rioja (Spain)

    Eliseo Herrero-Hernández;M. Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz;Eva Pose-Juan;Sara Sánchez-González

  • Lead and cadmium in soils and vegetables from urban gardens of Salamanca (Spain).

    M. Sánchez-Camazano;M.J. Sánchez-Martín;L.F. Lorenzo

  • Pesticide residues in vineyard soils from Spain: Spatial and temporal distributions.

    Eva Pose-Juan;María J. Sánchez-Martín;M. Soledad Andrades;M. Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz

  • Modification of clay barriers with a cationic surfactant to improve the retention of pesticides in soils.

    M.S. Rodríguez-Cruz;M.J. Sánchez-Martín;M.S. Andrades;M. Sánchez-Camazano

  • Residues of pesticides and some metabolites in dissolved and particulate phase in surface stream water of Cachapoal River basin, central Chile.

    María José Climent;Eliseo Herrero-Hernández;María Jesús Sánchez-Martín;María Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz

  • Hydrotalcites and organo‐hydrotalcites as sorbents for removing pesticides from water

    M.V. Villa;M.J. Sánchez‐Martín;M. Sánchez‐Camazano

  • Field-scale dissipation of tebuconazole in a vineyard soil amended with spent mushroom substrate and its potential environmental impact

    Eliseo Herrero-Hernández;M. Soledad Andrades;Jesús M. Marín-Benito;María J. Sánchez-Martín

  • Assessment of pesticide residues in waters and soils of a vineyard region and its temporal evolution.

    Diana P. Manjarres-López;M. Soledad Andrades;Sara Sánchez-González;M. Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz

  • Effect of Soil Characteristics on Adsorption and Mobility of (14C)Diazinon

    Michele Arienzo;Teresa Crisanto;Maria J. Sanchez-Martin;Maria Sanchez-Camazano

  • Pesticide adsorption in a soii-water system in the presence of surfactants

    E. Iglesias-Jiménez;M.J. Sánchez-Martin;M. Sánchez-Camazano

  • Adsorption and mobility of linuron in soils as influenced by soil properties, organic amendments, and surfactants.

    María Sánchez-Camazano;María J. Sánchez-Martín;Raquel Delgado-Pascual

  • Relationship between The Adsorption Capacity of Pesticides by Wood Residues and The Properties of Woods and Pesticides

    Sonia Rodriguez-Cruz;Maria S. Andrades;Maria Sanchez-Camazano;Maria J. Sanchez-Martin

  • Effect of different surfactants on the mobility of selected non-ionic pesticides in soil

    M. Sánchez-Camazano;M. Arienzo;M.J. Sánchez-Martín;T. Crisanto

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Trevisan
Marco Trevisan Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Roberto Urrutia
Roberto Urrutia University of Concepción
Colin D. Brown
Colin D. Brown University of York
Gail M. Preston
Gail M. Preston University of Oxford
Silvia Lacorte
Silvia Lacorte Spanish National Research Council
Kalina Hristova
Kalina Hristova Johns Hopkins University

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