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Environmental Sciences
Spain
2023

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Environmental Sciences

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83
Citations
23331
World Ranking
842
National Ranking
17

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

Overview

Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz is affiliated with the Catalan Institute for Water Research in Spain and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, with a specific focus on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, and Pharmacology. Their research addresses various aspects of environmental contamination, particularly related to pharmaceuticals, antibiotics, and microplastics.

Their work covers key topics including:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Analytical Chemistry Methods Development
  • Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Their recent notable publications include:

  • "Antibiotic residues in final effluents of European wastewater treatment plants and their impact on the aquatic environment" (2020), published in Environment International
  • "Microplastics in Mediterranean coastal area: toxicity and impact for the environment and human health" (2020), published in Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry
  • "Distribution of antibiotics in water, sediments and biofilm in an urban river (Córdoba, Argentina, LA)" (2020), published in Environmental Pollution
  • "New insights on the combined removal of antibiotics and ARGs in urban wastewater through the use of two configurations of vertical subsurface flow constructed wetlands" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Microplastics as vectors of pharmaceuticals in aquatic organisms - An overview of their environmental implications" (2021), published in Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Some of the frequent co-authors across their publications are:

  • Damià Barceló
  • Lúcia H.M.L.M. Santos
  • Gianluigi Buttiglieri
  • Adrián Jaén-Gil
  • Rubén Gil-Solsona

Rodríguez-Mozaz's research has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environment International
  • Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Best Publications

  • 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

  • Microplastics in freshwater ecosystems: what we know and what we need to know

    Martin Wagner;Christian Scherer;Diana Alvarez-Muñoz;Nicole Brennholt

  • 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

  • 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

  • Antibiotic residues in final effluents of European wastewater treatment plants and their impact on the aquatic environment

    Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Ivone Vaz-Moreira;Saulo Varela Della Giustina;Marta Llorca

  • Biosensors as useful tools for environmental analysis and monitoring

    Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Maria J. Lopez de Alda;Damià Barceló

  • Antibiotic resistance in European wastewater treatment plants mirrors the pattern of clinical antibiotic resistance prevalence

    Katariina M. M. Pärnänen;Carlos Narciso-da-Rocha;David Kneis;Thomas U. Berendonk

  • Monitoring of estrogens, pesticides and bisphenol A in natural waters and drinking water treatment plants by solid-phase extraction-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Maria J López de Alda;Damià Barceló

  • Rapid analysis of multiclass antibiotic residues and some of their metabolites in hospital, urban wastewater and river water by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole-linear ion trap tandem mass spectrometry.

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

  • Advantages and limitations of on-line solid phase extraction coupled to liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry technologies versus biosensors for monitoring of emerging contaminants in water.

    Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Maria J. Lopez de Alda;Damià Barceló

  • Exploring the links between antibiotic occurrence, antibiotic resistance, and bacterial communities in water supply reservoirs

    Belinda Huerta;Elisabet Marti;Meritxell Gros;Pilar López

  • Removal of emerging contaminants from municipal wastewater with an integrated membrane system, MBR-RO.

    Davor Dolar;Meritxell Gros;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Jordi Moreno

  • Biosensors for environmental monitoring: A global perspective

    Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Maria J López de Alda;Maria-Pilar Marco;Damià Barceló

  • Biosensors for environmental applications: Future development trends

    S. Rodriguez-Mozaz;M.-P. Marco;M. J. Lopez de Alda;D. Barceló

  • Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds in macroalgaes, bivalves, and fish from coastal areas in Europe

    D. Álvarez-Muñoz;S. Rodríguez-Mozaz;A.L. Maulvault;A. Tediosi

  • Hospital wastewater treatment by fungal bioreactor: removal efficiency for pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptor compounds.

    Carles Cruz-Morató;Daniel Lucas;Marta Llorca;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz

  • Pharmaceuticals occurrence in a WWTP with significant industrial contribution and its input into the river system.

    N. Collado;S. Rodriguez-Mozaz;M. Gros;A. Rubirola

  • Incidence of anticancer drugs in an aquatic urban system: From hospital effluents through urban wastewater to natural environment

    L. Ferrando-Climent;S. Rodriguez-Mozaz;D. Barceló

  • Degradation of pharmaceuticals in non-sterile urban wastewater by Trametes versicolor in a fluidized bed bioreactor.

    Carles Cruz-Morató;Laura Ferrando-Climent;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Seasonal distribution of pharmaceuticals in marine water and sediment from a Mediterranean coastal lagoon (SE Spain).

    R. Moreno-González;S. Rodriguez-Mozaz;M. Gros;D. Barceló

  • Picogram per Liter Level Determination of Estrogens in Natural Waters and Waterworks by a Fully Automated On-Line Solid-Phase Extraction-Liquid Chromatography-Electrospray Tandem Mass Spectrometry Method

    Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Maria J. Lopez De Alda;Damia Barcelo

  • Biosensors for environmental monitoringA global perspective

    S Rodriguezmozaz;M Alda;M Marco;D Barcelo

Frequent Co-Authors

Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Sergi Sabater
Sergi Sabater University of Girona
Meritxell Gros
Meritxell Gros Catalan Institute for Water Research
Marta Llorca
Marta Llorca Spanish National Research Council
Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda
Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda University of Girona
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Teresa Vicent
Teresa Vicent Autonomous University of Barcelona
Montserrat Sarrà
Montserrat Sarrà Autonomous University of Barcelona
Vicenç Acuña
Vicenç Acuña Catalan Institute for Water Research
José Luis Balcázar
José Luis Balcázar Catalan Institute for Water Research

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