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Overview

Yolanda Picó is affiliated with the University of Valencia in Spain and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research encompasses several subfields, including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, and Food Science.

Their work addresses key topics such as Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Analytical Chemistry Methods Development, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies, and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Emerging contaminants: A One Health perspective," 2024, The Innovation
  • "Pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in environmental analysis: Focus on organic matter and microplastics," 2020, TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry
  • "Microplastics: Detection in human samples, cell line studies, and health impacts," 2023, Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology
  • "Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in a Mediterranean coastal wetland: Impact of anthropogenic and spatial factors and environmental risk assessment," 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "Pesticide contamination in water and sediment of the aquatic systems of the Natural Park of the Albufera of Valencia (Spain) during the rice cultivation period," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

The scientist has published in several prominent venues, most frequently contributing to The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Pollution, and the Journal of Hazardous Materials.

Frequent collaborators include Damià Barceló, Julián Campo, V. Andreu, R. Álvarez-Ruiz, and Daniele Sadutto.

Yolanda Picó has also contributed to books published by Elsevier BV and Springer Nature. Their book titles include Chemical Analysis of Food (2020) and Mass Spectrometry in Food and Environmental Chemistry (2022).

Best Publications

  • Occurrence of acidic pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Turia River Basin: from waste to drinking water.

    Eric Carmona;Vicente Andreu;Yolanda Picó

  • Comparing illicit drug use in 19 European cities through sewage analysis.

    Kevin V. Thomas;Lubertus Bijlsma;Sara Castiglioni;Adrian Covaci

  • Determination of pesticides and their degradation products in soil: critical review and comparison of methods

    Vicente Andreu;Yolanda Picó

  • Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in Europe quantified by wastewater analysis.

    Christoph Ort;Alexander L. N. van Nuijs;Jean-Daniel Berset;Lubertus Bijlsma

  • Fluoroquinolones in soil--risks and challenges.

    Yolanda Picó;Vicente Andreu

  • Ultrasound-assisted extraction for food and environmental samples

    Yolanda Picó

  • Pesticides in the Ebro River basin: Occurrence and risk assessment.

    Alexander Ccanccapa;Ana Masiá;Alícia Navarro-Ortega;Yolanda Picó

  • Analysis and Prevention of Microplastics Pollution in Water: Current Perspectives and Future Directions.

    Yolanda Picó;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Environmental and food applications of LC-tandem mass spectrometry in pesticide-residue analysis: an overview.

    Yolanda Picó;Cristina Blasco;Guillermina Font

  • Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry in food safety

    Ashok Kumar Malik;Cristina Blasco;Yolanda Picó

  • Determination of pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables

    C.M. Torres;Y. Picó;J. Mañes

  • Current trends in solid-phase-based extraction techniques for the determination of pesticides in food and environment.

    Yolanda Picó;Mónica Fernández;Maria Jose Ruiz;Guillermina Font

  • Screening of currently used pesticides in water, sediments and biota of the Guadalquivir River Basin (Spain)

    Ana Masiá;Julián Campo;Pablo Vázquez-Roig;Cristina Blasco

  • Determination of pesticides and veterinary drug residues in food by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry: A review

    Ana Masiá;Maria Morales Suarez-Varela;Agustin Llopis-Gonzalez;Yolanda Picó;Yolanda Picó

  • Analytical strategies to determine quinolone residues in food and the environment

    Vicente Andreu;Cristina Blasco;Yolanda Picó

  • Pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in environmental analysis: Focus on organic matter and microplastics

    Yolanda Picó;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Nano- and microplastic analysis: Focus on their occurrence in freshwater ecosystems and remediation technologies

    Yolanda Pico;Ahmed Alfarhan;Damia Barcelo;Damia Barcelo

  • Determination of tetracyclines in multi-specie animal tissues by pressurized liquid extraction and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

    Cristina Blasco;Antonio Di Corcia;Yolanda Picó

  • Determination of carbamate residues in fruits and vegetables by matrix solid-phase dispersion and liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry

    M Fernández;Y Picó;J Mañes

  • Pesticide residues in honey bees, pollen and beeswax: Assessing beehive exposure

    Pau Calatayud-Vernich;Fernando Calatayud;Enrique Simó;Yolanda Picó

  • Solid-phase extraction in multi-residue pesticide analysis of water

    G. Font;J. Mañes;J.C. Moltó;Y. Picó

  • Comparison of solid-phase microextraction and stir bar sorptive extraction for determining six organophosphorus insecticides in honey by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry.

    C Blasco;M Fernández;Y Picó;G Font

  • Determination of pharmaceuticals in soils and sediments by pressurized liquid extraction and liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry.

    Pablo Vazquez-Roig;Ramón Segarra;Cristina Blasco;Vicente Andreu

  • Chemical analysis of food : techniques and applications

    Yolanda Picó

Frequent Co-Authors

Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Guillermina Font
Guillermina Font University of Valencia
Jordi Mañes
Jordi Mañes University of Valencia
Marinella Farré
Marinella Farré Spanish National Research Council
Félix Hernández
Félix Hernández Jaume I University
Cristina Postigo
Cristina Postigo University of Granada
Lubertus Bijlsma
Lubertus Bijlsma Jaume I University
Rosario Rodil
Rosario Rodil University of Santiago de Compostela
Miren López de Alda
Miren López de Alda Spanish National Research Council
José Benito Quintana
José Benito Quintana University of Santiago de Compostela

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