Dra. Irene de Bustamante Gutiérrez

Director

Ph.D. in Geology from the UCM, Professor of the Department of Geology, Geography and Environment of the University of Alcalá and Director of IMDEA Water. Among its lines of research, hydrogeology, quality and water reuse should be highlighted. She has participated in more than 80 projects and research contracts, being in 57 of them principal investigator, and she has carried out 32 projects for companies.

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Dra. Raffaella Meffe

Deputy Director

Deputy director of IMDEA Water. PhD in Natural Sciences (specialty in hydrogeology) at the Freie Universität of Berlin (2011), MSc in Geological Science at the Sapienza University of Rome (2007).

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Dra. Junkal Landaburu Aguirre

Researcher

Dr. Junkal Landaburu Aguirre obtained the degree of M.Sc (Chemistry) in 2004 from the University of Basque Country, Spain. She started her PhD studies in 2006 in the Environmental and Chemical Engineering group of the University of Oulu, Finland, from where she got her doctoral degree in 2012. Her PhD thesis was focused on the removal of heavy metals from phosphorous rich wastewaters using membrane technology (Micellar-Enhanced Ultrafiltration).

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Dra. Serena Molina Martínez

Researcher

She obtained her PhD by the Complutense University of Madrid. Her knowledge about material science has been complemented with the Master Degree in Advanced Specialization in Plastics and Rubber at UIMP-CSIC.

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Dr. Juan Manuel Ortiz

Researcher

Bachelor in Chemical Engineering from the University of Alicante (2002), and PhD (2009) (Programme "Electrochemistry, Science and Technology", Title: "Water Desalination by Electrodialysis Systems Powered directly by Photovoltaic Solar Energy: Technical Feasibility and Modeling Study ”).

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Dra. María de las Virtudes Martínez Hernández

Researcher

PhD in Hydrology and Water Resources Management at University of Alcala (2015), MSc in the same programme (2008) and BSc in Environmental Sciences at University of Alcala (2007).

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Dr. Antonio Berná Galiano

Researcher

Antonio Berná Galiano got a degree in Chemical Engineering (2000) and a PhD in Materials Science (2014) from the University of Alicante. His PhD thesis was focused on the characterization of the electrode/solution interphase by means of coupled electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical (SEIRAS) techniques.

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Dra. Ana de Santiago Martín

Researcher

She has a European PhD in Pharmacy (2013) at UCM. She worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Laval University (Quebec) (2014-2016). She joined IMDEA Water in 2017. Her research career has been developed on evaluation of soil and water contamination.

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Dra. Paula Elisa Redondo Hasselerharm

Researcher

She has a bachelor`s degree in Biology from the Autonomous University of Madrid and a master`s dregree in Water Quality Techniques and Sciences from University of Granada. In 2020, she obtained a PhD in Environmental Sciences at the University of Wageningen (The Netherlands), which she carried out in the Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management group.

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Dra. María Blanca Sánchez Martínez

Researcher

Dr. Sánchez obtained her M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM). In 2005, she obtained her PhD in Molecular Biology from UAM, studying antibiotic biosynthesis regulation and resistance mechanisms by antibiotic producing microorganisms.

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Dra. Mª Ángeles Lezcano Vega

Researcher

PhD in Microbiology at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) (2017), European Master in Inland Water Quality Assessment at UAM and University of Mälardalen (Sweden) (2011) and degree in Environmental Sciences at UAM (2009).

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Dr. Pablo Urrutia Cordero

Researcher

PhD in Environmental Sciences from Lund University (2012-2016), where he worked with nature-based solutions to mitigate toxic cyanobacterial blooms in lakes. His research at IMDEA Water centers on understanding causes and consequences of biodiversity change, with an emphasis on how water quality degradation affects the functioning of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems (e.g., pollinator communities).

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Sara Martínez Pérez

Predoctoral researcher

Graduated in Environmental Sciences at Rey Juan Carlos University (2017) with a Master in Ecology at Autonomous University of Madrid (2019).

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Cynthia Rieckhof Rivas

Predoctoral researcher

She graduated in Geological Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid (2017). She received her Master's Degree in Geology and Environmental Management of Mineral Resources from the University of Huelva (2018).

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Sara Mozo Pacheco

Predoctoral researcher

Graduated from the University of Alcalá obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Biology (2020) and a master’s degree in Advanced Biotechnology by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2022).

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Lesly Ayala Cabana

Predoctoral researcher

She graduated in Chemistry from the University Complutense of Madrid (2018). She got her master's degree in Ecosystem Restoration from the same university (2019).

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Anamary Pompa Pernía

Predoctoral researcher

She is a Chemical Engineer from the University of Orient (UO) ¨Julio Antonio Mella¨- Cuba (2015). After graduating, she worked as a chemical engineer for the craft-brewery manufacture in Varadero-Cuba, being the responsible in the control of automated and computerized operations.

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Laura Rodríguez Sáez

Research assistant

She has an Environmental Science Degree from the Autonoma University of Madrid (2005) and a Master in Environmental Management, Quality and Audit (2006).

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Dra. Theresa Schell

Research assistant

Theresa received a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science in 2013 and a Master of Science in Ecotoxicology in 2016 from the University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany.

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Ángel Guillermo Pompa Pernía

Research assistant

He received his Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Havana (CUJAE) and his Master Degree in Electronic Systems Engineering from University Carlos III of Madrid.

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Gloria Teijón Ávila

Research assistant

Graduated in 2006 in Geological Sciences at the University of Salamanca. She has a degree in hydrogeology from “Fundación Centro Internacional de Hidrología Subterránea” (2007), a Master’s degree in Hydrogeology from FCIHS-Technical University of Cataluña (2007-2009) and degree in Hydrogeological aspects in mining by “Fundación Centro Internacional de Hidrología Subterránea” (2013-2014).

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Colin Wardman

Research assistant

He has a Bachelor’s of Science in Marine Biology from Humboldt State University in California (2003-2008). In his B.S. he researched primary production in the microbial community Boiling Springs Lake in Lassen Volcanic National Park. During this research he was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Fellowship.

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Lorena Martínez García

Research assistant

Graduated in Biology from the University of Santiago de Compostela (2018) and Master´s degree in Biotechnology from the Autonomous University of Madrid (2019).

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Lucía Barbero Morales

Research assistant

Graduated in Geological Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid (2016) and a fellowship with the Department of Petrology and Geochemistry (2016) in a Project to investigate the pyroxenes of Campo de Calatrava volcanic field (Ciudad Real).

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Ana García Arcos

Research assistant

She graduated in Environmental Sciences from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2017), and she got a master’s degree in Ecology from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (2019).

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Daniel Franco López

Research assistant

He´s graduated in Biology at University of Alcalá (2019). In his last year Daniel was the beneficiary of an Erasmus+ grant where he was able to carry out his final year studies at the University of Aveiro in Portugal.

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Imane Fellahi

Research assistant

Environmental engineer graduated from the National Polytechnic School (ENP, 2017), Algeria. obtained an international master’s degree in Sustainable Management and Governance of Water in the Natural and Agricultural Environment by the Mediterranean Agricultural Institute of Zaragoza (CIHEAM-IAMZ, 2022), Spain.

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Daniela Torruella Salas

Research assistant

Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University Rey Juan Carlos (2019) and master’s degree in Biotechnology from the Autonomous University of Madrid (2021).

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Ana Jesús Vega de Armas

Research assistant

Graduated in Biology and Biochemistry from the University of Sevilla, she has worked with photosynthetic organisms in several research centers.

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Silvia Blázquez Hernández

Research assistant

Graduated in Environmental Sciences in 2021 from the University of Alcalá. His final degree project was dedicated to the study of microplastics as vectors of pollution. In June 2022, he obtained the title of Master in Hydrology and Water Resources Management.

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• silvia.blazquez@imdea.org
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Alba Luna Jiménez

Research assistant

Graduated in Environmental Sciences at the UCLM (2016) and with a Master’s degree in Hydrology and Water Resources Management at the UAH (2018) where she was able to develop her Master’s Thesis on electrochemical disinfection of wastewater.

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Marta Rodríguez Gómez

Research assistant

Marta holds a BSc in Environmental Sciences (Autonomous University of Madrid, UAM) with a final dissertation on Environmental Accounting and an Emergy model (Ecological Economics) applied to Spain. MSc in Hydrology and Water Resources Management (University of Alcalá, UAH, 2011).

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