Soil and Water Quality in the Environment (SWQ)
The Soil and Water Quality in the Environment group addresses the assessment of environmental contamination in the soil and water compartments, and the adaptation of nature-based solutions to treat contaminated water:
- Adaptation and improvement of unconventional treatment technologies based on natural attenuation processes.
- Transfer and interaction between chemicals in multiple scenarios by developing specifically designed experiments and reactive transport models.
- Bioavailability of contaminants in soils through the use of bioindicators and the study of their transfer to the food chain through the consumption of crops
- Quantity and quality of water resources through hydrogeological studies based on the application of multiple tools (numerical, hydrochemical and hydrogeochemical models).
What do we do?
In 2015, world leaders adopted a set of global goals to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity.
Our project is part of several of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Research team
Dra. Irene de Bustamante Gutiérrez
Director
Dra. Raffaella Meffe
Deputy director
Dra. Ana de Santiago Martín
Researcher
Dr. Lucila Candela Lledó
Expert researcher in hydrogeology
Raúl Jerónimo Pradana Yuste
Predoctoral researcher. Grupo EULEN
Lucía Barbero Morales
Research Assistant
Sara Martínez Pérez
Predoctoral researcher
Gloria Teijón Ávila
Research Assistant
Cynthia Rieckhof Rivas
Predoctoral researcher
Lesly Ayala Cabana
Predoctoral researcher
Ana García Arcos
Research Assistant
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.
- irene.bustamante@imdea.org
- IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
Dra. Raffaella Meffe
Deputy director
Deputy director of IMDEA Water. PhD in hydrogeology at the Freie Universität of Berlin (2011), MSc in Geological Science at the Sapienza University of Rome (2007).
- raffaella.meffe@imdea.org
- IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
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).
- virtudes.martinez@imdea.org
- IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
Dra. Ana de Santiago Martín
Researcher
PhD in Pharmacy (2013) with European Mention and Folch award at Complutense University of Madrid (UCM). She worked for 5 years (2008- 013) as Assistant in the Pedology Department (UCM) where she specialized on the study of the distribution and availability of metals in agricultural soils, the assessment of bioindicators, and the risk of metals entering the food chain.
- ana.desantiago@imdea.org
- IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
Dr. Lucila Candela Lledó
Expert researcher in hydrogeology
Dr. Lucila Candela Lledó, Ph.D. in Groundwater hydrology. She worked as Professor at the Technical University of Catalonia. Specialist in water resources, groundwater and vadose zone. She has participated in more than 50 research projects at national and international level funded by different institutions (MICIN, EU, UNESCO, OIEA, WB, Kuwait).
- Lucila.Candela@upc.edu
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Raúl Jerónimo Pradana Yuste
Predoctoral researcher. Grupo EULEN
Graduated in Geological Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid (2017) and Master’s Degree in Geology and Environmental Management of Mineral Resources from the University of Huelva (2018).
See full profile- jpradana@eulen.com
- IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
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).
- lucia.barbero@imdea.org
- IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
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).
- sara.martinez@imdea.org
- IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
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).
- gloria.teijon@imdea.org
- IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
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).
- cynthia.rieckhof@imdea.org
- IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
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).
- lesly.ayala@imdea.org
- IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
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).
- ana.garcia@imdea.org
- IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
