Dr. Ana de Santiago Martín
Researcher
PhD:
Pharmacy (Soil Science). Complutense University of Madrid. Spain
Research:
Transport of trace metals and emerging pollutants and their interaction with soil constituents
Joining Date:
03/2017
Address:
IMDEA Water. Avenida Punto Com, 2. Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá. Alcalá de Henares. 28805 MADRID
E-mail:
ana.desantiago@agua.imdea.org
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. Subsequently, she worked for 3 years (2014-2016) as Postdoctoral Researcher at Laval University (Quebec, Canada). Her research focused on the evaluation and geo- and phytoremediation of contaminants under several anthropogenic pressure scenarios.
She joined IMDEA Water (2017) as a researcher (Talent Attraction Programme, 2016-T2/AMB-1426), where she is a member of the research group Soil and Water Quality in the Environment, and co-Principal Investigator of the FatePharM project (CTM2017-89995-R) which evaluates the distribution of contaminants of emerging concern. She is the author of more than 25 articles and has made more than 40 contributions in national and international conferences. He collaborates in several masters, has co-directed a PhD and several MSc and actively participates in dissemination activities.
