New open position: DR 2026-01: Established Researcher (R3) - Membrane Technology Group Coordinator Deadline: July 13, 2026. More information: https://rrhh.imdea-agua.org/en

Researcher Daniela Torruella Salas defended last week her doctoral thesis, Microbial Electrochemical Sensors: New Perspectives for Water Quality Monitoring, at the University of Alcalá. In her dissertation, awarded the highest distinction summa cum laude, the new PhD has developed bioelectrochemical strategies to detect aromatic hydrocarbons in groundwater. This resource is [...]

Three IMDEA Water researchers appear in the new edition of the Ranking of Spanish and Foreign Women Researchers in Spain, prepared by the Cybermetrics Lab of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The ranking, published on 28 April, includes the 12,511 profiles of Spanish women who research in Spain or [...]

Researchers at IMDEA Water have confirmed that membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems are highly effective not only at removing microplastics, but also nanoplastics, a class of contaminants that has been scarcely studied under environmentally realistic concentrations. The study has been published in the journal Separation and Purification Technology From left [...]

    On April 24, Sara Martínez Pérez defended her doctoral thesis, “Environmental fate and risks of microplastics in soil and freshwater ecosystems”, a study that takes an in-depth look at microplastic pollution and how these particles behave and affect ecosystems when analyzed under realistic conditions, considering different sizes, shapes, [...]