Isabel Sierra Alonso
Dra. Mª Isabel Sierra is an ITPS member since its creation . She received her Ph D. in 1998, working on the development of new food products with high nutritional value and in the optimization of chromatographic methods for the analysis of vitamins. She undertook a postdoctoral research stay in the group of Prof. Mª Luisa Marina at UAH, working on the regeneration of soils contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls through microbiological degradation (1999-2000).
Currently, she is Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and head researcher of the consolidated Analytical Chemistry Research Group applied to the environment, food, and drugs of the URJC (GQAA-MAF).
During the last 15 years her scientific achievements have been focused on the field of preparation of new advanced materials and the study of analytical applications for the determination of heavy metals, emerging contaminants, natural toxics and bioactive compounds in food and water samples.
All her scientific career has been supported with a high number of R&D projects funding by public administration as well as some collaborations with the industrial sector. It is worth noting that she is currently principal investigator of several projects related to the development of green strategies for the analysis toxic compounds in foods, aligned with European Green Deal actions, in particular the "Chemical Strategy for Sustainability" towards a toxic-free environment and the "Farm to Fork Strategy" to make food systems fair, healthy, and environmentally friendly, and in the food by-products valorization by extracting high-value-added compounds intended for food, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical industries: EVALKALIM-II: PID2022-137278OB-I00; EVALKALIM: RTI2018-094558-B-100; AVANSECAL-II-CM: P2018/BAA-4393 ; AVANSECAL-CM: S2013/ABI-3028
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Keywords:
Mesoporous silica; sample preparation; microextraction techniques; foods; waters; drugs; food by-products; valorization; chromatography; chiral separations; heavy metals; emerging contaminants; toxins; bioactive compounds
