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Prof Castillo was Emeritus Full Professor in the Analytical Chemistry Department and member of the Environmental Science Institute of the University of Zaragoza.He got the BSC (1970) and the PhD (1974) degree chemistry with doctorate award.

He was Assistant (1972-74), Associated (1974-82), and full professor since 1982 in the University of Zaragoza. He was involved in Analytical Chemistry teaching from 1972.

Prof Castillo was visiting researcher and professor in Southampton University (UK) 1979, Cincinnati University (USA) 2001-02, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) 2004-05.

He founded the Environmental Science Institute (IUCA) of the University of Zaragoza in 2008 and headed it until his retirement date in September 2016, being named Emeritus Full Professor. He was also head of the research group in Analytical Spectroscopy and Sensors from 1982 to 2016.

He was author or coauthor of more than 320 papers indexed in the JCR of the WOS, 4 books and 5 chapters.

Prof Castillo coordinated 26 national projects, 3 European projects, as well as 34 contracts with private companies. He was supervisor of 40 PhD and presented more than 600 contributions and lectures in domestic and international conferences.

His main research topics are listed in this web site, and they are mainly new Analytical Techniques and Methods in Environmental Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Nanometrology) and Electrochemical Biosensors.

Prof. JR Castillo was an experienced sailor and skier, and he was an unconditional supporter of the Real Madrid football team.

Eduardo Bolea obtained his PhD degree in 2002 from University of Zaragoza (Spain). After graduating he joined the staff as a Lecturer (associated professor) in Analytical Chemistry at the same University, enjoying different post-doctoral stays at the National Research Council of Canada\, Ghent University (Belgium) and the Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Germany). Since 2010 he is professor in the Analytical Chemistry Department at the University of Zaragoza. His research interest is the Environmental Analytical Nanometrology, which involves the characterization, identification and quantification of both natural particles and antropogenic nanomaterials in complex systems. Special attention is devoted to the determination of metal-based nanoparticles present in consumer products and their identification and characterization in different media of environmental interest by Asymmetric Flow Field-Flow Fractionation (AsFlFFF) coupled to ICP-MS. Also the study of natural colloids as nanovectors of contaminants in natural systems is another area of research.

 

María S. Jiménez is a member of the GEAS group since the early 90’s. She started her researching walking as grant holder and got her PhD in 1994. This year began her teaching working as assistant professor in the Analytical Chemistry Department until the end of 1997. Since then, she is associate professor in the same department of the University of Zaragoza.

Different researching fields are included in her scientific experience. The first period was dedicated to the development of Flow Techniques (FIA) and Sample Introduction Systems to Atomic Spectrometry and inorganic Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS). The second period was focused on Speciation Analysis working with Electrophoretic techniques and Laser Ablation as introduction system to ICP-MS.

Nowadays her researching field is mainly the development of characterization methods of Nanomaterials (and derivatives species) by using separation techniques such as Electrophoresis and Hydrodynamic Chromatography and ICP-MS (or SP-ICP-MS) as detection techiques.

PhD: analytical science in chemistry, University of Zaragoza
Thesis title: Toward a sustainable use of new nanobactericides in the frontier of fight with antimicrobial resistance
In September 2019, the first stage researcher Khaoula Ben jeddou joined the GEAS group and was awarded a pre-doctoral contract in part of the IberusTalent call within the Agri-Food and Nutrition Area and for the research line presented by the the Iberus excellence action group: “Towards a sustainable use of new nanobactericides in the frontier of antimicrobial resistance”, of which Prof. Juan R.Castillo is the principal investigator. This project has received funding from the European Union´s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklowdowska-Curie grant agreement Nº 801586″ and this project has also received funding from the University of Zaragoza- Mecenazgo Santander.

The IberusTalent project is financed by the Marie Slodowska Curie action. The researcher Khaoula Ben Jeddou has a degree in experimental and analytical Biology and has completed two masters, one in Biology and environment and one in food quality and chemistry of natural products. Her doctoral thesis work will be on the development of new nanobactericides with greater capacities and less harm to the environment in the area of influence of the Iberus Campus of international excellence (Ebro valley).