Environmental Research Institute

• Emerging Contaminants & Ecotoxicology

• November’05-July’06 OX-CTA Company: specialists in Biodegradable Biocides Developing the Project: “New methods for the determination of silver in biocides samples by fast analytical systems with CCD detectors” Funding by Technology Transfer Offices (T.T.O.)
• April-October 2005 – Faro Grant: “Monitoring Scottish Wastewater Treatment Plants for the Presence of Pharmaceuticals” Environmental Research Institute, Thurso
• September’04-March’05 - Postgraduate Programme: “Chemical vapour generation and characterization of Titanium (IV) by Molecular Absorption Spectroscopy Uv-Vis, IR and ICP-AES” Analytical Chemistry Department, University of Zaragoza

Qualifications:

• 2004 - BSc Honours (2:1) in Chemistry, University of Zaragoza

• A. L. Molinero, R. Falcon, P. calatayud, D. Sipiera, D. Linan. (May 2007) Determination of antimony in poly(ethylene terephthalate) by volatile bromide generation flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Microchimica Acta, 158, pp 247-253

• Environmental chemistry
• Analytical Chemistry
• Peatland Chemistry
• Forestry in Peatland Processes

• SelectedPresentations
  • November’05
    11th Conferences about Instrumental Analysis, Barcelona
    Participation with the posters:
    1. “Titanium determinaed in plastics by photographic measurements of reflected colours” R. Falcķn, A. Lķpez Molinero, D. Sipiera, P. Calatayud, D. Liņan and J.R. Castillo
    2. “Flame atomic absorption spectrometry determination of Sb in polyethylene terphtalate plastics using a new selective gaseous sample introduction method” R. Falcķn, A. Lķpez Molinero, D. Sipiera, P. Calatayud, D. Liņan and J.R. Castillo
  • January’05
    European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry, Budapest
    Participation with the poster: “Chemical vapour generation using halides for Sb (III-V) and Titanium (IV) sample introduction in Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission” A. Lķpez Molinero, D. Sipiera, P. Calatayud, R Falcķn, D. Liņan and J.R. Castillo