Olatz ZULOAGA

(H-index: 24; UPV/EHU Associated Professor in Chemistry; Researcher in the IBea CRG «A»). PhD in Chemical Sciences (UPV/EHU, 2000). Her PhD on the extraction of organic pollutants in soils opened a new research topic in the IBeA group, which had previously focused on solution chemistry and the study of homogenous and heterogeneous chemical equilibrium. During her PhD she stayed at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle (UK) under the supervision of Dr. Dean and after her PHD she researched as post-doc in the group of Dr. O. Donard at the Université de Pau et Pays de l’Adour (France). Her research topics have focused on the environmental analysis of organic and oragnometallic compounds, firstly on the analysis of soils, sediments and biota and then in the analysis of water matrices. At the moment she is focused on the analysis of emerging compounds in wastewaters, the uptake of organic pollutants by crops grown in sludge-amended soils and in environmental omics. She has written more than 90 research manuscripts in international journals and supervised 9 PhDs, one in co-supervision with the Université de Pau et Pays de l’Adour (France). Since 2010, she combines research and lecturing with the Vice-dean position at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the UPV/EHU.