Olatz Zuloaga Zubieta

Olatz Zuloaga Zubieta

Associate profesor

PhD Chemistry (UPV/EHU)
Faculty of Science & Technology

Olatz Zuloaga Zubieta, PhD in Chemical Sciences (UPV/EHU, 2000) is professor assistant at the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the Faculty of Science and Technology of the UPV/EHU since 2009 and member of the IBeA group (high yield group according to the Basque Government, 2019-2021, with 14 doctors in staff and more than 20 pre- and postdoctoral researchers). Besides, IBeA is one of the three groups that forms Global Change & Heritage unit of training and research of the UPV/EHU. Her PhD on the extraction of organic pollutants in soils under the supervision of Prf. Dr. N. Etxebarria 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 oragno-metallic compounds, firstly on the analysis of soils, sediments, and biota and then in the analysis of water matrices and human biofluids. Now 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 and exposomics. She has written more than 90 research manuscripts in international journals and supervised 11 PhDs, one in co-supervision with the Université de Pau et Pays de l’Adour (France). Together with Professor Etxebarria she has being the principal co-researcher in the last 3 calls of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. From January 2011 to August 2019, she combined research and lecturing with the vice-dean position at the Faculty of Science and Technology (UPV/EHU) and from September 2019 she is the Head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the UPV/EHU.

Publications

  • Blanco-Rayón, E.; Ziarrusta, H.; Mijangos, L.; Olivares, M.; Zuloaga, O.; Etxebarria, N.; Izagirre, U. Integrated Biological Response to Environmentally-Relevant Concentration of Amitriptyline in Sparus Aurata. Ecological Indicators 2021, 130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108028
  • Blanco-Zubiaguirre, L.; Zabaleta, I.; Prieto, A.; Olivares, M.; Zuloaga, O.; Elizalde, M. P. Migration of Photoinitiators, Phthalates and Plasticizers from Paper and Cardboard Materials into Different Simulants and Foodstuffs. Food Chemistry 2021, 344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128597
  • González-Gaya, B.; Lopez-Herguedas, N.; Bilbao, D.; Mijangos, L.; Iker, A. M.; Etxebarria, N.; Irazola, M.; Prieto, A.; Olivares, M.; Zuloaga, O. Suspect and Non-Target Screening: The Last Frontier in Environmental Analysis. Analytical Methods 2021, 13 (16), 1876–1904. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1AY00111F
  • González-Gaya, B.; Lopez-Herguedas, N.; Santamaria, A.; Mijangos, F.; Etxebarria, N.; Olivares, M.; Prieto, A.; Zuloaga, O. Suspect Screening Workflow Comparison for the Analysis of Organic Xenobiotics in Environmental Water Samples. Chemosphere 2021, 274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129964
  • Musatadi, M.; González-Gaya, B.; Irazola, M.; Prieto, A.; Etxebarria, N.; Olivares, M.; Zuloaga, O. Multi-Target Analysis and Suspect Screening of Xenobiotics in Milk by UHPLC-MS/MS. Separations 2021, 8 (2), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations8020014
  • Musatadi M., Caballero C., Mijangos L., Prieto A., Olivares M., Zuloaga O., From target analysis to suspect and non-target screening of endocrine disrupting compounds in human urine. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2022, 414, 6855-6869. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-022-04250-w
  • Lopez-Herguedas, N.; González-Gaya, B.; Cano, A.; Alvarez-Mora, I.; Mijangos, L.; Etxebarria, N.; Zuloaga, O.; Olivares, M.; Prieto, A., Effect-directed analysis of a hospital effluent sample using A-YES for the identification of endocrine disrupting compounds. Sci. Total Environ., 2022, 850, 157985. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157985
  • Lopez-Herguedas, N.; González-Gaya, B.; Cano, A.; Alvarez-Mora, I.; Mijangos, L.; Etxebarria, N.; Zuloaga, O.; Olivares, M.; Prieto, A., Effect-Directed Analysis in Hospital Effluent Waters Using A-Yes Bioassay for the Identification of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds, SSRN, 2022, SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4060471 or https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4060471
  • Lopez-Herguedas, N.; González-Gaya, B.; Castelblanco-Boyacá, N.; Rico, A.; Etxebarria, N.; Olivares, M.; Prieto, A.; Zuloaga, O., Characterization of the contamination fingerprint of wastewater treatment plant effluents in the Henares River Basin (central Spain) based on target and suspect screening analysis, Sci. Total Environ., 2022, 806(3), 151262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151262
  • Vergara-Luis, I.; Báez-Millán, J.C.; Baciero, I.; González-Gaya, B.; Olivares, M.; Zuloaga, O.; Prieto, A., Comparison of conventional and dispersive solid phase extraction clean-up approaches for the simultaneous analysis of tetracyclines and sulfonamides in a variety of fresh vegetables, Talanta, 2023, 254, 124192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2022.124192

Congresses

  • 40th International Conference on Environmental & Food Monitoring (ISEAC-40). H. Ziarrusta, L. Mijangos, A. Ribbenstedt, S. Picart-Armada, U. Izagirre, A. Prieto, J.P. Benskin, N. Etxebarria, M. Olivares, O. Zuloaga. Non-targeted metabolomics reveals alterations in gilt-head bream exposed to amitriptyline. Oral, CCI. Santiago de Compostela. 19-22 Jun 2018.
  • SETAC 2019. B. González-Gaya, L. Mijangos, M. Olivares, A. Prieto, O. Zuloaga, N. Etxebarria. Effect-directed analysis of contaminants of emerging concern in hospital effluents. Poster, CCI. Helsinki (Finland). 26-30 May 2019.
  • SETAC 2019. B. González-Gaya, M. Musatadi-Larrucea, M. Olivares, A. Prieto, O. Zuloaga, N. Etxebarria. Non-targeted analysis of xenobiotics in fish muscle. Poster, CCI. Helsinki (Finland). 26-30 May 2019.
  • SETAC 2019. B. González-Gaya, A. Santamaría, I. Astigarraga, M. Olivares, A. Prieto, O. Zuloaga, N. Etxebarria. The evaluation and selection of techniques for non-directed analysis of xenobiotics in water using LC-HR-Orbitrap/MS. Poster, CCI. Helsinki (Finland). 26-30 May 2019.
  • SETAC 2021. Gonzalez-Gaya; Garrido, I; Urra, J.; Olivares, M.; Prieto, A.; Etxebarria, N.; Zuloaga, O.; Lechuga-Crespo, J.L.; Ruiz-Romera, E. Sampling Emerging Pollutants in Three Rivers of the Basque Country Impacted by Wastewater Effluents: How and What to Measure?; Virtual
  • SETAC 2022. Naroa Lopez-Herguedas, Mireia Irazola, Iker Álvarez-Mora, Gorka Orive, Unai Lertxundi, Nestor Etxebarria, Olatz Zuloaga, Maitane Olivares, Ailette Prieto, Multitarget and suspect analysis for the identification of emerging contaminants in aqueous samples: application to real cases, Póster, SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting, Copenhague, 15 al 19 de mayo del 2022
  • SETAC 2022. Naroa Lopez-Herguedas, Iker Álvarez-Mora, Dennis Bilbao, Leire Mijangos, Mireia Irazola, Maitane Olivares, Nestor Etxebarria, Ailette Prieto, Olatz Zuloaga, Evaluation of the efficiency of a new secondary biological treatment based on ultrafiltration membranes in Galindo wastewater treatment plant.Póster, SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting, Copenhague, 15 al 19 de mayo del 2022
  • SETAC 2022. Vergara, I. Baciero, B. Gonzalez-Gaya, O. Gonzalez, N. Etxebarria, M. Olivares, O. Zuloaga, A. Prieto, An Accurate Analytical Method for the Smultaneous Determination of Tetracyclines and Sulfonamides in a Variety of Vegetable Samples, Póster corner presentation SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting, Copenhague, 15 al 19 de mayo del 2022
  • SETAC 2022. M. Musatadi, F. De Angelis, L. Mijangos, A. Prieto, M. Olivares, O. Zuloaga, A. Andrés-Maguregi, Comparison of Sample Treatment Procedures for Human Exposome Evaluation in Urine Through Suspect Screening, Oral SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting, Copenhague, 15 al 19 de mayo del 2022
  • SETAC 2022. M. Musatadi, C. Caballero, L. Mijangos, A. Prieto, M. Olivares, O. Zuloaga, From Target to Suspect and Non-Target Screening of Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in Human Urine, Póster, SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting, Copenhague, 15 al 19 de mayo del 2022

Research projects

  • Evaluación del exposoma por la presencia de contaminantes emergentes en medios acuáticos
    Entidades participantes: Dpto. de Qca. Analítica de la UPV/EHU, Univ. De Santiago E islas Baleares Duración, desde: 2018-2020
    Cuantía de la subvención: 145200 euros
    Investigador responsable: Nestor Etxebarria Loizate y Olatz Zuloaga Zubieta
  • Grupo Consolidado
    Entidad financiadora: Gobierno Vasco
    Entidades participantes: Dpto. de Qca. Analítica
    Duración, desde: 01/01/2022 hasta: 31/12/2025
    Cuantía de la subvención: 633150 euros
    Investigador responsable: Juan Manuel Madariaga
  • Desde los medios acuáticos hasta la evaluación de la exposicion humana a traves de estrategias analiticas de alto rendimiento
    Entidad financiadora: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
    Entidades participantes: UPV/EHU, USC, UIB
    Periodo: 2021/2025
    Cuantía de la subvención: 217800 euros
    Investigador responsable: Nestor Etxebarria Loizate y Olatz Zuloaga Zubieta
  • Reducing climate based heath risks in blue environments: adapting to climate change impacts on coastal pathogens
    Entidad financiadora: UNIÓN EUROPEA
    Entidades participantes: Estación Marina de Plentzia
    Duración, desde: 01/01/2022 hasta: 31/12/2025
    Cuantía de la subvención: 221250 euros
    Investigador responsable: Juan Antonio Marigomez
  • El faro del observatorio One-Health: Características ambientales de la bahía de Plentzia
    Entidad financiadora: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
    Entidades participantes: Estación Marina de Plentzia
    Duración, desde: 01/12/2022 hasta: 30/11/2023
    Cuantía de la subvención: 368000 euros
    Investigador responsable: Nestor Etxebarria y Oihana Diaz de Cerio