MS and PhD Students

Jessica López Darias                    PhD student

Education: BS Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) - University of La Laguna (Spain)

Thesis Title: Microextraction and preconcentration procedures to monitor endocrine disrupting chemicals and other contaminants 

DEA (equivalent to Oral Defense) obtained in October 2007

*Doctoral Thesis Project validated by the University of La Laguna in November 2009.

Estimated PhD defense: June 2012                          Directors: Ana M. Afonso and Verónica Pino

Mónica Germán Hernández         PhD student    

Education: BS Chemistry (Environmental Chemistry) - University of La Laguna (Spain)

Current Project: New extraction and analytical methodologies to monitor PAHs in food and environmental samples 

DEA (equivalent to Oral Defense) obtained in October 2009

Estimated PhD defense: 2013                                    Directors: Ana M. Afonso and Verónica Pino

Arturo Armando Rincón                PhD student    

Education: BS Chemistry (Food Chemistry) - University of Carabobo (Venezuela)

Current Project: Microextraction methods to monitor volatile compounds in smokes generated for Canary Smoked Cheeses

DEA (equivalent to Oral Defense) obtained in November in 2010

Estimated PhD defense: 2013                                    Directors: Ana M. Afonso and Verónica Pino

Carmen Vanessa Ramos Dorta     MS obtained in December 2010—highest grade (10.0)  

                                                                 Directors: Ana M. Afonso and Verónica Pino

Education: BS Chemistry (Fundamental Chemistry) - University of La Laguna (Spain)

MS: “Dispersive liquid-liquid microextraction versus liquid-liquid conventional extraction to determine polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

        (PAHs) in seawaters”

                                       Current Position: Environmental Service of Universidad de La Laguna (SEMALL)

 

 

   Current Students

   Former Students

Inmaculada Hernández Martín     DEA obtained in March 2006—highest grade (Sobresaliente)   

                                                                 Directors: Ana M. Afonso and Verónica Pino

Education: BS Chemistry (Fundamental Chemistry) - University of La Laguna (Spain)

DEA: “Uncertainty associated to the determination of heavy metals in seawaters”

                                       Current Position: Biophysics Techniques

 

 

Pedro José Batista Toledo           Final Project of Agricultural Engineering obtained in January 2003

                                                                 Directors: María Fresno Baquero, Luis A. Bermejo, and Verónica Pino

Education: BS Agricultural - University of La Laguna (Spain)

Project: “Study of the effects of the artisanal smoking process on the quality of the Palmero Cheese: Optimization of the overall procedure”.

                                       Current Position: Cabildo de la Palma

 

Pilar Crespo Llabrés                     MS obtained in  December 2011-highest grade (9.8)   

                                                            Directors: Verónica Pino and Juan H. Ayala

Education: BS Chemistry (Fundamental Chemistry) - University of La Laguna (Spain)

MS: “In situ liquid-phase microextraction with ionic liquids to determine polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in aqueous samples“