Research group
Environmental Chemistry
Position
Researcher
Virgínia graduated in Chemistry, 2005; Master’s degree in Environmental Sciences, 2008; and a Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2012. Since 2005 until now, her nuclear scientific area is analytical chemistry namely analysis of pesticides and other contaminants in food, human and environmental samples. Her research addressed all aspects of the analytical process and data processing using many types of analytical techniques applied in novel and useful ways.
She is Researcher at REQUIMTE/LAQV-ISEP and Invited Professor at ISEP. She is the author of 60 publications in international peer journals, 8 book chapters, editor of 2 books, supervised 4 Ph.D., 21 MSc, and 15 BSc, and collaborator in 23 R&D projects.
Representative Publications
Iodine Status and Iodised Salt Consumption in Portuguese School-Aged Children: The Iogeneration Study
10.3390/nu9050458
Persistent organic pollutant levels in human visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue in obese individuals-Depot differences and dysmetabolism implications
10.1016/j.envres.2014.05.026
Analysis of pesticide residues in strawberries and soils by GC-MS/MS,LC-MS/MS and twodimensional GC-time-of-flight MS comparing organic and integrated pest management farming
10.1080/19440049.2013.865842
Evaluation of organochlorine pesticides levels in human visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue of residents in Portugal (Abstract:T4: PO.98)
10.1111/j.1467-789x.2010.00763_7.x
Assessing the ecological status of fluvial ecosystems employing a macroinvertebrate multi-taxon and multi-biomarker approach
10.1007/s10661-019-7629-3
Pesticide residues in Portuguese strawberries grown in 2009-2010 using integrated pest management and organic farming
10.1007/s11356-012-0934-9
Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Strawberries from Integrated Pest Management and Organic Farming
10.1021/jf103899r
Magnetic dispersive micro solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography determination of organophosphorus pesticides in strawberries
10.1016/j.chroma.2018.06.045
Evaluation of the QuEChERS and magnetic micro dispersive solid-phase extraction of brominated flame retardants in red fruits with determination by GC/MS
10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.125572
Improved QuEChERS for Analysis of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Novel Brominated Flame Retardants in Capsicum Cultivars Using Gas Chromatography
10.1021/acs.jafc.9b07041
