Research group
Environmental Chemistry
Position
Technician
Paula Paíga holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering (2001) from Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto and a Master degree in Environmental Engineering (2007) from Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto. Since her graduation in 2001, she joined GRAQ, where she works as a REQUIMTE research technician since 2003. Her main research areas include the development of analytical methods for contaminants determination (pesticides, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pharmaceuticals, and mycotoxins) in food (fruit, bread, fish, and meat) and environmental matrices (soils and waters) using gas and liquid chromatography, and different extraction techniques (MAE, SPE, Soxhlet, and QuEChERS).
Representative Publications
Development of a multi-residue method for the determination of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals and some of their metabolites in aqueous environmental matrices by SPE-UHPLC-MS/MS
10.1016/j.jpba.2016.12.013
Determination of Ochratoxin A in Bread: Evaluation of Microwave-Assisted Extraction Using an Orthogonal Composite Design Coupled with Response Surface Methodology
10.1007/s11947-012-0876-8
Temporal Analysis of Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Surface Water and Wastewater Samples: A Case Study
10.3390/jox14030048
