Final program

DAY 1: MONDAY, 9th November 

08:30 Registration

HRMS 2026

Topic: Advances in HRMS instrumentation and their applicability in environmental analysis of PFAS

09:00 Opening lecture
Diana S. Aga (Department of Chemistry and RENEW Institute, University of Buffalo, NY, US)
Isomers Matter: Revealing the distributions of branched and linear PFAS in environmental samples using cyclic ion mobility spectrometry

09:45 Keynote lecture
Juan Francisco Garcia Reyes (Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Jaen, Spain)
Studying the ionization of neutral PFAS with flexible microtube plasma source and LC-MS

10:15 Keynote lecture
Christian Zwiener (Environmental Analytical Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Germany)
PFAS in AFFF contaminated sites – What can we learn from LC-HRMS analysis

10:45 David Solomon Jalajel, Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Water Prize

11:00 Coffee break & poster session 1

CHAIR: Diana S. Aga

11:30 Keynote lecture
Natalia Soares Quinete (Institute of Environment, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, US)
Expanding the PFAS Atmospheric Inventory: From Legacy Ionic Compounds to Volatile Precursors

12:00 Contributed lecture
Sandra Pérez (IDAEA-CSIC, Spain)
Application of HRMS-based suspect screening for the investigation of the fate of mobile organic contaminants in urban blue-green infrastructures

12:20 Contributed lecture
Maryam Mallek (Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland)
PFAS analysis and removal in aquatic systems: the role of advanced mass spectrometry in supporting treatment strategies

12:40 Oral communication
Anna Barrera Duque (Institut Químic de Sarrià)
Analytical strategies and removal treatments of a broad spectrum of PFAS in Drinking Water Treatment Plants: A LC-MS/MS study

12:50 Oral communication
Natalia Sáez Rosique (Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA))
Overcoming chromatographic and extraction challenges for the determination of PMT/vPvM substances in water

13:00 Lunch break & poster session 1

Topic: Non-Target Analysis (NTA) and Bioinformatics applied to environmental and food samples

CHAIR: Torsten C. Schmidt

14:00 Keynote Lecture
Roma Tauler Ferre (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Spain)
Comprehensive Chemometric Analysis of Ion Mobility High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data

14:30 Keynote lecture
Miren López de Alda (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Spain)
Advancing Environmental Monitoring Through LC-HRMS-Based Non-Targeted Approaches: From Contamination Profiling to Contaminant Prioritization

15:00 Oral communication
Monika Adanyi (Università del Piemonte Orientale)
From arid to Arctic: Non-target screening of CECs across climatic extremes

15:10 Oral communication
Giacomo Moro (IDAEA – CSIC)
Non-target LC–HRMS/MS screening of ceramic passive sampler extracts from groundwater and river sites

15:20 Oral communication
Carlos Pérez López (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Estimating Concentration of Emerging Contaminants from their MS/MS Spectra in Environmental Samples

15:30 Oral communication
Lyen Castro (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Barcelona, Spain)
Expanding the Scope of NTS in High-Throughput EDA: Uncovering Transthyretin-binding Compounds in Stormwater Ponds via Orthogonal Separation Modes and Ion Mobility HRMS

15:40 Oral communication
Chenxi Peng (Universitat de Barcelona)
Integrated Analysis of IM-MS Imaging and LC–IMS–MS Using Trilinear MCR for Non-Target Lipid Identification

15:50 Oral communication
Carsten Jaeger (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM))
Multimodal high-resolution mass spectrometric screening of leachates from recycled plastics: what is new and what is already known?

16:00 Oral communication
Sara Abdelli (Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), University of Turin (UNITO), Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV))
Integrating targeted LC–MS/MS and high-resolution mass spectrometry suspect screening for comprehensive characterization of emerging contaminants in a legacy landfill-impacted river

Topic: Advanced Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE) and Human Exposome

CHAIR: Kevin Tucker

16:10 Keynote lecture
Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern (Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, UK)
Water-based epidemiology for community health early warning: advances in analytics and data triangulation approaches

16:40 Keynote lecture
Pablo Gago Ferrero (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Spain)
Beyond Single Samples: Mapping Chemical Transport Across the Human Exposome

17:10 Sponsored lecture

17:40 Coffee break

18:00 Keynote lecture
Montserrat Carrascal (Department of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona, Spain)
Title pending

18:30 Contributed lecture
Japhet Cheuk-Fung Law (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Metabolic profiling reveals structure-based common metabolites for liquid crystal monomers

18:50 Oral communication
Magdolna Petrics (National Center for Public Health and Pharmacy (NNGYK) and Environmental Doctoral School, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE))
The application of wastewater-based epidemiology for the nationwide assessment of drug consumption patterns

19:00 Oral communication
Ivan Senta (Rudjer Boskovic Institute)
Wastewater-based assessment of lifestyle and dietary patterns in Croatian regions

19:10 Oral communication
Rocío Inés Bonansea-García (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
Integrating wastewater-based epidemiology with socioeconomic and health indicators to characterize patterns of psychoactive substance consumption across Catalonia

19:20 End of day 1

 

DAY 2: TUESDAY, 10th November 

Topic: HRMS and LC/M S-MS applied to environmental and food authenticity

CHAIR: Christian Zwiener

09:00 Keynote lecture
Torsten C. Schmidt (Instrumental Analytical Chemistry and Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
From source to tap: Perspectives of water monitoring using liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry

09:30 Keynote lecture
Encarnación Moyano (Deptartment Section of Analytical Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Spain)
Mass Spectrometry and Ion Mobility for the Characterization and Determination of Arsenosugars in Algae

10:00 Keynote lecture
Giuliana Bianco (Coordinator, Degree Course in Chemistry, Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, University of Basilicata, Italy)
High-Resolution Mass Spectrometric Monitoring of Dissolved Organic Matter and Pollutants in Basilicata Region Reservoirs

10:30 Keynote Lecture
Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba (Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Almeria, Spain)
Two Decades of HRMS in Pesticide Residue Analysis: From Milestones to Future Directions

11:00 Coffee break & poster session 2

11:30 Keynote lecture
Núria Fontanals Torroja (Analytical Chemistry and Organic Chemistry, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain)
Passive samplers for the monitoring of contaminants in surface waters

12:00 Contributed lecture
Julian Campo (Environmental and Food Safety Research Group, Desertification Research Centre, Valencia, Spain)
Assessing organic pollutant benchmarks in a Mediterranean catchment facing climate-driven flood risks

12:20 Contributed lecture
Rosa Maria Marcé (Universitat Rovira i Virgili)
Advanced materials for the selective extraction of pharmaceuticals from environmental water samples

12:40 Oral communication
Belén Ameijeiras Lois (Aquatic One Health Research Center (ARCUS) & Department of Analytical Chemistry, Nutrition and Food Chemistry (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela))
From in-vitro to in-vivo: liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry elucidation of mammalian metabolism of tire-related chemicals

12:50 Oral communication
Aurelio Foscari (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC))
Occurrence of Tire-Derived Chemicals in Environmental Waters of the Barcelona Metropolitan

13:00 Oral communication
Laura Diaz Espla (LABAQUA)
Methodologies based on high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry for the determination of emerging contaminants in water: application to hospital effluents

ICRAPHE 2026

Topic: Remediation Technologies including adsorption, advanced oxidation processes, bioremediation and NBS for Pharmaceutical residues and other Pollutants

CHAIR: Giuliana Bianco

13:10 Keynote lecture
Vânia Calisto (Department of Chemistry and CESAM, University of Aveiro, Portugal)
Biomass-Derived Carbons as a Sustainable Strategy for Mitigating Pharmaceutical Pollution: Challenges and Opportunities

13:40 Keynote lecture
Laura Clarizia (Department of Chemical, Materials and Industrial Production Engineering, University of Naples «Federico II», Italy)
Closing the Loop: Solar Hydrogen Production from Wastewater-Derived Organics

14:10 Lunch break & poster session 2

15:00 Keynote lecture
Joan O. Grimalt (Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Spain)
Assessment of the health status of the Ebro River after remediation of the dumped waste from a chlor-alkali plant

15:30 Sponsored lecture

16:00 Contributed lecture
Paola Verlicchi (University of Ferrara, Italy)
Release of a quaternary effluent on a water body – Assessment of its environmental impact mitigation by natural attenuation processes

16:20 Contributed lecture
Henry Zúñiga-Benítez (University of Antioquia, Colombia)
Removal of pharmaceuticals from synthetic human urine using ozone-based advanced oxidation processes

16:40 Oral communication
Amira Mama Addou (Shanghai University)
Mechanistic role of superoxide radical for the degradation of sulfamethoxazole in a BC-nZVI derived system: Performance, transformation pathways, and reaction mechanism

16:50 Oral communication
Ana Rita Alves (REQUIMTE/LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal)
Selection and Preliminary Evaluation of Biomass and Sludge-Derived Biochars for Pharmaceutical Removal from Wastewater

Topic: Risk Assessment and Sustainable Management of Pharmaceuticals and other Emerging Contaminants-first session

Chair: Antoni Ginebreda

17:00 Keynote lecture
Demetris F. Lekkas (Waste Management Laboratory, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Greece)
Integrating environmental data with dynamic modelling for urban water risk assessment

17:30 Coffee break

17:50 Contributed lecture
María Martínez Valladares (CSIC – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Instituto de Ganadería de Montaña)
COST Action ENVIRANT: Anthelmintics, from its farming use to the environment

18:10 Contributed lecture
Rosa Freitas (University of Aveiro)
Beyond Antibiotic Exposure: Salinity Modulates Oxytetracycline Toxicity in Mytilus galloprovincialis

18:30 Contributed lecture
Nicola Montemurro (Institute of Environmental Assessment and WaterResearch (IDAEA-CSIC). Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
From Water to Eel Tissues: LC–HRMS/MS Characterization of Emerging Contaminant Exposure across Mediterranean Aquatic Systems

18:50 Oral communication
Leonid Antonov (Dublin City University)
Pharmaceutical-containing pollutant mixtures in freshwater: independent action predicts acute lethality while sub-lethal endpoints reveal masking in Daphnia magna

19:00 Oral communication
Lesly Ayala Cabana (IMDEA Water Institute)
Beyond the aquatic compartment: persistent, mobile and toxic pharmaceuticals in wastewater-impacted agroecosystems — field evidence for integrated health risk assessment

19:10 Oral communication
Diana Bordalo (Universidade de Aveiro)
Will warmer summers increase the impact of UV filters on marine bivalves?

19:20 End of day 2

20:00 Dinner at Restaurant la Poma (la Rambla 117)

 

DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, 11th November 

Topic: Risk Assessment and Sustainable Management of Pharmaceuticals and other Emerging Contaminants-second session

CHAIR: Natalia Soares Quinete

09:00 Keynote lecture
Kevin Tucker (Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, US)
Toxicological Impacts of Environmentally Relevant Pharmaceuticals: Bioconcentration, Tissue-Specific Distribution, and Ecological Implications Revealed by Advanced Mass Spectrometry

09:30 Keynote lecture
Vicente Andreu Pérez (Universitat de València – CSIC (CIDE), Spain)
Contrasting Mediterranean coastal wetlands: emerging contaminants environmental interactions

10:00 Keynote lecture
Antoni Ginebreda (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Spain)
New chemometric approaches on the occurrence and risk assessement modelling of pharmaceuticals in the freshwater environment

10:30 Keynote lecture
Emili Esteve (Technical Department, Farmaindustria, Spain)
Fair, efficient, and sustainable management of urban wastewater without compromising access to medicinal products

11:00 Sponsored lecture

11:30 Coffee break

CHAIR: Damia Barcelo

12:00
Topic: Panel discussion on Risk and Sustainable Management of Pharmaceuticals under the new Urban WasteWater Directive from November 2024
Antoni Ginebreda (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Spain)
Demetris F. Lekkas (Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Spain)
Emili Esteve (Technical Department, Farmaindustria, Spain)
Miquel Salgot (Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Catalonia, Spain)
Paola Verlicchi (University of Ferrara, Italy)
Marc Moliner (Catalan Water Agency, Spain)

13:00 Awards and closing ceremony

13:30 End of the workshop

POSTER SESSION 1 – HRMS 2026 (MONDAY, 9th November)

S1-1 Monika Adanyi (Università del Piemonte Orientale)
Beyond grab sampling: Monitoring CECs in wastewater effluent using Affinisep AttractSPE membranes

S1-2 Ruben Ballesteros (Aigües de Barcelona)
Glyphosate and AMPA in source water and drinking water: occurrence, fate, and treatment implications in Barcelona (Spain)

S1-3 Mohamed El-sheikh (Botany & Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)
Assessing the Presence of Pesticides, Pharmaceuticals, and Personal Care Residuals in Water, Soil, and Plants in Riyadh Urban Ecosystem, Saudi Arabia

S1-4 Júlia Marsol Clop (Aigües de Barcelona)
Comparative distribution of linear and branched PFAS isomers in water treatment

S1-5 Maria Mendoza Manzano (Florida International University)
Occurrence and depth-related distribution of PFAS in the deep-sea shrimp Eurythenes atacamensis from the Atacama Trench

S1-6 Dana Orlando-Véliz (IDAEA-CSIC)
Comprehensive profiling of contaminants of emerging concern in northern Antarctic Peninsula waters through liquid chromatography–ion mobility–high-resolution mass spectrometry

S1-7 Dana Orlando-Véliz ( IDAEA-CSIC)
Development of an LC-HRMS analytical method for organic micropollutants indicators established in the recently adopted urban wastewater Directive

S1-8 Deepanshu Wadhwa (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)
Nontarget Screening and Quantification of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Yamuna River

S1-9 Junwu Xiong (Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA))
Diffusive Gradients in Thin-films (DGT) as a Time-Integrated Tool for Monitoring Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater

S1-10 Tin Županović (Rudjer Boskovic Institute)
Wastewater-based assessment of pharmaceutical use in Croatia: regional differences and the importance of conjugates

S1-11  Jianru Stahl-Zeng (SCIEX)
Ultra-Sensitive Quantitation and Targeted/Non-Targeted Analysis of Pharmaceuticals, Pesticides and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Water Using the SCIEX ZenoTOF 8600 System

S1-12  Jianru Stahl-Zeng (SCIEX)
Ultra-Sensitive Quantitation and Targeted/Non-Targeted Analysis of Pharmaceuticals, Pesticides and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Water Using the SCIEX ZenoTOF 8600 System

POSTER SESSION 2 – ICRAPHE 2026 (TUESDAY, 10th November)

S2-1 Ana Rita Alves (REQUIMTE/LAQV, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal)
Influence of Biomass Feedstock on the Biochar Physicochemical Properties and Adsorption Performance of Pharmaceuticals

S2-2 Leire Besga-Oyanarte (IMDEA Water)
Antimicrobial resistance genes and potential co-selective pressures under unplanned water reuse across the water–soil–plant continuum

S2-3 Benouareth Djamel Eddine (Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biology (LBMC), Biology Department, Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences, Earth and Universe Sciences. University 8 Mai 1945 Guelma, BP 401 Guelma 24000, Algeria)
Bioremediation of Municipal Sewage Sludge: The Role of Bacteria in Organic Degradation and Heavy Metal Immobilization

S2-4 Filomena Lelario (University of Basilicata)
Comparative removal of erectile dysfunction pharmaceuticals from water using microwave-activated carbon and organically modified montmorillonite

S2-5 Petra Matoušková (Charles University, Faculty of Pharmacy)
The metabolic adaptation of Haemonchus contortus to fenbendazole

S2-6 Erik Mestanza-Castelltort (IDAEA CSIC)
Identification of Pharmaceutical Transformation Products in Reactors Simulating Natural Aquifer Conditions Using HRMS Suspect Screening

S2-7 Maria Fernanda Nogueira (Grupo de Reação e Análises Químicas (GRAQ))
Influence of Matrix Effects on the QuEChERS Extraction of Pharmaceuticals from Wastewater Sludge

S2-8 Goreti Pereira (Department of Chemistry & CESAM, University of Aveiro)
Silver Telluride Nanocrystals as Amplifiers for Pharmaceuticals Monitoring by SEIRA

S2-9 Lucie Raisová Stuchlíková (Department of Biochemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, Charles University)
Environmental residues of albendazole drug induce adaptive changes in Caenorhabditis elegans