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I am currently a Serra Húnter Fellow at Universitat de Barcelona (UB) & Senior Researcher at MAiMA Research Group. My research interests are focused on the use of isotopic tools to assess the fate of contaminants (both inorganic and inorganic) in groundwater and contaminated soil, with a strong focus on experimental studies at laboratory and field scale to characterize transport and fate of contaminants as well as natural and induced attenuation processes. Current research lines are focused on agricultural and industrial pollution sources, with a special aim in the isotopic characterization of natural and enhanced remediation processes.

My academic career, with a strong focus on research and knowledge transfer and a clear international character, is divided into 5 stages:
(1) Predoctoral stage (2004-2010), IDAEA-CSIC, research focused on denitrification by oxidation of pyrite and its potential use as a bioremediation strategy for groundwater. (2) First postdoctoral stage, MAiMA-UB (2011-2014), research focused on in-situ induced attenuation of agricultural and industrial pollutants. I started supervising a PhD Thesis (A. Grau, defended in 2018).
(3) Second postdoctoral stage, UNiNE (2014-2017), scientific management and team coordination of a Swiss SNSF project focused on the degradation of organic micropollutants.
(4) Senior researcher stage, MAiMA-UB (since 2017). High responsibility for project management. I am currently supervising a PhD student about atmospheric contamination (E. Plasencia).
(5) Own research line, MAiMA-UB (since 2019). I started a new research line focused on demonstrating the applicability of multi-isotopic techniques to assess the fate in the environment of pesticides and contaminants of emerging concern (CECs). I led a Marie Curie project, and I am currently supervising a PhD student in this topic (M. Vinyes).

Activities

Employment (7)

Universitat de Barcelona: Barcelona, ES

2022-07-25 to present | Serra Húnter Fellow (Lecturer Professor - "Professora lectora SH") (Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada)
Employment
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Clara Torrentó

MAiMA Research Group, Universitat de Barcelona, FBG-UB: Barcelona, ES

2021-11-01 to 2022-07-24 | Senior Researcher (Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada)
Employment
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Clara Torrentó

MAiMA Research Group, Universitat de Barcelona: Barcelona, ES

2019-11-01 to 2021-10-31 | Marie Curie Fellow (Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada)
Employment
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Clara Torrentó

MAiMA Research Group, Universitat de Barcelona, FBG-UB: Barcelona, ES

2017-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | Senior Researcher (Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada)
Employment
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Clara Torrentó

Universitat de Barcelona: Barcelona, ES

2018-02-01 to 2019-09-15 | Adjunt part-time ("Professora associada") (Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada)
Employment
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Clara Torrentó

Université de Neuchâtel: Neuchatel, NE, CH

2014-02-01 to 2017-06-30 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Centre d'hydrogéologie et de géothermie (CHYN))
Employment
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Clara Torrentó

MAiMA Research Group, Universitat de Barcelona, FBG-UB: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2011-01-01 to 2014-01-31 | Postdoctoral Researcher (Departament de Cristal·lografia, Mineralogia i Dipòsits Minerals)
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Clara Torrentó

Education and qualifications (3)

Universitat de Barcelona: Barcelona, ES

2010 | Ph.D. in Earth Sciences (Excelent Cum Laude)
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Clara Torrentó

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya: Barcelona, ES

2007 | Certificate on Advanced studies in Geotechnical Engineering
Education
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Clara Torrentó

Universidad de Zaragoza: Zaragoza, ES

2004 | BSc. Degree in Geology (Extraordinary Award)
Education
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Clara Torrentó

Professional activities (10)

Institut de Recerca de l'Aigua: Barcelona, ES

2019 to present | Researcher
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Clara Torrentó

Agencia per la Competitivitat de l'empresa: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2018 to present | Scientific committee member (MAiMA TECNIO-certificated Knowledge transfer group)
Membership
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Clara Torrentó

Generalitat de Catalunya Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2017 to present | Scientific committee member and researcher (2017SGR1733 Consolidate Research Group (“Mineralogia Aplicada, Geoquímica i Geomicrobiologia”))
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Clara Torrentó

Ministerio de Universidades: Madrid, ES

2021 | I3 Certification
Distinction
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Clara Torrentó

Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya (AQU) : Barcelona, ES

2020 | Associate professor, tenured, non-civil ("Professor Agregat") Accreditation
Distinction
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Clara Torrentó

Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA) : Madrid, ES

2020 | Assistant professor, tenure-track lecturer ("Profesor Ayudante Doctor") Accreditation
Distinction
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Clara Torrentó

Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA): Madrid, ES

2020 | Associate professor, tenured, non-civil ("Profesor Contratado Doctor") Accreditation
Distinction
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Clara Torrentó

Generalitat de Catalunya Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2014 to 2017 | Researcher (2014SGR1456 Consolidate Research Group (“Mineralogia Aplicada i Geoquímica de Fluids”))
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Clara Torrentó

Generalitat de Catalunya Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2009 to 2014 | Researcher (2009SGR0103 Consolidate Research Group (“Mineralogia Aplicada i Medi Ambient”))
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Clara Torrentó

Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya (AQU): Barcelona, ES

2012 | Assistant professor, tenure-track lecturer ("Professor Lector") Accreditation
Distinction
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Clara Torrentó

Funding (30)

Modelling and technological tools to prevent surface and ground-water bodies from agricultural non-pont source pollution under Mediterranean conditions (NPP-SOL)

2023-10 to 2026-09 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PCI2023-143359

Source: Self-asserted source
Clara Torrentó

Advances in isotope tracing of the fate, impact and remediation of pollutants (ADVANCE4WATER-ISOTRACE)

2023-09 to 2027-08 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PID2022-139911OB-C41

Source: Self-asserted source
Clara Torrentó

Muestreadores pasivos para expandir la aplicación de herramientas isotópicas a contaminantes de preocupación emergente (PASITO)

2023-07 to 2025-06 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CNS2022-135543

Source: Self-asserted source
Clara Torrentó

Isótopos estables aplicados a determinar el origen, destino y remediación de la contaminación en acuíferos que descargan a lagunas costeras

2022-12 to 2024-11 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

TED2021-131005B-C31

Source: Self-asserted source
Clara Torrentó

Understanding groundwater pollution to protect and enhance water quality

2022-11 to 2026-04 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

HORIZON-CL6-2022-ZEROPOLLUTION-101081807

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Clara Torrentó

Atenuación de contaminantes orgánicos e inorgánicos en medios de elevada salinidad. Traslación biotecnológica (ANCOR-TECH)

2022-09 to 2025-08 | Grant
Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (Albacete, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

SBPLY/21/180501/000055

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Clara Torrentó

Tratamiento de REMEdiación de compuestos organoCLORados en la zona no saturada (REMECLOR)

2021-12 to 2023-11 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PDC2021-120861-C21

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Clara Torrentó

Dinamització i difusió de la innovació i la transferència de coneixement de la UB - Promoció MAIMA 

2020-06 to 2021-06 | Grant
Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

600262

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Clara Torrentó

ISOtope TOols for assessing PESticide faTe in the environment

2019-11-01 to 2021-10-31 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER: 837873
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Clara Torrentó via DimensionsWizard

Eines isotòpiques per a la descontaminació sostenible amb oli vegetal emulsionat EVO (ISO-EVO)

2019-10 to 2023-01 | Grant
Agència per a la Competitivitat de l’Empresa (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

INNOTECRD19-1-0006

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Clara Torrentó

Procesos coetáneos de atenuación natural de contaminantes orgánicos e inorgánicos en sistemas hipersalinos. Implicaciones para la gestión de los recursos hídricos (ANNACOR)

2018-09 to 2021-08 | Grant
Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (albacete, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

SBPLY/17/180501/000296

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Clara Torrentó

Grup de mineralogia aplicada i medi ambient (MAIMA)

2018-05 to 2019-05 | Grant
Agència per a la Competitivitat de l’Empresa (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

TECDTP18-1-0009 

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Clara Torrentó

Xarxa de Referència d'R+D+I en Tecnologia dels Aliments (XIA)

2018-01 to 2022-12 | Grant
Departament d'Empresa i Coneixement, Generalitat de Catalunya (Barcelona, ES)
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Clara Torrentó

Procesos de atenuación de contaminantes convencionales y emergentes procedentes de fuentes agrícolas e industriales en aguas (PACE)

2018-01 to 2022-08 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CGL2017-87216-C4-1-R

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Clara Torrentó

Mineralogia aplicada, geoquímica i geomicrobiologia

2017-01 to 2021-09 | Grant
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2017SGR1733

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Clara Torrentó

Autenticació, Traçabilitat i Seguretat Alimentària (AUTENFOOD)  

2016-01 to 2018-12 | Grant
Agencia per a la Competitivit de l'Empresa (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

COMRDI15-1-0035-01 

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Clara Torrentó

Grup de Mineralogia Aplicada i Medi Ambient (MAiMA)

2015-10 to 2023-12 | Grant
Agència per a la Competitivitat de l’Empresa (Barcelona, ES)
Source: Self-asserted source
Clara Torrentó

Estrategias de descontaminación de recursos hídricos basadas en la optimización de procesos de atenuación natural (REMEDIATION)

2015-01 to 2017-12 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CGL2014-57215-C4-1-R

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Clara Torrentó

Mineralogia aplicada i geoquímica de fluids 

2014-01 to 2017-04 | Grant
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2014SGR1456

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Clara Torrentó

Assessment of micropollutant degradation using multi-element compound-specific isotope analysis

2013-07-01 to 2017-06-30 | Grant
Swiss National Science Foundation (Bern, CH)
GRANT_NUMBER: 141805
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Clara Torrentó via DimensionsWizard

Atenuación natural e inducida de la contaminación por fuentes agrícolas e industriales de aguas subterráneas (ATTENUATION)

2012-01 to 2014-12 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CGL2011-29975-C04-01

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Clara Torrentó

Water harvesting and Agricultural techniques in Dry lands: an Integrated and Sustainable model in MAghreb Regions (WADIS-MAR)

2011-12 to 2014-06 | Grant
European Commission (Brussels, BE)
GRANT_NUMBER:

ENPI/2011/280-008

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Clara Torrentó

Mineralogia aplicada i medi ambient

2009-07 to 2013-12 | Grant
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2009SGR103

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Clara Torrentó

Ground Water Pollution from Agricultural and Industrial Sources: Contaminant Fate, Natural and Induced Attenuation, and Vulnerability (PAIS)

2009-01 to 2011-12 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CICYT-CGL2008-06373-C03-01

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Clara Torrentó

Aplicación de técnicas isotópicas para la cuantificación y seguimiento de procesos de desnitrificación de acuíferos

2008-11 to 2010-11 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

PET2008-0034

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Clara Torrentó

Procesos de Atenuación natural y remedio Pasivo de contaminantes en Aguas Subterráneas (PAPAS)

2005-12 to 2008-12 | Grant
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

CGL-2005-08019-C04-01

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Clara Torrentó

Geoquímica de fluids 

2005-10 to 2009-10 | Grant
Departament d'Universitats, Recerca i Societat de la Informació (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

2005SGR00383

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Clara Torrentó

"Formación de Profesorado Universitario" (FPU) Predoctoral Fellowhip

2005-04 to 2008-12 | Grant
Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Madrid, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

AP-2004-3634

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Clara Torrentó

I3P Predoctoral Fellowship

2005-01 to 2005-03 | Grant
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Barcelona, ES)
GRANT_NUMBER:

I3P-BPD2004

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Clara Torrentó

Undergraduate Scholarship of Introduction to Research for students in their last BSc year

2004-09 to 2004-12 | Grant
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Barcelona, ES)
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Clara Torrentó

Peer review (7 reviews for 3 publications/grants)

Review activity for Chemosphere. (1)
Review activity for Environmental pollution (1)
Review activity for Environmental science & technology. (5)