We would like to invite all doctoral students to the guest lectures given by Prof. Amadeo Rodriguez Fernández-Alba from University of Almeria, Spain.
„When more is more in pesticide residue analysis”
Date: 22/05/2026
Time: 15.10 - 18.20
Place: Lecture Centre, Piotrowo 2, room 6
Language: English
Prof. Fernández-Alba has published more than 390 articles in ISI-JCR scientific journals. These publications have received >27.000 citations with an h-index of 91 (Scopus). Editor of 6 books and 17 book chapters. He is the owner of 5 patents. He has supervised 22 PhD Thesis mainly focused on relevant topics related with food and environmental issues.
His participation in International Conferences as invited speaker is abundant (more than 50 invited presentations) and well recognized giving him a relevant international visibility of the research team. He has participated in 16 European contracts or projects within various Framework Programmes (such as 5º-7º and H2020), 30 CICYT national or regional Spanish projects and more than 60 research contracts with national and international companies.
Founder of The Pesticide Residues Group (AGR159) created in 1995 and considered a group of excellence by the Plan Andaluz de Investigation (PAI). Head of the European Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues (EURL) accredited under the ISO17025 and 17043. This laboratory is well known worldwide receiving training students from EU and non-EU countries regularly and facilitating the participation in international projects contributing to the last applications based on new developments of mass spectrometric based technologies for the analysis of residues and related contaminants.
Awards and participation in advisory tasks:
• “IWA prize for innovation in the practical realisation of sustainable urban water management” granted by the IWA at the global level within the framework of "2010 Prizes for Excellence in Sustainable Urban Water Management",
• Advisory of the European Committee for Standardization of Methods of Analysis (CEN),
• Advisory of the DG Agri EU Commission,
• Advisory DG SANTE,
• Advisor in International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) projects,
• Advisor in Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projects.