Victoria Osorio Torrens

Current position:

Scientific researcher at KWR Watercycle Research Institute

Contact:

+31/(0)306069543

victoria.osorio.torrens@kwrwater.nl

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Current research

In general, emerging compounds are present at low concentrations in the sources of drinking water. Therefore, concentration of samples is required to overcome sensitivity problems of (bio)analytical tools. The topic research is focused on the development of hybrid sample preparation techniques for polar emerging compounds as present in sources of drinking water. A sample preparation method based on Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) suitable for both chemical analysis and bioassays of a wide variety of organic compounds will be developed. An array of extraction materials and organic solvents will be applied in parallel to extract a wide variety of compounds. Sorption mechanisms of target compounds with a wide variety of properties will be elucidated including organic neutral compounds, organic zwitterions and organic ions. Recovery tests of target compounds in source surface water will be carried out in column studies. The performance of selected and validated sorbents will be tested with field samples. The extracts obtained from the SPE procedure selected applied on source water will be used both for the chemical analysis (broad target screening) and bioassays (CALUX, ames, micronucleous).The concentration levels of target compounds determined will be correlated with the bioassay responses.

Expertise

  • UPLC/HPLC
  • MS/MS and high resolution MS/MS
  • Sample preparation of aquatic environmental samples (surface water, waste water, groundwater, sediment and suspended solids)
  • Target/Broad Screening of Emerging compounds
  • Structural elucidation and characterization of metabolites and transformation products of emerging pollutants

  • Biodegradation and photodegradation of emerging pollutants in water treatment plants and the aquatic environment
  • Ecotoxicological effects of emerging pollutants in aquatic organisms
  • Risk assessment
  • Multivariate statistics
  • Modeling the fate of emerging pollutants in the aquatic environment
     

Research interests

  • Effect-directed analysis (EDA) of complex environmental contamination
  • Biological tools for EDA of emerging pollutants (in vivo/in vitro bioassays)
  • Omics (proteomics/metabolomics/transcriptomics)
  • Fractionation procedures for comprehensive characterization of pollutants
  • Advanced spectral data and processing management
  • Prioritization of contaminantst

Curriculum vitae

Since 2013

Experienced Researcher at KWR Watercycle Research Institute in the field of environmental (bio)analytical sciences, as part of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network “EDA EMERGE”.

Since 2011

PhD in Environmental and Pollution Analytical Chemistry. Topic of PhD: “Occurrence, modeling, fate, behavior and risk of pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plants and receiving water systems”.

2009-2011

Official Master in Analytical Chemistry of Environmental Chemistry.

2008-2009

Experimental Master in Analytical Chemistry of Environmental Chemistry

2008

Graduate studies of Chemistry

Publications

Scientific papers as first author

Osorio V, Pérez S, Ginebreda A, Barceló D. Pharmaceuticals on a sewage impacted section of a Mediterranean River (Llobregat River, NE Spain) and their relationship with hydrological conditions. Environmental Science & Pollution Research 2012, 19:1013–1025.

Osorio V, Marcé R, Pérez S, Ginebreda A, Cortina J.L., Barceló D. Occurrence and modelling of pharmaceuticals on a sewage-impacted Mediterranean river and their dynamics under different hydrological conditions Science of the Total Environment (2012) 40:3–13.

Osorio V, Proia L, Ricart M, Pérez S, Ginebreda A, Cortina JL, Sabater S, Barceló D. Relating natural hydrological variations in a Mediterranean river with micro-pollutant levels and biofilm functioning. Science of the Total Environment 472 (2014) 1052–1061.

Osorio V, Imbert-Bouchard M, Zonja B, Abad JL, Pérez S, Barceló D. Simultaneous determination of diclofenac, its human metabolites and microbial nitration/nitrosation transformation products in wastewaters by liquid chromatography/quadrupole-linear ion trap mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A (2014) 1347:63-71.

Scientific papers as co-author

Rivetti C, Campos B, Faria M, De Castro N, Malik A, Muñoz I, Tauler R, Soares A, Osorio V, Pérez S, Gorga M, Petrovic M, Mastroianni N, López de Alda M, Masiá A, Campo J, Picó Y, Guasc H, Barceló D, Barata C. Transcriptomic, biochemical and individual markers in transplanted Daphnia magna to characterize impacts in the field. Science of the Total Environment (2014) In press DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.057.

Michael I, Achilleos A, Lambropoulou D, Osorio V, Pérez S, Petrović M, Barceló D, Fatta-Kassinos D. Proposed transformation pathway and evolution profile of diclofenac and ibuprofen transformation products during (sono)photocatalysis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (2014) 147:1015– 1027

Aldekoa J, Medici C, Osorio V, Perez S, Marcé R, Francés F. Modelling the emerging pollutant diclofenac with the GREAT-ER model: Application to the Llobregat River Basin. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2013) 263P: 207– 213.

Proia L, Osorio V, Soley S, Köck-Schulmeyer M, Pérez S, Barceló D. Romaní AM, Sabater S. Effects of pesticides and pharmaceuticals on biofilms in a highly impacted river. Environmental Pollution (2013) 178: 220-228.

Proia L, Lupini G, Osorio V, Pérez S, Barceló D, Schwartz T, Amalfitano S, Fazi S, Romaní AM, Sabater, S. Response of biofilm bacterial communities to antibiotic pollutant in a Mediterranean river. Chemosphere (2013) 92:1126–1135.

M. Barbieri, J. Carrera, C. Ayora, X. Sanchez-Vila, T. Licha, K. Nödler, V. Osorio, S. Pérez, M. Köck-Schulmeyer, M. López de Alda, D. Barceló “Formation of diclofenac and sulfamethoxazole reversible transformation products in aquifer material under denitrifying conditions: Batch experiments”. Science of the Total Environment (2012) 426:256-63.

Michael I, Hapeshi E, Osorio V, Pérez S, Petrovic M, Zapata A, Malato S, Barceló D, Fatta-Kassinos D. Effect Solar photocatalytic treatment of trimethoprim in four environmental matrices at a pilot scale: Transformation products and ecotoxicity evaluation. Science of Total Environment (2012) 430:167-173.

C. Gonçalves, S. Pérez, V. Osorio, M. Petrovic, M.F. Alpendurada, D. Barceló. “Photofate of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and Oseltamivir Carboxylate under Natural and Simulated Solar Irradiation: Kinetics, Identification of the Transformation Products, and Environmental Occurrence” Environmental Science and Technology (2011) 45(10): 4307-4314.

M. Farré, S. Pérez, K. Gajda-Schrantz, V. Osorio, L. Kantiani, A. Ginebreda, D. Barceló “First determination of C60 and C70 fullerenes and N-methylfulleropyrrolidine C60 on the suspended material of wastewater effluents by liquid chromatography hybrid quadrupole linear ion trap tandem mass spectrometry” Journal of Hydrology (2010) 383.:44-51.

Contribution to book chapters

S. Pérez, M.E. Rubiano, A. Ginebreda, C. Postigo, R.López-Serna, J.Blanco, V. Osorio, M. López de Alda, M. Petrovic, J.J. Pastor, L. Matia, J. Martín-Alonso, A. Munné, J. Jofre, F. Lucena, M.Agulló-Barceló ,N. Prat, D. Barceló “Wastewater reuse in the Llobregat: the experience at the Prat de Llobregat treatment plant”. S. Sabater et al. (eds.), The Llobregat: The Story of a Polluted Mediterranean River, The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 21, 2012, pp 327-346 2012 , Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Proia L, Osorio V. “The Effect of PhACs on Biological Communities in Rivers: Field Studies” Mira Petrovic, Damia Barcelo and Sandra Pérez (eds) Analysis, Removal, Effects and Risk of Pharmaceuticals in the Water Cycle Occurrence and Transformation in the Environment Volume 62, 2013, Pages 649–670 Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry.

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