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María Ibáñez (January, 2015)
Academic/professional activities
- 2002, Bachelor, Chemistry, University Jaume I, Castellon, Spain
- 2006, Researcher, Analytical Chemistry, University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain
- 2007, Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry, University Jaume I, Castellon, Spain (International
mention; Doctorate Award)
- 2007, Ph.D. Researcher, Analytical Chemistry, University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain
- 2007, Study Director of the GLP-certified Laboratory of Pesticide Residue Analysis
(LARP), Univ. Jaume I. LARP is the Reference Laboratory of the Spanish Ministry of
Agriculture for GLP studies to establish pesticide MRLs.
- 2015, PhD Assistant Professor, Analytical Chemistry, University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain
Publications
- 59 peer-reviewed articles in international Journals (ISI Web Science)
- 7 articles classified as top/highly cited papers (ISI); 6 peer-reviewed book chapters; around
70 communications in Workshop and Congresses;
- Total citations 1830. h-index = 25
Papers published in first quartile journals (Q1)
 31 papers in the field of Analytical Chemistry
 4 papers in the field of Environmental Sciences
 2 papers in the field of Food Science and Technology
 4 papers in the field of Spectroscopy
 2 papers in the field of Agricultural multidiscipline
 3 papers in the field of Chemistry Applied
 2 papers in the field of civil engineering
 1 paper in the field of Pharmacology and Pharmacy
Publications (in the last 5 years)
Investigation of illicit drugs and pharmaceuticals in waters by liquid chromatography-high
resolution mass spectrometry
F. Hernández, M. Ibáñez, R. Bade, L. Bijlsma, J.V. Sancho
Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 63, 140-157 (2014)
Mass Spectrometric Evaluation of Mephedrone In Vivo Human Metabolism: Identification of Phase I and
Phase II Metabolites, Including a Novel Succinyl Conjugate
O.J. Pozo, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, J. Lahoz-Beneytez, M. Farré, E.Papaseit, R. de la Torre, F.Hernández
Drug Metabolism and Disposition, 43, 248-257 (2015)
Advancing towards universal screening for organic pollutants in waters
F. Hernández, M. Ibáñez, T. Portolés, M.I. Cervera, J.V. Sancho, F.J. López
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 282, 86-95 (2015).
Fast determination of 40 drugs in water using large volume direct injection liquid chromatography-tandem
mass spectrometry
C. Boix, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, J. Rambla, J.L. Aranda, S. Ballester, F. Hernández
Talanta, 131, 719-727 (2015)
Qualitative screening of 116 veterinary drugs in feed by liquid chromatography-high resolution mass
spectrometry. Potential application to quantitative analysis
C. Boix, M. Ibáñez, J. V. Sancho, N. León, V. Yusá, F.Hernández
Food Chemistry, 160, 313-320 (2014)
Comprehensive analytical strategies based on high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometry to identify
new psychoactive substances
M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, L. Bijlsma, A. van Nuijs, A. Covaci, F. Hernández
Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 57, 107-117(2014)
Investigation of cannabis biomarkers and transformation products in waters by liquid chromatography
coupled to time of flight and triple quadrupole mass spectrometry
C. Boix, M. Ibáñez, L. Bijlsma, J.V. Sancho
Chemosphere, 99, 64-71 (2014)
Identification of new omeprazole metabolites in wastewaters and surface waters
C. Boix, M. Ibáñez, T. Zamora, J.V. Sancho, W.M.A. Niessen, F. Hernández
Science of the Total Environment, 468, 706-714 (2014)
Validation and application of advanced mass spectrometry techniques in assessment of potential use of
azadirachtins (treeazin™) against asian longhorned beetle and other invasive wood-boring insect pests
E. Beltrán, M. Ibáñez, E. Gracia-Lor, J.V. Sancho, F. Hernández, Melanie Coppens, T.A. Scarr, D.G.
Thompson
Analytical Methods 6, 8063-8071 (2014)
Determination of 17β-estradiol (E2), 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) and their conjugates in water at sub-ppt
levels by liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry
C. Ripollés, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, F.J. López and F. Hernández
Analytical Methods, 6, 5028-5037 (2014)
Could Spice Drugs Induce Psychosis With Abnormal Movements Similar to Catatonia?
G. Haro, C. Ripoll, M. Ibáñez, T. Orengo, V.M. Liaño, E. Meneu, F. Hernández, F. Traver
Psiquiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes, 77, 206-208(2014)
N-Acetylcysteine boosts xenobiotic detoxification in shellfish
S. Peña-Llopis, R.Serrano, E. Pitarch, E. Beltrán, M. Ibáñez, F. Hernández, J.B. Peña
Aquatic Toxicology, 15, 131-140 (2014)
Investigation of pharmaceutical metabolites in environmental waters by LC-MS/MS
E. Gracia-Lor, M. Ibáñez, T. Zamora, J.V. Sancho, F. Hernández
Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21, 5496-5510 (2014)
Determination of patulin in apple and derived products by UHPLC-MS/MS. Study of matrix effects with
atmospheric pressure ionisation sources
E. Beltrán, M. Ibáñez, M., J.V. Sancho, F. Hernández
Food Chemistry, 142, 400-407 (2014)
Quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry screening for synthetic cannabinoids in
herbal blends
M. Ibáñez, L.Bijlsma, A. L.N. van Nuijs, J. V. Sancho, G. Haro, A. Covaci, F. Hernández
Journal Mass Spectrometry, 48, 685-694 (2013)
Removal of emerging contaminants in sewage water subjected to advanced oxidation with ozone
M. Ibáñez, E. Gracia-Lor, L. Bijlsma, E. Morales, L. Pastor, F. Hernández
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 260, 389-398 (2013)
Development of sensitive and rapid analytical methodology for food analysis of 18 mycotoxins included
in a total diet study
E. Beltrán, M. Ibáñez, T. Portolés, C. Ripollés, J.V. Sancho, V. Yusá, S. Marín, F. Hernández
Analytica Chimica Acta, 783, 39-48 (2013)
Improvements in the analytical methodology for the residue determination of the herbicide glyphosate in
soils by líquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry
A.M. Botero-Coy, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, F. Hernández
Journal of Chromatography A, 1292, 132-141 (2013).
Investigation of degradation products of cocaine and benzoylecgonine in the aquatic environment
L. Bijlsma, C. Boix, W.M.A. Niessen, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, F. Hernández
Science of the Total Environment, 443, 200-208 (2013)
Direct liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry determination of underivatized glyphosate in
rice, maize and soybean.
A.M. Botero-Coy, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, F. Hernández
Journal of Chromatography A, 1313, 157-165 (2013)
Investigating the presence of omeprazole in waters by liquid chromatography coupled to low and high
resolution mass spectrometry: degradation experiments
C. Boix, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, W.M.A. Niessen and F. Hernández
Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 48, 1091-1100 (2013)
Direct liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry determination of underivatized glyphosate in
rice, maize and soybean.
A.M. Botero-Coy, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, F. Hernández
Journal of Chromatography A, 1313, 157-165 (2013)
Investigating the presence of omeprazole in waters by liquid chromatography coupled to low and high
resolution mass spectrometry: degradation experiments
C. Boix, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, W.M.A. Niessen and F. Hernández
Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 48, 1091-1100 (2013)
Combined use of liquid chromatography triple quadrupole mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography
quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry in systematic screening of pesticides and other contaminants
in water samples
A. Masiá, M. Ibáñez, C. Blasco, J.V. Sancho, Y. Picó, F. Hernández
Analytica Chimica Acta, 761, 117-127 (2013)
The power of hyphenated chromatography/time of flight mass spectrometry in Public Health laboratories
M. Ibáñez, T. Portolés, A. Rubies, E. Muñoz, L. Pineda, E. Serrahima, J.V. Sancho, F. Centrich, F.
Hernández
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 60, 5311-5323 (2012)
Current use of high resolution mass spectrometry in the environmental sciences
F. Hernández, J.V. Sancho, M. Ibáñez, E. Abad, T. Portoles, L. Mattioli
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 403, 1251-1264 (2012).
Target and non-target screening strategies for organic contaminants, residues and illicit substances in
food, environmental and human biological samples by ultra-high performance liquid chromatographyquadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry
R. Díaz, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, F. Hernández
Analytical Methods, 4, 196-209 (2012)
Multi-residue determination of pesticides in tropical fruits using liquid chromatography/ tandem mass
spectrometry
A. M. Botero-Coy, J.M. Marín, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, F. Hernández
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 402, 2287-2300 (2012)
Determination of six microcystins and nodularin in surface water by automated on-line-solid phase
extraction-ultra high pressure liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry
E. Beltrán, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, F.Hernández
Journal of Chromatography A, 1266, 61-68 (2012)
Importance of MS selectivity and chromatographic separation in LC-MS/MS-based methods when
investigating pharmaceuticals metabolites in water. Dipyrone as a case of study
M.Ibáñez, E. Gracia-Lor, J.V. Sancho F.Hernández
Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 47, 1040-1046 (2012)
Use of time-of-flight mass spectrometry for large screening of organic pollutants in surface water and soils
from a rice production area of colombia
F. Hernández, T. Portolés, M. Ibáñez, M. C. Bustos-López, R. Díaz, A.M. Botero-Coy, C. L. Fuentes, G.
Peñuela
Science of the Total Environment, 439, 249-259 (2012)
Rapid wide-scope screening of drugs of abuse, prescription drugs with potential for abuse and their
metabolites in influent and effluent wastewater by ultrahigh pressure liquid-chromatography-quadrupoletime-of-flight-mass spectrometry
F. Hernández, L. Bijlsma, J.V. Sancho, R. Díaz, M. Ibáñez
Analytica Chimica Acta, 684, 96-106 (2011)
UHPLC-MS/MS highly sensitive determination of aflatoxins, the aflatoxin metabolite M1 and ochratoxin
A in baby food and milk
E. Beltran, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, M.A. Cortés, V. Yusá, F. Hernández
Food Chemistry, 126, 737-744 (2011)
Retrospective LC-QTOF MS analysis searching for pharmaceutical metabolites in urban wastewater
F.Hernández, M.Ibáñez, E. Gracia-Lor, J.V. Sancho
Journal of Separation Science, 34, 3517-3526(2011)
Use of quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry to determine proposed structures of transformation
products of the herbicide bromacil after water chlorination
M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, O.J. Pozo, F.Hernández
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 25, 3103-3113 (2011)
Building an empirical mass spectra library for screening of organic pollutants by UHPLC-QTOF MS
R. Díaz, M.Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, F.Hernández
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 25, 355-369 (2011)
Determination of melamine in milk-based products and other food and beverage products by ion-pair
liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry
M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, F. Hernández
Analytica Chimica Acta, 649, 91-97 (2009)
Combined use of GC-TOF MS and UHPLC-(Q)TOF MS to investigate the presence of non-target
pollutants and their metabolites in a case of honeybees poisoning
T. Portolés, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, F.J. López, F. Hernández
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 57, 4079-4090 (2009)
Simultaneous ultra-high-pressure liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry determination of
amphetamine and amphetamine-like stimulants, cocaine and its metabolites, and a cannabis metabolite in
surface water and urban wastewater
L. Bijlsma, J.V. Sancho, E. Pitarch, M. Ibáñez, F. Hernández
Journal of Chromatography A, 1216, 3078-3089 (2009)
Determination of mycotoxins in different food commodities by ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography
coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometry
E. Beltrán, M. Ibáñez, J.V. Sancho, F. Hernández
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 23, 1801-1809 (2009)
Screening of antibiotics in surface and wastewater samples by ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography
coupled to hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry
M. Ibáñez, C. Guerrero, J.V. Sancho, F.Hernández
Journal of Chromatography A, 1216, 2529-2539 (2009)
Main research projects (last five years)
“Desarrollo de metodología analítica rápida y fiable para La determinación de compuestos
regulados en el campo ambiental por dilución isotópica y deconvolución de perfiles
isotópicos mediante LC-MS/MS”
Universitat Jaume I
2014-2016
Researcher
“Investigación de drogas de abuso y metabolitos en aguas residuales: implicaciones
ambientales y estimación del consumo de drogas en poblaciones urbanas”
Ministry of Science and Competitiveness, Ref CTQ2012-36189
2012-2014.
Researcher
“Programa de soporte a los grupos de investigación de alto rendimiento”
Universitat Jaume I
2011-2014
Researcher
“Tecnicas metabolomicas basadas en cromatografia liquida acoplada a espectrometria de
masas (UPLC-QTOFMS) aplicadas al campo de analisis de alimentos y salud”
Universitat Jaume I
2011-2013
Researcher
“Uso combinado de GC-TOF MS y LC-QTOF MS en la investigación de contaminantes
orgánicos en aguas”
Ministry of Science and Competitiveness, Ref CTQ2009-12347
2009-2011. Importe:
Researcher
“Desarrollo de estrategias analíticas, basadas en el uso de técnicas avanzadas de
espectrometría de masas, en el campo de la salud pública”
Research Groups of Excellence, Prometeo/2009/054, PrometeoII/2014/023. Generalitat
Valenciana
2009-2017
Researcher
“Desarrollo de metodologías analíticas avanzadas para la determinación de micotoxinas en
alimentos infantiles y derivados de la manzana”
Ayudas a la Investigación en Seguridad Alimentaria, Ref A-14/09, Dirección General de Salud
Pública, Consellería de Sanidad, Generalitat Valenciana
2009.
Researcher
“Potencial de la cromatografía líquida acoplada a espectrometría de masas (QqQ, TOF)
como herramienta analítica para la estimación del consumo poblacional e individual de
estimulantes y drogas de diseño”
University JaumeI - Fundación Caixa de Castelló.
2008-2010.
Researcher
Awards
Young Scientist Award (Science field), University Jaume I (2013)
Honorable mention in the Judge’s choice, 50th North American Chemical Residue
Workshop, Florida, July 2013 to the poster:
“Screening pesticides and emerging contaminants in agricultural area in Colombia by
TOF MS coupled to gas and liquid chromatography”, by M.C. Bustos, T. Portolés, M.
Ibáñez, F. Hernández, C. Fuentes, G. Peñuela
Young Scientist Award
European Society for Separation Science, within 28th International Symposium on
Chromatography (Valencia, 2010)
Elsevier award 2010 to the article “Simultaneous ultra-high-pressure liquid
chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry determination of amphetamine and
amphetamine-like stimulants, cocaine and its metabolites, and a cannabis metabolite in
surface water and urban wastewater”, by . Bijlsma, J.V. Sancho, E. Pitarch, M. Ibáñez,
F. Hernández, published in Journal of Chromatography A, 1216, 3078-3089 (2009),
within the most cited articles in the period 2008-2009.
Elsevier award 2010 to the article “Residue determination of ciromazine and its
metabolite melamine in chard samples by ion-pair liquid chromatography coupled to
electrospray tandem mass spectrometry”, J.V.Sancho, M. Ibáñez, S. Grimalt, O.J. Pozo,
F. Hernández, published in Analytical Chimica Acta 530, 237-243 (2005), within the
most cited articles in the period 2005-2009.
1º Premio SEEM, 2008. Sociedad Española de Espectrometría de Masas
12as Jornadas de Análisis Instrumental, Barcelona, 2008
“Rapid non-target screening of organic pollutants in food and water by UPLC-QTOF
MS using home-made theoretical and experimental libraries”, by R. Díaz, M. Ibáñez,
J.V. Sancho, F. Hernández
1º Premio SEEM, 2008. Sociedad Española de Espectrometría de Masas
III Reunión de la Sociedad Española de Espectrometría de Masas, Oviedo, 2006
“Potencial de LC-MS en el Análisis (Cuantificación, Confirmación y Elucidación) de
Residuos de Plaguicidas y Productos de Transformación en Aguas”, by M. Ibáñez, J.V.
Sancho, O.J. Pozo, F. Hernández
Other information
- Supervisor of 2 PhD and 2 (running)
- Peer-reviewer for journals including, among others, Anal. Chim. Acta, Environ. Sci.
Technol., Sci. Total Environ., Talanta, J. Agric. Food Chem., J. Chromatogr. A, J. Mass
Spectrom., Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom., J. Sep. Science, Talanta, TRAC Trends Anal.
Chem., Water Air Soil Pollut., Environ. Poll….
- Current research is focused on the applications of hyphenated liquid chromatography/mass
spectrometry (LC-MS) with a variety of mass analyzers (triple quadrupole, TOF, hybrid
QTOF) in the fields of environment, food-safety and toxicology. Investigation is directed
towards different organic contaminants and residues, such as pesticides, emerging
contaminants (pharmaceuticals, drugs of abuse, metabolites), mycotoxins, microcistins, among
others. The development of analytical strategies for rapid wide-scope screening of organic
micro-pollutants in the aquatic environment, making use of full-scan accurate mass
spectrometry, is one of the latest research developments within his group.
Languages
- English: B2 level
- Valencian: C2 level