Pablo Gago Ferrero

My current research is focusing on

• Sources, fate and transport of emerging organic pollutants in the environment such as pharmaceuticals or personal care products.
• Development, optimization and application of non-target screening workflows using LC-QTOFMS  and operation of open source data mining and post-acquisition data treatment software for the identification of TPs of emerging pollutants.
• Partitioning of organic pollutants in various compartments of the environment.

The POPs-group

• Professor Karin Wiberg, leder POPs-gruppen
• Associate Professor (Docent) Lutz Ahrens
• Dr Jana Weiss, forskare
• Dr Anna-Karin Dahlberg, forskare

PhD students

• Jakob Gustavsson
• Minh Anh Nguyen
• Rikard Tröger
• Wiebke Dürig
• Mattias Sörengård
• Vera Franke

Current projects

•  Red-Mic: Novel strategies to reduce diffuse emissions of micropollutants from on-site sewage facilities, Formas (P Andersson, Umeå University)

Previous projects (2013-)

• Tremepol: Transformation products of emerging pollutants in the aquatic environment, Aristeia (European Union funds). Main applicant: Nikolaos Thomaidis.
• Scarce: Assessing and predicting effects on water quantity and quality in Iberian rivers caused by global change, Consolider-Ingenio, Main applicant: Damià Barceló.

Recently published peer-reviewed papers (2014-2016)

1. Gago-Ferrero P., Schymanski E.L., Bletsou A.A., Aalizadeh R., Hollender J., Thomaidis N.A. (2015) Suspect and non-target screening of organic micropollutants with a developed LC-HRMS-based workflow. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(20):12333-12341. 
2. Thomaidis N.A. Gago-Ferrero P., Ort C., Maragou N., Alygizakis N., Borova V., Danesaki M. (2016) Effect of socio-economic changes on licit and illicit drug use patterns quantified through wastewater-based epidemiology. Environmental Science & Technology. Accepted.
3. Beretsou V.G., Psoma A.K., Gago-Ferrero P., Aalizadeh R., Fenner K., Thomaidis N.S. (2016) Identification of biotransformation products of citalopram formed in activated sludge. Water Research. 103:205-214.
4. Aalizadeh R., Thomaidis N.A., Bletsou A.A., Gago-Ferrero P. (2016) Quantitative Structure-Retention Relationship models to support non-target high resolution mass spectrometric screening of emerging contaminants in environmental samples. Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling. 56(7):1384-1398. 
5. Alygizakis N., Gago-Ferrero P., Borova V., Thomaidis N.A. (2016) Occurrence and spatial distribution of 158 pharmaceuticals, drugs of abuse and related metabolites in offshore seawater. Science of the Total Environment. 541:1097-1105. 
6. Molins-Delgado D., Gago-Ferrero P., Díaz-Cruz M.S., Barceló D. (2016) Acute toxicity data estimation of organic UV filters towards selected aquatic organisms and synergies with nanomaterials. Urban groundwater risk assessment. Environmental Research. 145:126-134.
7. Alonso M.B., Feo M.L., Corcellas C., Gago-Ferrero P., Bertozzi C.P., Marigo J., Flach L., Meirelles A.C., Carvalho V.L.., Azevedo A., Torres J.PM., Lailson-Brito J., Malm O., Eljarrat E. Díaz-Cruz M.S., Barceló D. (2015) A poisonous cocktail for my baby: Maternal transfer of pyrethroid insecticides and UV filters in dolphins from Brazil. Environmental International. 297:391-402.
8. Borova V., Gago-Ferrero P., Pistos C., Thomaidis N.A. (2015) Multi-residue determination of new psychoactive substances in wastewater samples by liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometry. Talanta. 144:592-603.
9. Gago-Ferrero P., Borova V., Danesaki M., Thomaidis N.A. (2015) Simultaneous determination of 148 pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in sewage sludge based on ultrasound assisted extraction and liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometry. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 407:4287-4297. 
10. Gago-Ferrero P., Díaz-Cruz M.S., Barceló D. (2015) UV filters bioaccumulation in fish from Iberian river basins. Science of the Total Environment 518-519:518-525.
11. Ajibola A., Gago-Ferrero P., Borova V., Danesaki M., Bletsou A., Thomaidis N.A. (2015) Benzosulfonamides in wastewater: method development, occurrence and removal efficiencies. Chemosphere 119:S21-S27.
12. Borova V., Maragou E., Gago-Ferrero P., Pistos C., Thomaidis N.A. (2014) Highly sensitivity determination of 68 psychoactive pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs and related human metabolites in wastewater by liquid chromatography – tandem mass spectrometry. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 406:4273–4285.
13. Rodriguez-Rodriguez C.E., Lucas D., Barón E., Gago-Ferrero P., Molins-Delgado D., Rodríguez-Mozaz S., Eljarrat E., Díaz-Cruz M.S., Barceló D., Caminal G., Vicent T. (2014) Re-inoculation strategies enhance the degradation of emerging pollutants by fungal bioaugmentation in sewage sludge. Bioresource Technology 168:180-189.
14. Jurado A., Gago-Ferrero P., Vàzquez-Suñé E., Carrera J., Pujades E., Díaz-Cruz M.S., Barceló D. (2014) Urban groundwater contamination by residues of UV filters. Journal of Hazardous Materials 271:141-149.

Recently published Book chapters (2014-2016)

1. Gago-Ferrero P., Schymanski E.L., Hollender J., Thomaidis N.S. (2016). Non-target analysis of environmental samples based on liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS). Springer-Verlag (Germany), In Press. DOI: 10.1016/bs.coac.2016.01.012.
2. Gago-Ferrero P., Díaz-Cruz M.S., Barceló D. (2015). Analysis and occurrence of PCPs in biota samples. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Volum 36: Personal care products in the aquatic environment. Springer-Verlag (Germany), 263-291.
3. Demeestere K., Gago-Ferrero P., Van Lagenhove H., Barceló D., Díaz-Cruz M.S. (2015). Ozonation as an advanced treatment technique for the degradation of personal care products in water. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Volum 36: Personal care products in the aquatic environment. Springer-Verlag (Germany), 375-397.
4. Díaz-Cruz M.S., Gago-Ferrero P., Badia-Fabregat M., Caminal G., Vicent T., Barceló D. (2015). Fungal-mediated biodegradation of ingredients in personal care products. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Volum 36: Personal care products in the aquatic environment. Springer-Verlag (Germany), 295-317.