Juan Luis Benedé Veiga, graduated in Chemistry from the University of Valencia (2010) and PhD in Chemistry from the University of Valencia (2016). He currently works as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Valencia. He is a member of the GICAPC research group. His research areas focus on miniaturized sample preparation techniques and chromatographic separation techniques. In this field, he has participated in several research projects, has published more than 50 publications in journals in the area of ​​analytical chemistry, as well as in more than 50 communications at national and international conferences.

Héctor Martínez-Pérez-Cejuela is a member of CLECEM group (Analytical chemistry, University of Valencia). He received his Chemistry Bachelor’s degree in 2017, his master’s degree in 2018 and he is doing his thesis at this moment at the Department of Analytical Chemistry in the University of Valencia under the supervision of Ernesto F. Simó and José M. Herrero. His currently researching area is based on the developing of new materials using metal-organic frameworks with analytical application.

Dr. C. Azorín is postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the University of Valencia (UV). He holds a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry (2019, Extraord. Award), a M.Sc. degree in Experimental Techniques in Chemistry (2020), as well as a PhD in Chemistry (2024).

RESEARCH/ His work has been devoted towards (i) the development of analytical methodologies based on microextraction for the analysis of complex matrices and (ii) the miniaturization and adaptation of microextraction techniques for the simultaneous analysis of a large number of complex and low-volume samples. His work has resulted in significant advances in the optimization of analytical techniques, improving sensitivity and efficiency in the analysis of complex and low volume samples. His work has been placed at the research group for the analytical control of cosmetic products (GICAPC) at the UV (Spain). He has also performed a research stay (3 months) at the university of Porto (Portugal). He has co-authored 10 scientific articles published in high impact journals and has collaborated in the publication of 1 book chapter in an international book published by Elsevier. In addition, he has actively participated in 17 communications in national and international scientific conferences, of which 11 were oral presentations and 6 posters, being presenting author in 7 of them. He has also contributed as a member of working teams in 2 funded projects, in national and regional calls.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER / Concerning work with industry, he has participated in 6 contracts / technical assistances for companies in the cosmetic sector for the transfer of analytical technologies, helping to improve the efficacy, quality and safety of products through the development and application of advanced methods for the determination of substances of interest. 

TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT/ Throughout his career, he has taught 101 hours of teaching in several subjects of the Degree in Chemistry at the UV, contributing to the training of new professionals in the area of Analytical Chemistry. He has also supervised internship students and final degree and master's degree theses. 

OTHER RELEVANT ACTIONS / He has participated in the review of articles for high impact journals, such as Microchemical Journal and Advances in Sample Preparation, contributing to the evaluation of the scientific quality in his field.

Pau Peiró Vila holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Tusculum University (U.S.), graduating magna cum laude in 2016. He obtained his Master’s degree in Advanced Chemistry from the University of Valencia in 2021. He later worked as an R&D Technician at Christeyns, where he specialised in chemical formulation, data analysis, and project management.

Currently, he is a PhD student with an ACIF grant awarded by the GVA in the Department of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Valencia, under the supervision of Professors José Ramón Torres Lapasió and Maria Celia García Álvarez-Coque. His research focuses on designing strategies to optimise the separation of complex samples in HPLC through computational methods and retention modelling.

He has six publications in JCR (83% Q1), 17 citations, and an h-index of 3, as well as nine conference presentations (44% oral, 30% international). His poster at the International Symposium on Chromatography (ISC) in Liverpool (October 2024) was selected among the 10 finalists.

He undertook a three-month research stay at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences at the University of Amsterdam under the supervision of Bob Pirock and Tijmen Bos. His research focused on automating the tracking of chromatographic peaks under different experimental conditions in HPLC using UV-DAD detectors.

In 2023, he participated in the MOTIVEM programme, organised by the University of Valencia and ADEIT, where his team’s project was awarded first place in the scientific category. The project aimed to give a second life to rice field waste by transforming it into biodegradable filters to protect L'Albufera from pollutants. In 2024, he took part in the “Chemistry in Schools” programme, visiting four secondary schools in the Valencian Community. This programme promotes science in schools by explaining what chemistry is, the research conducted at the Faculty of Chemistry, and demonstrating a series of chemical experiments.

He has taught several laboratory courses in the Bachelor’s in Chemistry at the University of Valencia, including Analytical Chemistry I (60 hours), Analytical Chemistry II (36 hours), and the Chemical Analysis Laboratory (24 hours) in the Bachelor’s degree in Food Science and Technology. Additionally, he has collaborated in supervising laboratory work, training seven undergraduate and Master’s students in experimental techniques and the use of computational and programming tools.

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After completing my Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry (2008-2013) and obtaining the Master's Degree in Experimental Techniques in Chemistry at the University of Valencia (2014), I joined the Perinatology Research Group at the Research Institute as a research technician. Sanitaria La Fe (Valencia). For 3.5 years, I dedicated myself to the development of analytical methods in neonatal research, specializing in the processing of biological samples, chemometric analysis and various instrumental techniques such as liquid chromatography, gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry, vibrational spectroscopy, enzymatic techniques and immunoassay. All of this was carried out in a hospital setting, where I gained experience implementing analytical methods in both clinical practice and translational research.

After receiving a competitive PFIS grant (Carlos III Health Institute) in 2017, I completed the PhD in Chemistry in the same group (2017-2022), which included an international stay in the aptamers group of the LIMES-Institute (Bonn , Germany), where I worked on SELEX technology for the selection of aptamers with analytical applications. After obtaining the doctorate, I completed a two-year postdoctoral stay (2022-2023) in the Synthèse de lipides bioactifs group of the Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron (CNRS-Université de Montpellier, France), as part of a Margarita Salas Grant from the Ministry of Universities.

Since January 2024, I have enjoyed a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral contract (Ministry of Science and Innovation-AEI) in the Solinquiana group of the Department of Analytical Chemistry of the University of Valencia.

My current lines of research are:

• Analysis of potentially bioactive lipids, including peroxidation productsof polyunstarred fatty acids (oxylipins) and lipophenols, in novel oxidation and synthesis models using chemometric tools, LC-MS and vibrational spectroscopy. Detection and quantification of these compounds in biological samples (plants, algae and biofluids).
• Development of Point-of-Care methods for the analysis of minimally invasive clinical samples using vibrational spectroscopy (Raman and FTIR) and chemometric techniques.