The FAS group's research is mainly focused on the food and environmental fields. The studies we face are diverse, such as the characterisation of food products to establish their authenticity and origin, the development of green analytical methods, the minimisation of residues in analytical measurements, or actions related to sustainability, such as the recovery of bioactive compounds from agri-food waste.
Expertise areas
– Development of analytical methods: liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, spectrophotometry, molecular fluorescence, electrochemical sensors.
– Metabolism and pharmacokinetics
– Sample processing: advanced extraction techniques, green solvents, extractive chromatography with resins, membrane-assisted purification
– Experimental design: response functions, factorial design, model fitting
– Statistics and chemometrics: multivariate data analysis
Javier Saurina has been a university professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Barcelona since July 2019. He obtained his degree in Chemistry in 1988 and in Pharmacy in 1996, and has developed his research and teaching career at the University of Barcelona. In addition to analytical development, he is currently working on the characterisation and authentication of foods such as cocoa, wine, coffee, tea, honey and spices, and on the valorisation of waste from the agri-food industry in the production of wine, oil, juice and chocolate. J. Saurina has published more than 210 articles in indexed scientific journals (mostly in the first quartile), 25 book chapters, and has edited a book. The H index in Scopus reaches 40, with more than 5300 citations (March 2024). His research activity has been recognised with 5 consecutive six-year awards in national and regional competitions. Javier Saurina has participated in 26 competitive, European, national and regional projects, as well as in collaborative research contracts with pharmaceutical and agri-food companies. The training activities include the direction of 7 doctoral theses (3 more in progress), 35 master’s theses and more than 50 final degree theses. Finally, J. Saurina is among the 2% most influential and cited scientists in the world according to the Stanford University ranking.
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Oscar Núñez Burcio
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Sònia Sentellas Minguillón
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Mercè Granados Juan
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Aina Mir Cerdà
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Nerea Núñez Tellez
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Guillem Campmajó Galvan
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Laura Morales Erazo
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Santiago Hernández Cassou
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Lluis Puignou García