Laia Martin

Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC)

IDAEA is an environmental science institute devoted to the study of the footprint of the chemical changes our species is imposing on the biosphere. Much of the research work at this institute is centered on two of the great environmental challenges of our time, namely the cleanliness and availability of the WATER we drink and the quality of the AIR we breathe, guided by the principle that our scientific understanding of current threats to global ecosystems is best approached from a holistic, systems-based viewpoint. Founded in 2008, IDAEA was envisaged as a new multidisciplinary research institute bringing together a wide range of expertise in environmental science and organized under two broad Departments: - Environmental Chemistry - Geosciences The institute has demonstrated particular strengths in the analysis of organic pollutants and their impact on ecosystems, the study and management of water resources, the development of multivariate resolution algorithms in chemometrics, and in the study of inhallable particulate matter and toxic gases. Our mission: Human society is expanding and globalising at an unprecedented, accelerating rate, pushing the limits of what our ecosystems can sustain. Our goal is to help resolve 21st century extreme environmental problems as hydrologic sustainability, megacity air quality, and the ongoing global extinction affecting so many species in our ecosystems, by developing high quality and hard-science based research with an international impact.