Analysis of Pesticides in Food and Environmental Samples, Second Edition

About

José L. Tadeo PhD in chemistry is a Full Research Professor at the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology in Madrid Spain. He graduated in chemistry in June 1972 from the University of Valencia and began his research career at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology Spanish Council for Scientic Research in Valencia investigating on natural components of plants with insecticide activity. In 1976 he was engaged in the research of analytical methodologies for the determination of pesticide residues in food water and soil at the Jealotts Hill Research Station in UK. In 1977 Dr Tadeo was a research scientist at the Institute for Agricultural Research in Valencia where his work focused on the study of chemical composition of citrus fruits and the behavior of fungicides used during postharvest of fruits. In 1988 he became a senior researcher at the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology. During his stay at the Plant Protection Department the main research lines were the analysis of herbicide residues and the study of their persistence and mobility in soil. Since 1998 he leads the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory at the Environment Department of the National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology. His current research is the analysis of pesticides and other contaminants in food and environmental matrices and the evaluation of the exposure to biocides and existing chemicals. His expertise is documented by the publication of over 200 research papers monographs and book chapters on these topics an H index of 36 and the supervision of 10 doctoral thesis. Dr Tadeo has been a member of national and international working groups for the evaluation of chemicals and he is currently involved in the assessment of biocides at European and international level.