Barend L. van Drooge

Permanent Researcher

Global change, biodiversity and ecosystem functions

barend.vandrooge@idaea.csic.es
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iD ORCID: 0000-0002-6434-3390

Summary

Barend L. van Drooge studied Environmental Sciences in the Netherlands (1994-1998) and received his PhD in Environmental Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2004). He was a post-doctoral researcher at the Joint Research Center of the European Union (2006-2009, Ispra, Italy). He was a Ramón y Cajal reseacher at the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (2009-2016) and has participated in 20 scientific projects. He has dedicated his research career to study compounds that have toxic effects in the environment and in humans. Most of the compounds that currently affect human health are generated, transported and distributed through the atmosphere. The research career of B.L. van Drooge is dedicated to the study of the pollutants present in the atmosphere, its mode of transport and its impact in remote, rural and urban areas.

Latest publications

Esmeralda Ayala, Jordi Puigdemasa, Stefan Platikanov, Barend L. van Drooge, Carmen Bedia

Contrasting neurotoxic pathways triggered by PM10 in relation with organic molecular markers in suburban and rural sites in Catalonia

Environmental Pollution — 2026 — DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2026.128961

Anna Canals-Angerri, Philip K. Hopke, Yunfei Shangguan, Xueming Zhou, Xinguo Zhuang, Andrés Alastuey, Barend L. van Drooge, Xavier Querol

Unveiling primary and secondary sources of PM2.5 in a Chinese megacity using detailed organic and inorganic speciation and receptor modelling

Environmental Pollution — 2026 — DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2026.128629

Quim Pou-Rovira, Jordi Delgado, Eloi Cruset, Teresa Buchaca, Víctor Osorio, Danilo Buñay, Nerina Gilbert, Claudia Riera, Barend Vandrooge, Raimon Prats, Pilar Fernández, Joan O. Grimalt, Rocco Tiberti, Marc Ventura