Zone Leader: Rafael Lucena

Sample preparation
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Rafael.LucenaRafael is Professor of Analytical Chemistry at the University of Córdoba. His research is mainly focused on microextraction techniques and the role that nanoparticles and composites may play in analytical chemistry. He has co-authored 80 scientific articles, three book chapters and he has edited one book and a special journal issue dedicated to the topic. Rafael is also engaged with science divulgation. In fact, he is the editor of  Microextraction Tech blog and collaborates with several resources.

What three things would you take if you were stranded on a desert island?

  • E-book reader
  • Cell phone (for booking the return trip)
  • Solar charger

If you weren’t a bioanalyst, what would you be?

  • Mathematician

What is your favorite city?

  • Vienna, but I love my city Cordoba too

Why have you decided to become a Zone Leader?

I consider Bioanalysis Zone as a essential source in bioanalysis. Becoming a zone leader will allow me to be actively engaged in the Zone.

Journal articles from BioanalysisArticles and Commentaries

Determination of propranolol and carvedilol in urine samples using a magnetic polyamide composite and LC–MS/MS

Determination of urinary 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid by combining Dμ-SPE using carbon coated TiO2 nanotubes and LC–MS/MS

Polymer–nanoparticles composites in bioanalytical sample preparation

Nanoparticle-based microextraction techniques in bioanalysis

Liquid-phase microextraction in bioanalytical sample preparation

Microextraction techniques in bioanalysis

Bioanalytical revelation of the month: May 2015

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