Rate My Professor Carmen Rubio Armendáriz

María del Carmen Rubio Armendáriz serves as Associate Professor of Toxicology at the Universidad de La Laguna, accredited by ANECA for the national body of University Full Professors in the area of Health Sciences. She obtained her PhD in Pharmacy and Bachelor's degree in Food Science and Technology from the Universidad de La Laguna. Additionally, she holds master's degrees in Toxicology and Food Safety from the Universidad de La Laguna, Pharmaceutical Care and Health Education for Patients from the University of Valencia, along with diplomas in Applied Nutrition and Dietetics from the Instituto Nacional de Sanidad Carlos III, Leading Organizations and Change from MIT-Sloan, and Postgraduate Diploma in University Policy and Management from CRUE-UJA-UNIA.

Her academic interests center on food and environmental toxicology, with a focus on risk assessment of contaminants including heavy metals, microplastics, and other toxicants in food products. She has co-authored over 100 articles in scientific journals with impact factors and directed or co-directed 16 doctoral theses while participating in 15 research projects. Key publications include "Microplastics as Emerging Food Contaminants: A Challenge for Food Safety" (2022), "Essential Metals and Trace Elements in Cereals and Their Derivatives Commercialized and Consumed in Cape Verde" (2022), "Human Exposure to Toxic Metals (Al, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, Sr) from the Consumption of Cereals in Canary Islands" (2021), and "Lead Dietary Intake in a Spanish Population (Canary Islands)" (2005). Career appointments encompass Director of the Master's University Program in Food Safety and Quality, Vice-Rector for Internationalization (2015-2019), member of the CRUE executive commission for internationalization (presiding over the Working Group, 2017-2019), and member of the Scientific Committee for Food Safety of the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN, 2017-2021), coordinating risk assessment reports. She is Vice-President elect of the Hispanic Organization of Toxicologists (HOT). Honors include the Premio Día de Canarias for Young Researchers in Medical and Health Sciences (2002) and three six-year research accreditation periods.