Rate My Professor Carmen Rubio Armendáriz

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.