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About me

Eliza Jara-Negrete is an Ecuadorian scientist with a background in Analytical Chemistry. She is currently a teacher and researcher at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. Her studies were carried out in Ecuador, and later, in Spain, Portugal and England thanks to a scholarship from the European Union - Erasmus Mundus program. She has been involved in several research projects that cover areas such as nanotechnology, bioremediation, environmental and food analysis. These have led to contributions in 13 peer reviewed scientific publications, 5 international conferences and one book chapter. Since 2019, Eliza is a doctoral researcher at the Integrative Biological Sciences Unit at the University of Liège, Belgium.

Degrees:

2010
Undergraduate
Chemical Sciences
2013
Master
Chemical Sciences

Publications resulting from Research
Cipriani-Avila, Isabel; Molinero, Jon; Jara-Negrete, Eliza; Barrado, Miren; Arcos, César; Mafla, Santiago; Custode, Fernando; Vilaña, Gissela; Carpintero, Natalia; Ochoa-Herrera, Valeria; Heavy metal assessment in drinking waters of Ecuador: Quito, Ibarra and Guayaquil, Journal of Water and Health, 18, 6, 1050-1064, 2020
Capparelli, Mariana V; Cipriani-Avila, Isabel; Jara-Negrete, Eliza; Acosta-López, Sofía; Acosta, Byron; Pérez-González, Andrés; Molinero, Jon; Pinos-Vélez, Veronica; Emerging contaminants in the northeast Andean foothills of Amazonia: The case of study of the city of Tena, Napo, Ecuador, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 107, 1, 2-10, 2021
Pilaquinga, Fernanda; Amaguaña, Dennis; Morey, Jeroni; Moncada-Basualto, Mauricio; Pozo-Martínez, Josué; Olea-Salazar, Claudio; Fernández, Lenys; Espinoza-Montero, Patricio; Jara-Negrete, Eliza; Meneses, Lorena; ,Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Aqueous Leaf Extract of Mimosa albida (Mimosoideae): Characterization and Antioxidant Activity, Materials, 13, 3, https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/3/503, 2020
Pilaquinga, Maria; Pazmiño, Katherine; Robalino, Alexandra; Jara, Eliza; López, Fernanda; Meneses, Lorena; Vizuete, Karla; Debut, Alexis; Síntesis verde de nanopartículas de plata usando el extracto acuoso de las hojas de ajo (Allium sativum), infoANALÍTICA, 7, 2, 41-55, 2019
Pilaquinga, Fernanda; Cárdenas, Sofía; Vela, Doris; Jara, Eliza; Morey, Jeroni; Gutiérrez-Coronado, José Luis; Debut, Alexis; Piña, María de las Nieves; Fertility and Iron Bioaccumulation in Drosophila melanogaster Fed with Magnetite Nanoparticles Using a Validated Method, Molecules, 26, 9, 2808, 2021
Pilaquinga, F.; Granja, C.; Jara, E.; Moncada-Basualto, M.; Pozo-Martínez, J.; Fernández, L.; Espinoza-Montero, P.; Debut, A.; López, F.; Olea-Azar, C.; Total phenolic composition and antioxidant activity of silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract of chilca leaves (Baccharis latifolia), American Journal of Applied Sciences, 18, 1, 2021
Pérez-González, Andrés; Pinos-Vélez, Verónica; Cipriani-Avila, Isabel; Capparelli, Mariana; Jara-Negrete, Eliza; Alvarado, Andrés; Cisneros, Juan Fernando; Tripaldi, Piercosimo; Adsorption of Estradiol by Natural Clays and Daphnia magna as Biological Filter in an Aqueous Mixture with Emerging Contaminants, Eng, 2, 3, 312-324, 2021
Cipriani-Avila, Isabel; Molinero, Jon; Cabrera, Marcela; Medina-Villamizar, Evencio Joel; Capparelli, Mariana V; Jara-Negrete, Eliza; Pinos-Velez, Verónica; Acosta, Sofia; Andrade, David Leiva; Barrado, Miren; Occurrence of emerging contaminants in surface water bodies of a coastal province in Ecuador and possible influence of tourism decline caused by COVID-19 lockdown, Science of The Total Environment,161340, 2023