Marta Schuhmacher

Marta Schuhmacher is a distinguished professor of environmental technology at the Department of Chemical Engineering at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. She is known for her work linking the presence of chemicals with environmental and human health issues.

Career Schuhmacher did her degree in Chemistry (1976), and received a B.Sc. in 1991 from UNED, and completed her Ph.D. in 1990 from University of Zaragoza, Spain. Later, she also did a master's in engineering and environmental management from School of Industrial Organization, Ministry of Industry and Energy, Madrid, Spain (1995). She served as the director of the AGA Research Group (Environmental Analysis and Management) of the Chemical Engineering department of the Rovira i Virgili University and the Tecnatox center till 2023. As of 2024 she is a full professor of environmental technology at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

Research Schuhmacher is known for her work in examining pollution, specifically suspended particulate matter, in schools. She has also examined the presence of microplastics in marine systems, and compared models used to define toxicity. Schuhmacher has focused on the development of techniques for risk assessment, and their application to new and emerging chemical compounds, and very particularly to that of mixtures.

Selected publications

Awards and honors Schuhmacher received recognition with the President Macià Work Medal in 2023.