We publish the results of our research in high impact journals in the first quartiles of their respective categories. We have 147 international
publications, distributed in journals such as TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Microchemical Journal, Spectrochimica Acta A, Analytical Chemistry,
Talanta, Analytica Chimica Acta, Applied Spectroscopy Reviews, Forensic Science International, Science & Justice, Langmuir, Carbon, Colloid and
Polymer Science, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and
Engineering Aspects (and others), as well as several book chapters and national publications.
CINQUIFOR's research quality is reflected in each of its publications, some of which have been selected for the cover of the volume in which they were
published (NIR news, 2014; Applied Spectroscopy, 2015), and the group has had a great impact, nationally and internationally, with several others
(Homeland Security News Wire, SINC Agency).
Some of our biggest published research achievements are…
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Here you can consult the PhD theses that, so far, have been defended in our group:
Doctoral theses
FORENSIC APPROACHES FOR THE DETECTION OF COCAINE IN HUMAN BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS BY RAMAN
SPECTROSCOPY
Valentina D’Elia
Direction: Gemma Montalvo García y Carmen García Ruiz
University of Alcalá – University Institute of Research in Police Sciences (IUICP)
September 22nd, 2017
Sobresaliente cum laude
If you would like more information about the PhD programmes offered by the University of Alcalá, you can find it by clicking on the links below:
ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF IMPROVISED INCENDIARY DEVICES AND CONSUMER
FIREWORKS
Carlos Martín Alberca
Direction: Carmen García Ruiz
University of Alcalá – University Institute of Research in Police Sciences (IUICP)
October 23rd, 2015
Sobresaliente cum laude (Extraordinary Doctorate Award)
MICROSTRUCTURED – CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS AS NOVEL FRONTIER TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO THE
ANALYSIS OF EXPLOSIVES AND QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS
Matías Calcerrada Guerreiro
Direction: Carmen García Ruiz y Miguel González Herráez
University of Alcalá
July 10th, 2015
Sobresaliente cum laude (Extraordinary Doctorate Award)
INVESTIGATING CURRENT CHALLENGES IN FORENSIC INK ANALYSIS BY RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
André Filipe dos Ramos Martins Braz
Direction: Carmen García Ruiz y María López López
University of Alcalá – University Institute of Research in Police Sciences (IUICP)
January 30th, 2015
Sobresaliente cum laude
ANALYSIS OF GLASS AND INKS IN FORENSIC CASEWORKS
Francisco Alamilla Orellana
Direction: Mercedes Torre Roldán y Carmen García Ruiz
University of Alcalá – University Institute of Research in Police Sciences (IUICP)
July 4th, 2014
Sobresaliente cum laude
ELECTROPHORETIC AND IMAGING APPROACHES FOR EXPLOSIVE
DETECTION
María de los Ángeles Fernández de la Ossa
Direction: Carmen García Ruiz
University of Alcalá
June 27th, 2014
Sobresaliente cum laude (Extraordinary Doctorate Award)
DYNAMITE PACKAGING AND PORTABLE CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS IN
FORENSICS
Jorge Sáiz Galindo
Direction: Carmen García Ruiz
University of Alcalá – University Institute of Research in Police Sciences (IUICP)
July 5th, 2013
Sobresaliente cum laude
INFRARED AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF EXPLOSIVES AND RELATED
COMPOUNDS
María López López
Direction: Carmen García Ruiz
University of Alcalá
April 26th, 2013
Sobresaliente cum laude (Extraordinary Doctorate Award y Accesit to the best doctoral thesis in the Community of Madrid)
Publicaciones
VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF EXPLOSIVE RESIDUES
AND BODY FLUIDS
Félix Zapata Arráez
Direction: Carmen García Ruiz
University of Alcalá
December 14th, 2018
Sobresaliente cum laude (Extraordinary Doctorate Award and Society for Applied Spectroscopy Award for the best Doctoral
Thesis in Spectroscopy of the 2018/19 academic year).
Articles
Drug-facilitated sexual assaults
Epidemiological and sociological studies of
drug-facilitated sexual assaults in youth leisure
night contexts.
(ForSciInt2020_1, ForSciInt2020_2)
Body fluids & drugs
Analysis of body fluids in clothes, fabrics and
superabsorbent materials.
(Talanta2016, Talanta2017)
Statistical data treatment
Advanced data treatment to classify the
electrophoretic profile of explosive and non-
explosive samples based on nitrocellulose and
benzodiacepine drugs.
(JChromA2013, Electrophoresis2014)
Collection of evidence
Study
of
plastic
bags
as
storage
containers
of
dynamite for presentation as forensic evidence.
(ForSciInt2011, ForSciInt2013)
Books
Here you can consult the books that have been published so far by the members of our research group:
INTRODUCCIÓN A LA QUÍMICA FORENSE
Carmen García Ruiz
Edited by Bosch Editor
ISBN: 978-84-122429-8-0
1st Edition
November 12th, 2020
This
book
is
looking
for
introducing
the
different
terms
of
Forensic
Chemistry
in
an
European
context.
The
definition
of
some
of
the
basic
concepts
of
this
discipline
are
explained,
before
teaching
the
reader
about
the
preanalytical
stage,
analytical
stage
and
the
interpretation
of
the
obtained
information.
After
all
these
initial
topics,
the
controlled
substances
and
Forensic
Toxicology
are
described,
as
well
as
chemical
and
biological
samples,
psychoactive
drugs
and
their
metabolites,
explo
sive
and
fir
e
debris,
trace
materials
(fibres,
paints,
glass
or
ground), documents, inks or gunshot residues.
We invite you to
read the first pages
.
A NEW ECOLOGICAL WORKING FRAMEWORK FOR OVERCOMING DRUG-FACILITATED SEXUAL ASSAULTS
Pablo Prego Meleiro
Direction: Gemma Montalvo García, Carmen García Ruiz, Óscar Quintela Jorge
University of Alcalá
September 10th, 2021
Sobresaliente cum laude (Extraordinary Doctorate Award and Youth National Award 2020, Human Rights, InJuve, Ministry of
Social Rights and 2030 Agenda).
SILICA-BASED MATERIALS AS ENZYME CARRIERS AND INORGANIC FILLERS IN FOOD-RELATED APPLICATIONS
Diogo M. Videira Quintela
Direction: Gemma Montalvo García, Olga Martín Cádiz
University of Alcalá
July 8th, 2022
Sobresaliente