The research interests are related with Analytical Chemistry, with prominence to the development and application of methods in which chromatographic (GC and LC), electrophoretic (CE) and hyphenated techniques (GC-MS and LC-MS) are involved.

In this context, the development, optimisation and validation of new analytical methodologies, with particular emphasis to the modern approaches on sample preparation of complex matrices, namely, solid phase extraction (SPE), solid phase micro-extraction (SPME) and stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE) followed by chromatographic analysis, point out as the main research trends. Lately, new strategies for trace analysis involving the microextraction of target compounds from many types of matrices have been developed.

The research projects fall upon environment, food, phytochemistry, industry, etc. As examples of the application of the developed methodologies, could be put in relief studies to monitoring organic micropollutants in drinking, surface, ground and waste water samples, sediments from national estuaries (e.g. endocrine disrupters, pesticides, organotins, etc.), to chemically characterize compounds coming from samples of wine, fruits and natural products (e.g. volatiles, aroma, polyphenols, essential oils, etc.), as well as from industrial by-products (e.g. crude Tall-Oil).