DoctorEstrella Sanz Rodriguez

Senior Research Fellow - Analytical Chemistry (Natural Products)

Chemistry

  • Senior Research Fellow - Analytical Chemistry (Natural Products)
    Chemistry
  • +61 3 6226 1074 (Work)
  • School of Natural Sciences, Chemistry, 407 Chemistry Building, Sandy Bay Campus, TAS

BIO

Dr Estrella Sanz Rodriguez is a Complutense University of Madrid (UCM, Spain) B.Sc. (1996) (Analytical Chemistry), Ph.D. (2007) graduate. After her graduation in 1996, she began her research career undertaking a one-year research project at the Analytical Department of UCM. From April 2003 to July 2007, she carried out her PhD at the Department of Analytical Chemistry at UCM. For the periods 1997-2003, 2007-2009 and 2011-2013, she held positions as laboratory technician and analytical scientist within commercial and governmental laboratories. Between the periods 2009 to 2011, Estrella was employed as a postdoctoral research fellow in a collaborative research project between the UCM and the Spanish Institute for Cultural Heritage (IPCE). In 2014 Estrella joined the Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS) and since that time has been employed on a series of contractual positions, intermittently holding research technician and research fellow positions.
Dr Sanz Rodriguez currently holds a position at Chemistry-Analytical Chemistry (Australian Centre for Separation Science-ACROSS) as Senior Research Fellow within the framework of the Australian Forest and Wood Innovation (AFWI) research institute. Since 2023, she is also Key Academic Investigator within HyTECH, the ARC Training Centre for Hyphenated Analytical Separation Technologies.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Senior Research Fellow
    University of Tasmania, Australian Centre for Research on Separation Science (ACROSS), Hobart, Australia7 Mar 2022 - 7 Mar 2025
  • Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    University of Tasmania, ACROSS, Hobart, Australia15 Aug 2014 - 7 Mar 2022
  • Postdoctoral Fellow
    IPCE, SpainDec 2009 - Dec 2011

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Free-lance scientist
    Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute (IPCE)Jan 2012 - Apr 2013
  • Free-lance scientist
    IPCESep 2007 - Nov 2009
  • Laboratory technician
    Complutense University of Madrid, Mass Spectrometry Service, Madrid, SpainMay 2000 - May 2003
  • Voluntary Researcher
    Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, SpainMar 1997 - May 2000
  • Call Center representative
    Banco Bilbao Vizcaya ArgentariaMar 1998 - May 2000
  • Laboratory technician
    ANTICIMEX Medioambiental (Environmental Company)Mar 1997 - Mar 1998

DEGREES

  • PhD
    Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, SpainApr 2003 - Jul 2007
  • Honors
    Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, SpainMar 1996 - Mar 1997
  • BSc
    Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, SpainSep 1989 - Feb 1996

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Quarantine Awareness
    Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra, Australia
  • Quarantine Approved Premises (Classes 1 to 8)
    Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra, Australia

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Capillary Gas Chromatography and Gas Chromatography with mass spectrometric detection
    Council for Superior Scientific Investigation, Spain
  • Automatisation of Laboratory processes
    Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • Advanced instrumental techniques: GC, extraction and chromatography using supercritical fluids
    Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • Advances in IR and Raman spectroscopy and applications in Analytical Chemistry
    Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • Environmental Analytical Chemistry
    Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • Raman spectroscopy
    Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • Implantation of analytical instrumentation into Quality Control systems
    Escuela de Instrumentación Analítica- Gabinete de Servicios para la Calidad (ENIA- G.S.C.), Spain
  • Agilent TOF-QTOF LC/MS Techniques and Operation
    Exide Technologies (Spain), Spain
  • Quarantine Approved Premises for Accredited Persons (Classes1 to 8)
    Guardian Online Training by the AIWGB, Australia
  • Bruker microTOF-Q Training
    Bruker (Australia), Australia
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific IC-TSQ Quantiva Training
    Thermo Fisher Scientific (Australia), Australia
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific LC-LTQ-XL Training
    Thermo Fisher Scientific, Australia
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific LC-ISQ Training
    Thermo Fisher Scientific, Australia
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific IC-ISQ Training
    Thermo Fisher Scientific, Australia

LANGUAGES

  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak and understand

SCHOOL AND PORTFOLIO

  • School of Natural Sciences

UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • 13 Climate Action
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

FIELD OF RESEARCH