Angelines Cruz Landeira

Angelines Cruz Landeira is a Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), affiliated with the Department of Forensic Sciences, Pathological Anatomy, Gynecology and Obstetrics and Pediatrics. She is a member of the Institute of Forensic Sciences "Luis Concheiro" (INCIFOR) and leads research within the FORTOX (Forensic Toxicology) group.

Her research focuses on toxicology and forensic toxicology, particularly in the development and application of analytical methods for drug detection. Her doctoral work centered on derivative spectroscopy for the simultaneous analysis of drugs of abuse and adulterants, establishing a foundation in advanced analytical techniques for forensic applications.

She earned her PhD from the University of Santiago de Compostela in 1991 with the thesis titled "Sequential methods in derivative spectroscopy and their application to the simultaneous analysis of drugs of abuse and adulterants," supervised by Dr. Manuel López-Rivadulla Lamas.

Dr. Cruz Landeira's work contributes to the scientific foundation of forensic toxicology, supporting accurate substance identification in legal and medical contexts. While no specific awards or student advisement records are listed in the provided text, her long-standing affiliation with INCIFOR and FORTOX indicates sustained research activity in the field.

The research group FORTOX is dedicated to advancing forensic toxicology through innovative analytical methodologies, and Dr. Cruz Landeira plays a key role in this effort at USC.