In addition, she has a PhD in chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires and is senior lecturer at the Engineering Faculty of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata and the director of the CIDCA.

In order to reduce the pollution caused by the food industry, Zaritzky developed techniques that apply natural coagulants to treat effluents, and created technologies that take advantage of the collaborative work of bacteria.

Chitosan is obtained from these crustaceans, which is used to synthesize micro and nanoparticles, which are capable of decontaminating waters with chromium, a carcinogen.

In recognition of her research, especially in the cryopreservation of food and biological material, the application of these findings to the productive sector and the training of other researchers, Zaritzky was awarded in 2015 the Bunge y Born Prize of Process Engineering by a jury chaired by Roberto Williams and Miguel Laborde.

[4][5] Dr. Zaritzky also received the Houssay Trajectory Award in the areas of engineering, architecture and information technology on December 20, 2016.