Our PhD student Cristian Severi presenting 'Demonstration of an integrated innovative biorefinery for the transformation of municipal solid waste into new BioBased products' at the 10th General Meeting of URBIOFIN proyect, held at Heraklion, Crete (Greece)

Meet our new researchers

Deborah joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as an Environmental Engineering Master’s student at the University of Valladolid (Spain). Her research will be focused on the production of biohydrogen through lactate-driven dark fermentation using cheese whey as substrate.

Inji joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as an Master's Erasmus exchange student from the Baku Higher Oil School (Azerbaijan). Her research will be focused on the production of biogas and hydrogen from food waste.

New paper accepted in Fuel

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Anaerobic digestion of food waste coupled with biogas upgrading in an outdoors algal-bacterial photobioreactor at pilot scale

Our PhD student Celia Pascual presenting her work 'Siloxanes removal in high mass transfer biorectors: a novel biotechnology based in bacterial biodegradation of these persistent compounds', in the 4th International Conference on Biogas Microbiology in Braga (Portugal).

New paper accepted at Journal of Water Process Engineering

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Photosynthetic treatment of piggery wastewater in sequential purple phototrophic bacteria and microalgae-bacteria photobioreactors

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Dr. Viktoriia Komarysta joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group and the Department of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology as a Visiting Professor. Her focuses on the biotechnology of carotenoids from algal and fungal sources and downstream processing of their biomass including conventional solvent and supercritical CO2 extraction.

Neila joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a Chemical Engineering student at the University of Valladolid (Spain). Her research will be focused on the bioconversion of syngas into biomethane in biotrickling filters.

New paper accepted at Bioresource Technology

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Production of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid from methane by in vivo depolymerization of polyhydroxybutyrate in Methylocystis parvus OBBP

New paper accepted at Chemosphere

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Optimization of nitrogen feeding strategies for improving polyhydroxybutyrate production from biogas by Methylocystis parvus str. OBBP in a stirred tank reactor

New paper accepted at Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

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Toward a sustainable and cost-efficient biological-based platform for siloxanes removal

New paper accepted at Science of the Total Environment

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Influence of the hydraulic retention time on the removal of emerging contaminants in an anoxic-aerobic algal-bacterial photobioreactor coupled with anaerobic digestion

Meet our new researchers

Alba joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a Master student in Advanced Chemical Techniques at the University of Valladolid (Spain). Her research will be focused on the synthesis and characterization of new polymers and the fabrication of membranes for gas separation on biogas reactors.

Bárbara joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a Master student in Chemical Engineering at the University of Valladolid (Spain). Her research will be focused on the optimization of domestic wastewater treatment using microalgae and bacteria in a HRAP photobioreactor.

Yadira Rodríguez successfully defended her PhD thesis!!! Congratulations!! 

Take a look at the pictures of the dissertation.

New paper accepted at Journal of Water Process Engineering

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Optimization of activated sludge recycling and oxidized ammonium recycling as odour control strategies in wastewater treatment plants

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Laura joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a Master student in Environmental Engineering at the University of Valladolid (Spain). Her research will be focused on the development of new technologies for the prevention of odoriferous pollution in sewage networks and wastewater treatment plants.

Melisa joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as visiting Erasmus student. Her research will be focused on the production of hydrogen from food waste.

New paper accepted at Membranes

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A Systematic Study of Ammonia Recovery from Anaerobic Digestate Using Membrane-Based Separation

New paper accepted at Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology

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A state of the art review on the use of fungi in biofiltration to remove volatile hydrophobic pollutants

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Sergio joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral researcher. His research will be focused on the biomethanation of syngas.

Germán joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a PhD student under co-supervision with the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His research focuses on the effect of biostimulants in the accumulation of secondary metabolites of commercial interest in microalgae cultures.

New paper accepted at ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

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Ectoine Production from Biogas in Waste Treatment Facilities: A Techno-Economic and Sensitivity Analysis

Postdoctoral researcher Rosario Rodero has been recently awarded the "María Francisca García Usach" award from the DAM Chair for the Best Doctoral Thesis. 

This award recognizes the best research in the field of sustainable management and wastewater resources recovery.

Congratulations !!

New paper accepted at Biotechnology Advances

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Inspired by nature: Microbial production, degradation and valorization of biodegradable bioplastics for life-cycle-engineered products