Researchers from our group participated in the hybrid event '3rd International Conference on Pollution Prevention and Clean Technologies (ICPPCT)', held in České Budějovice (September 13-15, Czech Republic).

Cristina Martínez presented 'Lactate-driven dark fermentation as a novel valorization platform for the organic fraction of municipal solid waste'.

Leonardo Martínez presented 'Biohydrogen production from fruit and vegetable waste via dark fermentation: From batch to continuous lab-scale operation'.

Lois Regueira presented 'Innovative two-stage lactate-driven dark fermentation process for the fermentative hydrogen production from food waste'.

Fanny Rivera presented 'Membrane-based Ammonia Extraction to Enhance the Anaerobic Digestion Process of Poultry Manure'.

Our group member Silvia García participated in the '18th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST)', held in Athens (Greece, 30/08 to 02/09), where she presented 'Enrichment of mesophilic syngas-converting consortia for methane production'.

New paper accepted at Journal of Water Process Engineering

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Influence of pH on the performance of anaerobic piggery wastewater treatment coupled with membrane-based NH3 extraction

New paper accepted at Fermentation

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Use of a Highly Specialized Biocatalyst to Produce Lactate or Biohydrogen and Butyrate from Agro-Industrial Resources in a Dual-Phase Dark Fermentation

Meet our new researchers!

Dr. Masatoshi Kishi joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a MSCA postdoctoral researcher. His research will be focused on the development of chlorophyll fluorescence-based technologies to monitor and control the mass cultivation of algae using waste streams.

Bruna Sampaio joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a visiting PhD student. Her research will be focused on the influence of nanoparticles on microalgae cultivation during photosynthetic biogas upgrading.

New paper accepted at Fuel

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Influence of carbon-coated zero-valent iron-based nanoparticle concentration on continuous photosynthetic biogas upgrading

New paper accepted at Bioresource Technology

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The co-conversion of methane and mixtures of volatile fatty acids into poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) expands the potential of an integrated biorefinery

New paper accepted at Chemical Engineering Journal

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An innovative and sustainable process for producing poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate): simulating volatile fatty acid role and biodegradability

Researchers from our group attended to the XVIII Congress of the Spanish Society of Biotechnology (BIOTECH 2023), held in Madrid (Spain, 17-20 June), where their work was shared as oral presentations and posters.

Maria Sol Montaluisa presented 'Feasibility of removal of indoor VOCs through a botanical filter'.

Elisa Huang-Lin presented 'Guyparkeria halophila as a very efficient microbial platform for the circularization of carbon dioxide and thiosulfate into fine chemicals for the pharmaceutical industry'.

Eva Marcos presented the poster 'Microbial conversion of syngas into valuable osmolytes'.

New paper accepted at Biotechnology & Bioengineering

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Continuous polyhydroxybutyrate production from biogas in an innovative two-stage bioreactor configuration

New paper accepted at Fermentation

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Feasibility Study of Biohydrogen Production from Acid Cheese Whey via Lactate-Driven Dark Fermentation

New paper accepted at Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

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Hydrophobic air pollutants removal at one second gas contact in a multi-channel capillary bioreactor

New paper accepted at Journal of Water Process Engineering

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Side-stream membrane-based NH3 extraction to improve the anaerobic digestion of poultry manure

New paper accepted at Bioresource Technology

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Continuous lactate-driven dark fermentation of restaurant food waste: Process characterization and new insights on transient feast/famine perturbations

Our group member Víctor Pérez successfully defended his PhD thesis, titled 'A techno-economic assessment methodology for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates and ectoine from biogas in waste treatment plants'. Congratulations!!

Take a look at the pictures of the dissertations.

Researchers from our group attended to the 6th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (ecoSTP 2023), held in Girona (Spain, 26-29 June), where their work was shared as oral presentations and posters.

Maria del Rosario Rodero participated as chair and presented 'Bioconversion of H2 to Single Cell Protein by Purple Bacteria consortia: Influence of environmental conditions on microbial kinetics'.

Andres Torres-Franco presented 'Anaerobic and microalgae-based treatments: potential for virus inactivation during secondary treatment of municipal wastewater'.

Edwin Gilbert Hoyos presented 'Influence of carbon-coated zerovalent iron-based nanoparticle concentration on continuous photosynthetic biogas upgrading'.

Elisa Huang-Lin presented 'Innovative cell platforms to transform CO2 into fine chemicals for the pharmaceutical industry'

New paper accepted at Science of The Total Environment

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Biological desulfurization of biogas: A comprehensive review on sulfide microbial metabolism and treatment biotechnologies

The BIP course 'Biological Carbon Capture Technologies', organized by our group members Maria del Rosario Rodero and Raúl Muñoz, was celebrated in Valladolid (Spain, 12-22 June).

Visiting professors, as well as members of the Institute of Sustainable Processes, presented to researchers from 15 international institutions different topics about microbiology, modelling and processes involved in C1 carbon capture.

New paper accepted at Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology

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Phenol and nitrogen removal in microalgal–bacterial granular sequential batch reactors

New paper accepted at Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

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Odour prevention strategies in wastewater treatment plants: A pilot scale study of activated sludge recycling and oxidized nitrogen recycling