Meet our new researchers!

Busra and Luis. Most welcome!

Busra joined the Gas Treatment and Microalgae Research Group as a visiting postdoctoral researcher. Her research focuses on anaerobic biotechnology, resource recovery through membrane-based technologies, innovative wastewater treatment processes, and environmental economics.

Luis joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a master´s student. His research focuses on the transformation of methane into high-value products using a Taylor flow reactor.

New paper accepted at Marine Drugs

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Harnessing Biogas into High-Value Chemicals: The Role of Algal–Methanotrophic Co-Cultures

Meet our new researchers!

Annalisa and Paula. Most welcome!

Annalisa joined the Gas Treatment and Microalgae Research Group as a visiting PhD student. Her research project focuses on the valorization of waste streams from the confectionery industry through the integration of anaerobic processes.

Paula joined the gas treatment and microalgae research group as a master´s student. Her research focuses on the transformation of syngas into high-value products

New paper accepted at Journal of Environmental Management

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Screening of antiviral activity in freshwater and marine microalgae: Inactivation capacity over enveloped and non-enveloped viruses

New paper accepted at Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

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Exploring the future of photosynthetic biogas upgrading process

 New paper accepted at Biochemical Engineering Journal

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A first newly isolated strain capable of effectively degrading 3-methylpentane: Identification, degradation characteristics and pathway analysis

  New paper accepted at Process Biochemistry

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Boosting Arthrospira platensis metabolism during biogas upgrading via carbon coated iron-based nanoparticle addition

  New paper accepted at Journal of Hazardous Materials

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Toluene bioconversion into ectoines by halophile mixed microbial cultures

 New paper accepted at Bioresource Technology

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Influence of biomilking on methanotrophs cultivation during biogas conversion into ectoines

New paper accepted at Frontiers in Environmental Engineering

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Mini-review of capillary-gas-treating bioreactors: opportunities and challenges

New paper accepted at Process Biochemistry

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Valorization of polyester wastes into polyhydroxyalkanoates via a one-step microbial fermentation process

 New paper accepted at Journal of Water Process Engineering

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Simultaneous recovery of ammonia and volatile fatty acids from dark fermentation effluents via gas-liquid membrane contactor

New paper accepted at Biochemical Engineering Journal

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Hybrid section-based modeling of gas-phase hydrodynamics in biotrickling filters: Influence of packing material on residence time distributions

New paper accepted at Fuel

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Pilot-scale optimization of a physical–chemical biogas upgrading system based on a high alkalinity absorbent at ambient pressure and temperature

New paper accepted at Journal of Hazardous Materials

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Performance comparison of microalgae-based and activated sludge with membrane filtration (AS-MBR) for emerging contaminant removal and wastewater reuse

 New paper accepted at Applied Sciences

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Potential of Acrocomia aculeata Pulp Waste for Fermentative Hydrogen Production and the Impact of Hydrothermal Pretreatment

New paper accepted at Membranes

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Optimizing Ammonia Separation from Thermophilic Digestate: The Combined Effect of pH and Thermal Gradients in Direct Contact Membrane Distillation

New paper accepted at Bioresource Technology Reports

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Functional specialization and enzymatic mechanisms of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBH) degradation in anaerobic digesters: Insights from shotgun metagenomics and molecular modeling

New paper accepted at Algal Research

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Influence of operational parameters on the performance of domestic wastewater treatment in a single-stage algal-bacterial column photobioreactor

 Our group member Antonio León attended the Nordic Photosynthesis Conference - Nordic Algae Symposium 2025 at the Konventum venue in Elsinore, Denmark, from October 20th to 23th.

Antonio contributed with his poster titled ‘Antiviral capacity of freshwater and marine microalgae over three different DNA and RNA viruses.’