Alba Pedrouso

Alba Pedrouso

Postdoctoral Xunta de Galicia Fellow

Alba Pedrouso obtained his Degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Santiago de Compostela in 2013 and the MSc in Chemical Engineering and Bioprocess in 2014. Then, I have joined the Biogroup to carry out my Master thesis focused on crude glycerol valorization to obtain biopolymers starting my research career. Since then, my research experience is focused on developing and optimizing innovative technologies and advanced bioprocesses for their application on wastewater treatment plants, making them more economical and environmentally sustainable. In December 2019, she defended her PhD thesis in Chemical and Environmental Engineering entitled “Assessment of the nitritation and anammox processes for mainstream wastewater treatment”. Later, Alba worked as PhD Project Manager in Cetaqua technological Centre, focused on recovering value-added products from agrofood wastes and biologically removing nutrients from wastewater.
From July 2021, I joined the Biogroup as Postdoctoral Xunta de Galicia Fellowship in the research lines of resource recovery from wastewater and autotrophic nitrogen removal.

Publications

Operational variables and microbial community dynamics affect granulation stability in continuous flow aerobic granular sludge reactors

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val

Authors-Ext: Oscar Franchi, María Ignacia Alvarez, Juan Pablo Pavissicha, Marisol Belmonte, Jose Luis Campos

Magazine/book: Journal of water Process Engineering

Volume: 59

Date of publication: 01/03/2024

Publishing house: Elsevier

ISBN: 2214-7144

Impact Index: 7.00

Quartil: Q1 (21/160)

DOI: link

Integrating food waste management into urban wastewater treatment: Economic and environmental impacts

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Dafne Crutchik, Javiera Barboza, José Ramón Vázquez-Padín, José Luis Campos

Magazine/book: Journal of Environmental Management

Volume: 345

Date of publication: 01/11/2023

Publishing house: Elsevier

ISBN: 0301-4797

Impact Index: 8.70

Quartil: Q1

Decil: D1

DOI: link

Rapid start-up and stable maintenance of the mainstream nitritation process based on the accumulation of free nitrous acid in a pilot-scale two-stage nitritation-anammox system

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Nicolas Morales, Belen Rodelas, David Correa-Galeote, Jose Luis Campos, Jose Vazquez-Padin

Magazine/book: Separation and Purification Technology

Volume: 317

Date of publication: 15/07/2023

Publishing house: Elsevier

ISBN: 1383-5866

Impact Index: 8.60

Quartil: Q1

Decil: D1

DOI: link

Performance of a two-stage partial nitritation-anammox system treating the supernatant of a sludge anaerobic digester pretreated by a thermal hydrolysis process

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: DanielValenzuela-Heredia, CamilaPanatt, Marisol Belmonte, Oscar Franchia, Dafne Crutchik, Jacques Dumais, José Ramón Vázquez-Padín, YvesLesty, José LuisCampos

Magazine/book: Chemical Engineering Journal

Volume: 429

Pages: 131301

Date of publication: 01/02/2022

Publishing house: Elsevier

ISBN: 1385-8947

DOI: link

Performance of partial nitritation-anammox processes at mainstream conditions in an IFAS system

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Jozef Trela, Elzbieta Plaza

Magazine/book: Journal of Environmental Management

Volume: 250

Date of publication: 05/09/2019

Publishing house: Elsevier

ISBN: 0301-4797

Quartil: Q1

Decil: 2

DOI: link

Predicting Accumulation of Intermediate Compounds in Nitrification and Autotrophic Denitrification processes: A chemical approach

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val

Authors-Ext: José Luis Campos, Jacques Dumas, Juan Pablo Pavissich, Oscar Franchi, Dafne Crutchik, Marisol Belmonte, Martín Faúndez, Lorena Jorquera

Magazine/book: BioMed Research International

Date of publication: 07/07/2019

Publishing house: Hindawi Ltd

ISBN: ISBN: 2314-6133, ISSN: 2314-6141

Impact Index: 2.20

Quartil: Q3

DOI: link

Determination of the intrinsic kinetic parameters of ammonia-oxidizing and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in granular and flocculent sludge

Authors: Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Jose L. Campos, Cristopher Da Silva

Magazine/book: Separation and Purification Technology

Volume: Volume 213

Pages: 571-577

Date of publication: 15/04/2019

Publishing house: Elsevier

ISBN: 1383-5866

Impact Index: 3.36

Quartil: Q1

DOI: link

Performance and microbial features of the partial nitritation-anammox process treating fish canning wastewater with variable salt concentrations

Authors: Angeles Val, Andrés Pichel, Nuria Fernández, Alba Pedrouso, Andrea Fra, Ramon J. Méndez Pampin, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Nicolas Morales, Jose Luis Campos

Magazine/book: Journal of Environmental Management

Volume: 208

Pages: 112-121

Date of publication: 15/02/2019

Publishing house: Elsevier

ISBN: ISSN: 0301-4797

Impact Index: 4.01

DOI: link

Nitrogen removal by anammox-based processes from diffrent anaerobically digested effluents (chapter 17)

Authors: Angeles Val, Andrés Pichel, Alba Pedrouso, José Luis Campos, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Daniel P. Mesquita,

Type: Book

Magazine/book: Post treatments of anaerobically treated effluents

Pages: 365-388

Chapter: 17

Date of publication: 01/01/2019

ISBN: 978-1-78040-973-3

Bottom-up approach in the assessment of environmental impacts and costs of an innovative anammox-based process for nitrogen removal

Authors: Andrea Arias, Iana Salim, Alba Pedrouso, Anuska Mosquera, Gumersindo Feijoo, Maite Moreira

Authors-Ext: Nicolás Morales, José Ramón Vázquez-Padín, Frank Rogalla

Magazine/book: Journal of Environmental Management

Volume: 225

Pages: 112-119

Date of publication: 01/11/2018

Publishing house: Elsevier

ISBN: ISSN: 0301-4797

Impact Index: 4.01

DOI: link

Feasible microbial accumulation of triacylglycerides from crude glycerol

Authors: Andrea Fra, Alba Pedrouso, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: T. Palmeiro-Sánchez, H. Moralejo-Gárate

Magazine/book: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volume: 93

Issue: 10

Pages: 2644–2651

Date of publication: 01/10/2018

Publishing house: Society of Chemical Industry

DOI: link

Novel system configuration with activated sludge like-geometry to develop aerobic granular biomass under continuous flow

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Paula Carrera, Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val

Authors-Ext: C. Cofré, J. L. Campos, D. Valenzuela-Heredia, J. P. Pavissich, N. Camus, M. Belmonte

Magazine/book: Bioresource Technology

Volume: 267

Pages: 778-781

Date of publication: 29/07/2018

Publishing house: Elsevier

ISBN: 0960-8524

Impact Index: 5.81

Quartil: Q1

DOI: link

Effects of short- and long-term exposures of humic acid on the anammox activity and microbial community

Authors: Andrea Fra, Alba Pedrouso, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: K. Kraiem, M. Ali Wahab, H. Kallali

Magazine/book: Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Date of publication: 17/07/2018

Publishing house: Springer

ISBN: 0944-1344

Impact Index: 2.80

DOI: link

Pilot-scale ELAN® process applied to treat primary settled urban wastewater at low temperature via partial nitritation-anammox processes

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, José Luis Campos, Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val

Authors-Ext: Irati Aiartza, Nicolás Morales, Jose Ramón Vázquez-Padín, Frank Rogalla

Magazine/book: Separation and Purification Technology

Volume: 200

Pages: 94-101

Date of publication: 12/07/2018

Publishing house: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD

ISBN: 1383-5866

Impact Index: 3.36

Quartil: Q1 Chemical Engineering (2016)

Decil: 21/135

DOI: link

Nitrite oxidizing bacteria suppresion based on in-situ free nitrous acid production at mainstream contidions. Separation and Purification Technology

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, José Luis Campos, Ramon J. Méndez Pampin, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Nicolás Morales, Jose R. Vázquez-Padín

Magazine/book: Separation and Purification Technology

Pages: 55–62 vol 186

Date of publication: 01/10/2017

Publishing house: Elsevier

ISBN: ISSN: 1383-5866

Granular biomass floatation: A simple kinetic/stoichiometric explanation

Authors: José Luis Campos, Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Raux P, Giustinianovichc EA

Magazine/book: Chemical Engineering Journal

Pages: 63–71 Vol 311

Date of publication: 01/03/2017

Publishing house: Elsevier

ISBN: ISSN: 1385-8947

Biomass aggregation influences NaN3 short-term effects on anammox bacteria activity

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, José Luis Campos, Ramon J. Méndez Pampin, Anuska Mosquera

Magazine/book: Water Science and Technology

Pages: 75 (5) 1007-1013

Date of publication: 01/01/2017

Publishing house: IWA Publishing

Anammox Process: Technologies and Application to Industrial Effluents (Chapter)

Authors: Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso, José Luis Campos, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Elisa Amanda Giustinianovich

Editors: Angeles Val, José Luis Campos, Anuska Mosquera

Magazine/book: Technologies for the Treatment and Recovery of Nutrients from Industrial Wastewater (Book)

Pages: 264-289 of 391

Date of publication: 01/01/2017

Publishing house: IGI Global

ISBN: ISBN13: 9781522510376 | ISBN10:1522510370

Wastewater treatment plants: from energy and resources “sinks” to “sources”. A critical evaluation of new technologies implementation (Chapter)

Authors: José Luis Campos, Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso, Andrés Pichel

Authors-Ext: Belmonte M., Ruiz G., Jorquera L., Jeison D., Vergara C.

Magazine/book: Environmental Science and Engineering (book). Environment and Energy Management: Ethics, Laws and Policies (Volume 9)

Pages: 416

Date of publication: 01/01/2017

Publishing house: Studium Press LLC

ISBN: 1-62699-097-2

Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants: Minimization, Treatment, and Prevention

Authors: José Luis Campos, Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: D. Valenzuela-Heredia, M. Belmonte

Magazine/book: Journal of Chemistry

Pages: Volume 2016 (2016), Article ID 3796352, 12 pages

Date of publication: 22/06/2016

Publishing house: Hindawi publishing corporation

Evaluación microscópica de biopelículas mediante la aplicación de microsensores: Caso ELAN®

Authors: Andrés Pichel, Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso, José Luis Campos, Anuska Mosquera, Ramon J. Méndez Pampin

Authors-Ext: Nicolás Morales, José Ramón Vázquez-Padín

Magazine/book: Revista Técnica de Medioambiente (RETEMA)

Pages: 44-53 nº183

Date of publication: 01/05/2015

ISBN: ISSN: 1130 - 9881

Patents

Method for Starting Up and Controlling a Biological Process for Ammonium Removal at Low Ammonium Concentrations and Low Temperature through the use of a Two Stage Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal Process

Authors: Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso, Anuska Mosquera, José Luis Campos, Ramon J. Méndez Pampin

Authors-Ext: Morales Pereira Nicolás; Vázquez Padín Jose Ramón; Rogalla Frank

Date of publication: 13/12/2017

Master Theses

Enriquecemento e acumulación nunha única unidade para a obtención de biopolímeros con ácido oleico como substrato

Authors: Sara Martínez

Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso

Date: 21/06/2024

Master in environmental engineering

Efecto de la salinidad y el pH en la recuperación de fósforo por medio de bacterias fotótrofas púrpura

Authors: Marcos González

Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso

Date: 09/06/2024

Master in chemical engineering and bioprocesses

Optimización de la producción de ácidos grasos volátiles para la obtención de biopolímeros mediante la valorización de residuos orgánicos complejos

Authors: Isidora Casanova

Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso

Date: 15/03/2024

Master in chemical engineering and bioprocesses

Evaluación del proceso de nitritación parcial en continuo para la eliminación eficiente de nitrógeno en la línea principal de una EDAR

Authors: Guillermo Martin

Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso

Date: 01/03/2024

Evaluación del tratamiento de efluentes salinos con alta carga orgánica utilizando bacterias fototróficas púrpura en un reactor SBR

Authors: Miguel Bouzas

Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso

Date: 01/03/2024

Sistema de una unidad a escala piloto para la producción de biopolímeros

Authors: Manuel Ángel Lago

Supervisors: Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera, Alba Pedrouso

Date: 15/02/2024

Avaliación do proceso de nitritación parcial en continuo para a eliminación eficiente de nitróxeno na liña de lodos dunha EDAR

Authors-Ext: Alejandra Paz Riveros

Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso

Date: 15/02/2024

Master in chemical engineering and bioprocesses

Congresses

Aerobic biodegradability of fat, oil and grease wastes

Authors: Carlota Ucha Muñoz, Yolanda López, Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso, Jorge González-Rodríguez, Anuska Mosquera

Type: Poster

Magazine/book: Book of abstract of the 6th IWA International Conference on eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment (EcoSTP2023)

Date: 26/06/2023

Organization: Lequia, Universitat de Girona and Catalan Institute for Water Research

City: Girona

Website: https://www.ecostp2023.org

Biodegradabilidade de residuos graxos e oleosos para a súa valorización en biopolímeros

Authors: Carlota Ucha Muñoz, Yolanda López, Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Jesús Gonzalez-Lopez

Type: Oral

Magazine/book: X Encontro Mocidade Investigadora

Date: 12/06/2023

Organization: Facultade de Ciencias Económica e Empresariais da USC

Website: https://www.usc.gal/es/node/38788

Tecnoloxía para a valorización de residuos lipídicos mediante a produción de biopolímeros por comunidades bacterianas mixtas.

Authors: Carlota Ucha Muñoz, Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Type: Oral

Magazine/book: VI Simposio de Investigación en Tecnologías Ambientales (CRETUS)

Date: 07/10/2022

Organization: CRETUS

City: Santiago de Compostela

PN/AMX System Robustness Under Repeated Starvation And Reactivation For Blackwater Treatment

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: N. Morales, J. R. Vazquez-Padin, J. L. Campos

Type: oral

Magazine/book: 5th International Conference on Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment

Date: 21/06/2021

City: Milan (Italy)

Website: http://www.ecostp2020.polimi.it/

Valorisation of complex wastewater for the production of PHA

Authors: Alba Roibás, Lucía Argiz, Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Almudena Hospido, Anuska Mosquera

Type: Oral

Magazine/book: 3rd IWA Resource Recovery Conference (IWARR2019)

Date: 09/09/2019

ISBN: 9788894470000

City: Venice (Italy)

Website: https://www.iwarr2019.org/

Application of the ELAN(R) anammox based process to treat digested blackwater in a decentralized wastewater system

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Giaime Tocco, Alessandra Carucci, Nicolás Morales, Stefano Milia

Type: Poster

Magazine/book: 16th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies

Date: 10/06/2019

Organization: IWA

City: Edinburgh (UK)

Website: Website

Possible strategies for the application of the partial nitrification in the mainstream of urban WWTPs

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: L. Campos, D. Valenzuela, C. Díaz, M. Belmonte, F. Salazar

Type: Oral

Magazine/book: XIII Latin American Workshop and Symposium on Anaerobic digestion (DAAL XIII)

Date: 21/10/2018

Organization: IWA, Universidad de Antioquia

City: Medellín (Colombia)

Website: http://ingenieria.udea.edu.co/daal13/

Nitrogen removal from a digester supernatant pretreated with thermal hydrolysis by a two stages partial nitritation-anammox process

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: J. L. Campos, D. Valenzuela, C. Panatt, C. Díaz, M. Belmonte

Type: Oral (Jose Luis Campos)

Magazine/book: XIII Latin American Workshop and Symposium on Anaerobic digestion (DAALXIII )

Date: 21/10/2018

Organization: IWA and Universidad de Antioquia

City: Medellín (Colombia)

Website: http://ingenieria.udea.edu.co/daal13/

Combined effect of low temperature and saline conditions over anammox activity

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val

Authors-Ext: Deyanira Liviac, Jose Luis Campos

Type: Poster

Magazine/book: XIII Latin American Workshop and Symposium on Anaerobic digestion (DAAL XIII)

Date: 21/10/2018

City: Medellín (Colombia)

Website: http://ingenieria.udea.edu.co/daal13/

Continuous flow aerobic granular sludge system as a post-treatment of effluents from industrial anaerobic digesters

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Paula Carrera, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: C. Cofré, J. L. Campos, D. Valenzuela, J. P. Pavissich, N. Camus

Type: Poster

Magazine/book: XIII Latin American Workshop and Symposium on Anaerobic digestion (DAAL XIII)

Date: 21/10/2018

Organization: IWA, Universidad de Antioquia

City: Medellín (Colombia)

Website: http://ingenieria.udea.edu.co/daal13/

Autotrophic nitrogen removal at mainstream conditions in an ELAN(R) pilot plant

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Ramon J. Méndez Pampin, Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val

Authors-Ext: Irati Aiartza, Nicolás Morales, Jose Ramón Vázquez-Padín, Frank Rogalla, Jose Luis Campos

Type: Oral

Magazine/book: 15th Specialized Conference on Small Water & Wastewater Systems (SWWS 2018)

Date: 14/10/2018

Organization: IWA, Israel Institute of Technology and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

City: Haifa, Israel

International: x

Website: https://www.swws2018.org.il/

Implementación de los procesos de nitritación parcial y anammox en las estaciones depuradoras de aguas residuales

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Andrés Pichel, Angeles Val, Ramon J. Méndez Pampin, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Jose Luis Campos

Type: Poster

Magazine/book: XXXV Jornadas Nacionales de Ingeniería Química

Date: 04/07/2018

City: Salamanca (Spain)

National: x

Website: http://www.jnacionalesiq.es/

Simultaneous partial nitritation and organic matter removal in urban wastewater at low temperature

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Nicolás Morales, Jose Luis Campos

Type: Oral

Magazine/book: Book of abstracts of 4th IWA Specialized International Conference. Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment

Date: 25/06/2018

City: London, Ontario, Canada

International: x

Website: http://conference.uwo.ca/ecoSTP2018/

Going For Lab Scale To Real Facilities In The Environmental Assessment Of ELAN® Process

Authors: Andrea Arias, Iana Salim, Alba Pedrouso, Anuska Mosquera, Gumersindo Feijoo, Maite Moreira

Authors-Ext: Nicolás Morales, José Ramón Vázquez-Padín, Frank Rogalla

Type: Oral

Magazine/book: Book of abstracts of 4th IWA Specialized International Conference. Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment

Date: 25/06/2018

City: London, Ontario, Canada

International: x

Website: http://conference.uwo.ca/ecoSTP2018/

Eliminación de nitrógeno en agua urbana mediante nitritación parcial y anammox

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Ramon J. Méndez Pampin, Anuska Mosquera

Magazine/book: XIII Congreso Español de Tratamiento de Aguas

Date: 18/06/2018

Organization: Mesa Española de Tratamiento de Aguas. META 2018

City: León (Spain)

Website: http://meta2018.congresos.unileon.es/

Valorización del uso del agua en acuicultura mediante sistemas multitróficos (AquaVal)

Authors: Sergio Santorio, Andrés Pichel, Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Ramon J. Méndez Pampin, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Ana Couto, Luz Arregui, Sicuro Benedetto, Catarina Amorim, Paula Castro

Type: Oral

Magazine/book: Libro de resumos VI Encontro da mocidade investigadora

Date: 30/05/2018

ISBN: 978-84-09-03154-2

Organization: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

City: Santiago de Compostela

Website: https://minerva.usc.es/xmlui/handle/10347/17012

Start-up of the first full scale reactor based on the granular ELAN® technology to remove nitrogen from the co-digester supernatant

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: N. Morales, J.L. Campos J.R. Vázquez-Padín, F. Rogalla

Type: Poster

Magazine/book: IWA Biofilms: Granular Sludge Conference

Date: 18/03/2018

City: Delft, The Netherlands

International: x

Website: http://www.granularsludgeconference.org/

Fractal dimension: A useful parameter for monitoring the stability of aerobic granular Biomass

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Paula Carrera, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Camus N., Pavissich J.P., Campos J.L., Cofré C

Type: Poster

Magazine/book: IWA Biofilms: Granular Sludge Conference

Date: 18/03/2018

City: Delft, The Netherlands

International: x

Website: http://www.granularsludgeconference.org/

Development of aerobic granular biomass in a continuous flow system

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Paula Carrera, Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera

Authors-Ext: Cofré C., Campos J.L., Valenzuela D., Pavissich J.P., Camus N.

Type: Poster

Magazine/book: IWA Biofilms: Granular Sludge Conference

Date: 18/03/2018

City: Delft, The Netherlands

International: x

Website: http://www.granularsludgeconference.org/

How important is acclimation for the start-up of an anammox reactor at low temperature and nitrogen concentration?

Authors: Alba Pedrouso, Angeles Val, José Luis Campos, Ramon J. Méndez Pampin, Anuska Mosquera

Magazine/book: Book of proceedings_S2SMALL 2017 International IWA Conference on sustainable solutions for small water and wastewater treatment systems

Pages: 411 of 704

Date: 22/10/2017

City: Nantes, France

Oral http://s2small2017.org/