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Group of Environmental Biotechnology

Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

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Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

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1. Waste & Wastewater Treatment & Resource Recovery

1.1 Removal of Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs)

1.1.1 Removal of organic micropollutants (OMPs) from wastewater Francisco Omil, Juan M. Lema, Juan M. Garrido, Marta Carballa, Sonia Suárez, Sabela Balboa, Alba Trueba, Silvana Quiton, Matías Rivadulla, Adrián Ferreiro, Paula Yumi

1.1.2 Advanced oxidation processes: Enzymatic, Fenton and photocatalysis Maite Moreira, Juan M. Lema, Gumersindo Feijoo, Thelmo Lu, Gemma Eibes, Daniel Sastre, Jorge González, Sabrina de Boer, Isabella Narváez

1.1.3 Effect and fate of Microplastics in sewage treatment plants Sabela Balboa, Juan M. Lema, Carlota Vijande

1.2 Wastewater Treatment & Resource Recovery

1.2.1 Autotrophic denitrification for urban and industrial wastewater (Anammox processes) Anuska Mosquera, Ángeles Val, Alba Pedrouso, Jose Ramón Lorenzo, Ramón J. Méndez Pampín, José Luis Campos (collaborator)

1.2.2 Aerobic granular reactors Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val, Alba Pedrouso, Yolanda López, J. Luis Campos (collaborator)

1.2.3 Integrated Methanogenic/MBR (SIAM) Juan M. Garrido, Miguel Mauricio, Alba Trueba

1.2.4 New concepts in wastewater treatment Juan M. Lema, Marta Carballa,Francisco Omil, Juan M. Garrido, Sonia Suárez, Miguel Mauricio, Alba Trueba

1.2.5 Photobioprocesses with autotrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms Alba Pedrouso, Anuska Mosquera, Ángeles Val, José Ramón Lorenzo, Yolanda López, Guillermo Martín, José Luis Campos (collaborator)

1.3 Waste Treatment & Resource Recovery

1.3.1 Ammonia Stripping from Anaerobic Digestion Marta Carballa, Juan M. Lema

1.3.2 Integrated anaerobic codigestion /postreatment Juan M. Lema, Marta Carballa, Miguel Mauricio, Alberte Regueira

1.3.3 Microbiome in Anaerobic digesters Marta Carballa, J. M. Lema



2. Environmental Management

2.1 Life Cycle Management

2.1.1 LCC, LCA, S-LCA & Environmental Footprint  Maite Moreira, Gumersindo Feijoo, Sara González, Ana Arias, Cristina Cambeses, José Luis Ares, Adrián Agraso, Claudio Calia

2.1.2 Circular Economy: Ecodesign, Ecoefficiency, Responsible Consumption Gumersindo Feijoo, Maite Moreira, Sara González, Sofia Estevez, Sara Lago, Iago Ferreiro

2.1.3 LCA-assisted decision-making Almudena Hospido, Miguel Mauricio, Anuska Mosquera, Brais Vázquez, Alberto Fraile

2.1.4 Energy efficiency: the water and energy nexus Almudena Hospido, Miguel Mauricio, Juan M. Lema



3. Biorefinery

3.1 Production of biopolymers

3.1.1 Biopolymers (PHB) from renewable compounds Juan M. Lema, Thelmo Lú-Chau, Miguel Mauricio, Lucas Van der Hauwaert

3.1.2 Waste(water) to Biopolymers Anuska Mosquera, Almudena Hospido, Ángeles Val, Alba Pedrouso, Carlota Ucha, Yolanda López, Brais Vázquez, José Ramón Lorenzo, Sara Martínez.

3.2 Production of biofuels

3.2.1 Biomass pretreatment and production of biofuels Juan M. Lema, Thelmo Lú-Chau, Gemma Eibes, Maite Moreira

3.3 Production of biochemicals and added-value compounds

3.3.1. Targeted VFA production from (waste) waters Marta Carballa, Juan M. Lema, Miguel Mauricio, Alberte Regueira, Sabela Balboa, Ana Vázquez, Juan Iglesias, Lucas Van der Hauwaert, Tamara Casero, Ander Castro, Elmer Dierinck, Hugo Quintana

3.3.2 Added-value compounds from agro-industrial residues Gemma Eibes, Thelmo Lú-Chau, Maite Moreira, Juan M. Lema, Alba Trueba, Raquel Fariñas

3.3.3 New biologically active molecules obtained by enzymatic oligomerization Gemma Eibes, Thelmo Lú-Chau, Maite Moreira, Juan M. Lema

3.4 Mathematical modelling for bioprocess development

3.4.1 Mathematical modelling for bioprocess development Miguel Mauricio, Alberte Regueira, Lucas Van der Hauwaer, Miguel Bouzas, Manuel de la Fuente