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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

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

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 in mainstream (Anammox processes) Anuska Mosquera, Ramón J. Méndez Pampín, Ángeles Val

1.2.2 Aerobic granular reactors Ramón J. Méndez Pampín, Anuska Mosquera, Ángeles Val

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

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, Beatriz Santiago, Ana Arias, Cristina Cambeses, Ricardo Rebolledo

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

2.1.3 LCA-assisted decision-making Almudena Hospido, Miguel Mauricio, Anuska Mosquera, Paola Guzmán, Mateo Saavedra, Jessica Pérez, Viola Benedetti, Brais Vázquez

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 Wastewater to Biopolymers Anuska Mosquera, Almudena Hospido

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, Mateo Saavedra,Juan Iglesias, Lucas Van der Hauwaert

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

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

3.4 Mathematical modelling for bioprocess development

3.4.1 Mathematical modelling for bioprocess development Miguel Mauricio, Alberte Regueira, Lucas Van der Hauwaert