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Doctoral Theses
2024
Embedding Life Cycle Assessment criteria and sustainability indicators of the Fisheries and Dairy Sectors in the framework of the Circular Economy in Galicia (NW Spain)
Authors: Eduardo Entrena
Supervisors: Sara Gonzalez, Maite Moreira
Date: 01/07/2024
European doctorate: X
Conceptual design, operation and scale-up of photocatalytic processes integrating magnetic nanocomposites for the removal of micropollutants in wastewater
Authors: Jorge González-Rodríguez
Supervisors: Maite Moreira, Gumersindo Feijoo
Date: 27/05/2024
European doctorate: X
Defining the most eco-efficient vehicle paint shop in view of formaldehyde emissions performance
Authors: Daniel Granadero
Supervisors: Francisco Omil, Gumersindo Feijoo
Date: 11/01/2024
European doctorate: X
2023
The potential of agri-food waste in the context of biorefinery for a circular bioeconomy
Authors: Ricardo Rebolledo
Supervisors: Maite Moreira, Sara Gonzalez
Date: 15/12/2023
European doctorate: X
Turning biowaste into bio-materials and bio-active products: A domain of circular economy
Authors: Ana Arias
Supervisors: Maite Moreira, Gumersindo Feijoo
Date: 17/07/2023
European doctorate: X
Cum Laude: X
Production strategies and environmental applications of fungal enzymes
Authors: Sandra González
Supervisors: Maite Moreira, Gemma Eibes
Date: 13/07/2023
European doctorate: X
Evaluation of the spatio-temporal future effects of climate change on the European dairy sector
Authors-Ext: Paola Guzman Luna
Supervisors: Almudena Hospido, Miguel Mauricio
Date: 16/06/2023
European doctorate: X
Knowledge integration to promote waste-to-PHA biorefineries
Authors: Mateo Saavedra
Supervisors: Miguel Mauricio, Almudena Hospido
Date: 09/06/2023
European doctorate: x
2022
Behaviour of organic micropollutants and antibiotic resistance determinants during anoxic biological wastewater treatment
Authors: Miguel Martínez
Supervisors: Francisco Omil, Sonia Suárez
Date: 16/12/2022
European doctorate: x
Challenges on the road to sustainability in strategic primary sectors
Authors: Antonio José Cortés
Supervisors: Gumersindo Feijoo, Maite Moreira
Date: 22/11/2022
Cum Laude: X
Mapping the feasibility of lignocellulosic biorefinery routes: the relevance of system modelling in life cycle assessment
Authors: Sara Bello
Supervisors: Maite Moreira
Date: 11/11/2022
European doctorate: x
Impact of the pricing policy on the environmental performance of urban waste management systems
Authors-Ext: Álvaro Fernández Braña
Supervisors: Gumersindo Feijoo
Supervisors-Ext: Celia María Dias Ferreira (Universidade Aberta de Portugal)
Date: 21/10/2022
European doctorate: x
Cum Laude: x
Challenges implementing circular economy principles in the management of industrial saline effluents: from technology development to holistic assessment
Authors: Alba Roibás
Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, Almudena Hospido
Date: 16/06/2022
European doctorate: X
Cum Laude: X
Continuous flow granular reactors to treat freshwater aquaculture effluents
Authors: Sergio Santorio
Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val
Date: 20/05/2022
European doctorate: X
Mixed-culture biotechnological processes for lipid-rich effluents valorization
Authors: Lucía Argiz
Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val
Date: 22/04/2022
European doctorate: X
Cum Laude: X
Enzymatic technology for the production of high added value oligomers from natural antioxidants
Authors: Abel Muñiz
Supervisors: Gemma Eibes
Supervisors-Ext: Beatriz Gullón
Date: 01/04/2022
European doctorate: X
Cum Laude: X
Understanding the enzymatic and cometabolic biotransformation of organic micropollutants under aerobic heterotrophic conditions
Authors: David Kennes
Supervisors: Juan M. Lema, Marta Carballa
Date: 25/03/2022
European doctorate: X
Cum Laude: X
Transición do consumo de alimentos cara a patróns sostibles baseados en aspectos ambientais, nutricionais e socioeconómicos
Authors: Xavier Esteve
Supervisors: Gumersindo Feijoo, Sara Gonzalez
Date: 27/01/2022
European doctorate: X
Cum Laude: X
2021
From agricultural cultivation to food and bio-based products: a life cycle assessment perspective
Authors: Iana Salim
Supervisors: Gumersindo Feijoo, Maite Moreira
Date: 19/11/2021
Optimización de un sistema integrado anaerobio y biorreactor de membrana, con baja huella ambiental, para el tratamiento de aguas residuales de baja carga
Authors: Adrián Arias
Supervisors: Juan M. Garrido
Date: 23/09/2021
Cum Laude: x
Understanding the effect of key operational conditions on amino acid acidification for a knowledge-driven protein fermentation
Website: Minerva Link
Authors-Ext: Riccardo Bevilacqua
Supervisors: Marta Carballa, Miguel Mauricio
Date: 23/07/2021
European doctorate: x
Cum Laude: x
Developing an integrated framework to quantify sustainability indicators in the context of urban systems
Authors: Manuel Rama
Supervisors: Gumersindo Feijoo, Sara Gonzalez
Date: 15/07/2021
Unravelling environmental and economic criteria for resource recovery in centralised and decentralised wastewater treatment
Authors: Andrea Arias
Supervisors: Maite Moreira, Gumersindo Feijoo
Date: 25/03/2021
European doctorate: x
2020
Nanosized metallic oxides governing the chemical and biochemical oxidation of pollutants present in wastewater
Authors: Maria Gamallo
Supervisors: Maite Moreira, Gumersindo Feijoo
Date: 18/12/2020
Aerobic granular sludge technology for fish-canning wastewater treatment: optimisation and scale up
Authors: Paula Carrera
Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val
Date: 06/07/2020
European doctorate: x
Mechanistic understanding of mixed-culture fermentations by metabolic modelling
Authors: Alberte Regueira
Supervisors: Juan M. Lema, Miguel Mauricio
Date: 26/06/2020
Extraordinary Doctorate Award: X
European doctorate: X
Cum Laude: X
Enzyme-Magnetic Nanoparticle Reactor for the advanced oxidatíon of micropollutants in wastewaters
Authors: Yolanda Moldes
Supervisors: Maite Moreira, Gumersindo Feijoo
Date: 18/02/2020
European doctorate: x
2019
A comparison of novel and conventional sewage treatment plants in terms of energy requirements, operational costs and organic micropollutants removal
Authors: Antón Taboada
Supervisors: Juan M. Lema, Marta Carballa
Date: 19/12/2019
European doctorate: x
Cum Laude: x
Evaluation of nitrogen elimination in anammox granular system for the treatment of industrial wastewater effluents
Authors: Andrés Pichel
Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val, Ramon J. Méndez Pampin
Date: 16/12/2019
European doctorate: x
Assessment of the nitritation and anammox processes for mainstream wastewater treatment
Authors: Alba Pedrouso
Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, Angeles Val, Ramon J. Méndez Pampin
Date: 13/12/2019
Extraordinary Doctorate Award: X
European doctorate: x
Cum Laude: x