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Doctoral Theses
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
Solvent-based approaches to evaluate the ABE extractive fermentation
Authors: Helena González
Supervisors: Thelmo Lu Chau, Juan M. Lema
Date: 03/12/2019
European doctorate: x
Cum Laude: x
Influence of organic and microbial load on the microbiome of sewage sludge anaerobic reactors
Authors: Guilherme Rodrigues
Supervisors: Marta Carballa, Juan M. Lema
Date: 31/10/2019
European doctorate: x
Development and study of simultaneous nitrogen and methane removal bioprocesses for wastewater treatment
Authors: Tomás Allegue
Supervisors: Francisco Omil, Juan M. Garrido
Date: 23/07/2019
European doctorate: x
Assessment of Management Techniques for High-Production Organic Waste
Authors: Xela García
Supervisors: Amaya Franco
Date: 19/07/2019
European doctorate: x
2018
Assessment of energy efficiency in wastewater treatment plants. Turning data into useful information
Assessment of energy efficiency in wastewater treatment plants. Turning data into useful information
Authors: Stefano Longo
Supervisors: Almudena Hospido, Miguel Mauricio
Date: 14/12/2018
European doctorate: x
New strategies for the wastewater treatment with filtration membranes
Authors: Álvaro Silva
Supervisors: Juan M. Garrido
Date: 13/12/2018
European doctorate: x
Sustainability diagnosis of alternative technologies for the management of agri-food and urban waste
Sustainability diagnosis of alternative technologies for the management of agri-food and urban waste
Authors: Isabel Noya
Supervisors: Maite Moreira, Sara Gonzalez
Date: 06/09/2018
European doctorate: x
Anaerobic biotransformation of organic micropollutants focused on the role of enzymes
Authors: Lorena González
Supervisors: Marta Carballa, Juan M. Lema
Date: 17/07/2018
European doctorate: x
Application and refinement of Territorial Life Cycle Assessment to the calculation of the carbon footprint and the normalization factors of Galicia
Authors-Ext: Laura Roibás
Supervisors: Almudena Hospido
Date: 13/07/2018
European doctorate: x
Strategies to enhance the removal of organic micropollutants during wastewater post-treatment
Authors: Lidia Paredes
Supervisors: Marta Carballa, Francisco Omil
Date: 12/07/2018
European doctorate: x
Organic products recovery from complex industrial wastewater: microbial features
Authors: Andrea Fra
Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera
Date: 22/06/2018
European doctorate: x
Ammonia stripping to boost anaerobic digestion of nitrogen-rich waste(waters)
Authors-Ext: Chiara Pedizzi
Supervisors: Marta Carballa, Juan M. Lema
Date: 19/06/2018
European doctorate: x
Evaluación del desempeño operacional y ambiental de la digestión anaerobia de lodos provenientes del tratamiento de aguas servidas incluyendo pre-tratamiento mediante ultrasonido e hidrólisis térmica
Authors-Ext: Patricio Alejandro Neumann Landong (Universidad de Concepción, Chile)
Supervisors: Almudena Hospido
Supervisors-Ext: Gladys Vidal
Date: 24/01/2018
2017
In pursuit of environmental sustainability and eco-efficiency of urban wastewater treatment systems
Authors: Yago Lorenzo
Supervisors: Gumersindo Feijoo, Maite Moreira
Date: 10/11/2017
Envisioning the sustainability of bioenergy production from anaerobic digestion
Authors: Lucía Lijó
Supervisors: Maite Moreira, Sara Gonzalez
Date: 29/09/2017
Valorisation of saline wastewaters: a challenge for the obtainment of bioproducts
Authors: Tania_Palmeiro
Supervisors: Anuska Mosquera, José Luis Campos
Date: 27/07/2017
Life cycle assessment of air pollution control technologies and methodological improvements
Authors: Carolina Alfonsín
Supervisors: Maite Moreira, Gumersindo Feijoo
Date: 13/07/2017
System analysis and life cycle assessment of forest supply chains with integrated biomass production
System analysis and life cycle assessment of forest supply chains with integrated biomass production
Authors-Ext: María Teresa de la Fuente Diez
Supervisors: Sara Gonzalez
Supervisors-Ext: Nordfjell, T. (main supervisor), Athanassiadis, D. (co-supervisor), Joelsson, J. (co-supervisor)
Date: 09/07/2017
Strategies to optimize anaerobic co-digestion of complex organic wastes
Authors: Iván_Rodríguez
Supervisors: Juan M. Lema, Marta Carballa
Date: 24/05/2017
Biopolymers production by Halomonas boliviensis in an integrated biorefinery
Authors: María García
Supervisors: Thelmo Lu Chau, Juan M. Lema
Date: 09/05/2017
2016
Biofiltration of diffuse methane emissions: technology development and integration for livestock waste treatment systems
Authors: Santiago Gómez
Supervisors: Francisco Omil
Supervisors-Ext: Jerónimo Hernández
Date: 16/12/2016
Exploitation of the ligninocellulosic by-product raquis, obtained from the extraction of palm oil for the production of ethanol
Authors: Natalia Gómez
Supervisors: Juan M. Lema, Thelmo Lu Chau
Supervisors-Ext: Rigoberto Rios and Mariana Peñuela (University of Antioquia, Colombia)
Date: 18/07/2016