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Anuska Mosquera


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Anuska Mosquera Corral

Pofessor of Chemical Engineering

Scientific Profiles

Associate professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) since 2007. PhD. in Chemical Sciences from the USC in 1998 focused on the nitrogen removal from industrial effluents. Postdoctoral researcher at the TU Delft (The Netherlands) in 2000-2001, where she specialized in aerobic granular reactors to remove organic matter (COD) and nitrogen from industrial wastewater and on the application of autotrophic denitrification (anammox, denitrification with sulphur compounds) to effluents with low COD content. Then in 2005, she began applying the molecular biology techniques (FISH and DGGE) for the identification of bacterial populations in bioreactors. In 2011, she began the research line of biopolymers (polyhydroxyalkanoates) production from liquid wastes using mixed cultures.

Education

  • Graduation in Industrial Chemistry University of Santiago de Compostela, 1992.
  • MSc. Department of Chemical Engineering. University of Santiago de Compostela, 1993.
  • Ph.D. Department of Chemical Engineering. University of Santiago de Compostela, 1998.

Positions

  • Associate Professor USC (2012-present)
  • Assistant Professor USC (2003-2011)
  • Research Fellow USC (2001-2003)
  • Contract TMR in the Department of Biotechnology of the TU Delft (2000-2001)
  • Research Fellow USC (1996-1999)

Teaching Activities

  • Lab. Fluid Transport and Heat Transfer (Chemical Engineering Degree, 3rd year)
  • Project (Chemical Engineering Degree, 5th year, Technical Industrial Engineering Degree, 3rd year)
  • Methodological Tools applied to the wastewater treatment (Doctorate in Chemical and Environmental Engineering)

Research Activities

  • Biological wastewater treatment processes
    • COD and nutrients removal from urban and industrial wastewater
    • Aerobic granulation in Sequential Batch Reactors
    • Anaerobic ammonia oxidation (Anammox) process
  • Microscopy techniques: Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH)

Webs of interest

Publications

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

Modeling the Impact of Salinity Variations on Aquatic Environments: Including Negative and Positive Effects in Life Cycle Assessment
Authors-Ext: M. Núñez
Magazine/book: Environmental Science and Technology
Volume: 56
Issue: 2
Pages: 874-884
Date of publication: 18/01/2022
Publishing house: American Chemical Society
ISBN: 0013936X
Impact Index: 9.03
Quartil: Q1
Decil: D2
DOI: link

Salinity is the major driver of the global eukaryotic community structure in fish-canning wastewater treatment plants
Authors-Ext: David Correa-Galeote, Belén Juárez- Jiménez, Jesús González-López, Belén Rodelas
Magazine/book: Journal of Environmental Management
Volume: 290
Issue: 112623
Date of publication: 15/07/2021
Publishing house: Elsevier
ISBN: ISSN:0301-4797, E-ISSN:1095-8630
Quartil: Q1
Decil: D1
Patents

Método de puesta en marcha y control de un proceso biológico para eliminación de Amonio mediante la acción de bacterias autótrofas en aguas residuales
Authors-Ext: J.R. Vázquez-Padín, R. Fernández-González
Date of publication: 17/09/2014

A method and a system for enhancing Nitrogen removal in a granular sequencing batch reactor (GSBR) and a computer program product (pending)
Authors-Ext: Julio Pérez, Eduardo Isanta, Julián Carrera
Date of publication: 24/07/2013
Projects

Development of a biotechnological process based on a single unit to obtain polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from fatty wastes generated in industry (POLYGO1)
Main researcher: Angeles Val, Anuska Mosquera
Financial organism: NextGeneration EU, Strategic Projects Oriented to the Ecological and Digital Transition. (RD 685/2021, 3 agosto)
Reference: TED2021-130164B-I00
Amount 149500.00€
Scope: Proyecto nacional
Date of publication: 01/12/2022

Biorrefinería centralizada para la valorización de efluentes del sector transformador de pescado en forma de bioplásticos (BIOCENPLAS)
Main researcher: Anuska Mosquera
Research Group: Almudena Hospido, Angeles Val
Financial organism: Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación. Financiado por la UE "Next Generation EU". Real Decreto 685/2021 de 3 de agosto.
Reference: 2021-PN070
Amount 199588.00€
Scope: Proyecto nacional
Website: BIOCENPLAS
Partners: ANFACO (Coordinator), USC, CETAQUA Galicia
Date of publication: 30/12/2021

Integrative process development for biopolymer production through the valorisation of lipidic waste streams (ECOPOLYVER)
Main researcher: Anuska Mosquera, Almudena Hospido
Working Group: Angeles Val
Financial organism: Spanish Government
Reference: PID2020-112550RB-C21
Amount 170126.00€
Scope: Proyecto nacional
Date of publication: 01/09/2021
Doctoral Theses

Aerobic granular sludge technology for fish-canning wastewater treatment: optimisation and scale up
Authors: Paula Carrera
Date: 06/07/2020
European doctorate: x

Evaluation of nitrogen elimination in anammox granular system for the treatment of industrial wastewater effluents
Authors: Andrés Pichel
Date: 16/12/2019
European doctorate: x

Assessment of the nitritation and anammox processes for mainstream wastewater treatment
Authors: Alba Pedrouso
Date: 13/12/2019
Extraordinary Doctorate Award: X
European doctorate: x
Cum Laude: x
Master Theses

Sistema de una unidad a escala piloto para la producción de biopolímeros
Date: 15/02/2024

Avaliación da carga orgánica aplicada na produción de biopolímeros a partir de efluentes residuais graxos
Date: 13/09/2021

Máster in Environmental Engineering 

Evaluación de un biorreactor de lodo granular aerobio basado en el consorcio microalga-bacteria para el tratamiento de aguas residuales salinas
Date: 07/07/2021

Máster in Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses 

Awards

Identificación de microorganismos implicados en la eliminación de nitrógeno en sistemas de tratamiento de aguas residuales mediante técnicas de biología molecular
Date of publication: 30/10/2009
Congresses

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

Evaluación ambiental de la producción de polihidroxialcanoatos (PHA) a partir de aguas de conservera
Type: Oral
Magazine/book: IV Simposio “Investigación en Tecnologías Ambientales"
Date: 10/09/2020
Organization: CRETUS Institute
City: Santiago de Compostela
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