Full university professor

Research topics: Membrane bioreactors. Micropollutants removal in water and wastewater. Modelling and simulation of microbiology related solids separation problems in the activated sludge system. Wastewater treatment technologies. Water reuse. Closing water cycle in touristic facities. Environmental Decision Support Systems. Selection of alternatives and conceptual design of wastewater treatment plants.

ORCID: 0000-0002-8989-9061

Full Professor

Research topics: Resource recovery from wastewaters. Struvite recovery from digested sludges. Partial nitritation/anammox processes. Aerobic granular sludge. Sludge reduction by decoupling oxidation-reduction metabolism. Bioelectrochemical systems (BES) for wastewater treatment, nitrate removal, CO₂ capture and transformation to valuable products. Biological syngas fermentation to produce butanol.

ORCID: 0000-0002-6000-069X

Full Professor

Research topics: Multi-criteria decision support tools for environmental systems. Sustainable and integrated management of urban water systems (sewer system, wastewater treatment plant and receiving media). Qualitative modeling, life cycle assessment and water footprint of urban water systems. Modeling and control of wastewater treatment technologies. Membrane integrated systems (membrane bioreactors coupled with RO/NF) for water reuse. Removal of emerging pollutants in wastewater systems.

ORCID: 0000-0002-5692-0282

Full university professor

Research topics: Development and application of decision support systems in the field of environmental technology. Sustainable management of conventional and advanced wastewater collection and treatment systems. River basin management. Selection and operation of natural systems for wastewater treatment. Urban water cycle integrated control (sewer system, sewage treatment plant, river).

ORCID: 0000-0002-2593-9298

Full university professor

Group Leader

Research topics: Biological nutrient removal for wastewater treatment:  control and operation. Combined partial nitrite oxidation and anammox process to treat high ammonium concentration from wastewater. Granular systems for biological nutrient removal: granulation process, microbial dynamic and operation. Design and operation of bioelectrical systems (BES) to treat domestic and industrial wastewater and polluted groundwater. Microbial Electrolysis Cells (MEC) to produce added value products from carbon dioxide emissions.

ORCID: 0000-0001-6231-2163 

Tenured university professor

Research topics: Use of sewage sludge as adsorbent/catalyser for odour-causing compounds removal. Development of new adsorption and regeneration techniques through advanced oxidation processes for liquid and gaseous effluents. Removal of siloxanes and trace compounds in biogas.

ORCID: 0000-0003-2917-5691

Associate Professor

Research topic: Environmental Decision Support Systems (EDSS) applied to urban wastewater systems.

ORCID: 0000-0001-8673-9866

Associate Professor "Serra Húnter"

"ICREA Acadèmia" award (2019)

Research interests

Climate change and future depletion of resources are two of the most important environmental challenges that humankind have ever faced. My idea is to give a second chance to contaminated water and recalcitrant carbon dioxide (CO₂) streams. My research interest for the following years are:

Water recovery as a need not a wish. Water and energy are essential interrelated resources for sustainable development, whose demands expected to increase in the next decades. The aim of this research line is to unveil bio-electrochemical chats between microorganisms for the bioremediation of polluted waters.

BioElectroCarbon recycling: from greenhouse gas to commodities.The goal of this research line is to develop a resilience and sustainability biorefinery concept based on electron-driven microbial reactions for the production of commodities (biofuels, building blocks) with renewable electricity and recalcitrant CO2 from industrial sources.

Keywords: bioelectroCO2 recycling, biofuels, electro bioremediation, environmental biotechnology, microbial electrosynthesis, water recovery  

ORCID: 0000-0003-2995-1443