Awarded Candidates
| Name | Affiliation | Title of PhD thesis | Supervisor | Defence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alberti, Stefano | Università degli Studi di Genova | Synthesis, characterization, optimization and application of TiO2-based photocatalytic devices for environmental applications related to emerging pollution | Maurizio Ferretti | March 20, 2020 |
| Almeida Espíndola, Jonathan Cawettiere | Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto | Innovative photochemical/photocatalytic reactors towards micropollutants mitigation | Vítor Jorge Pais Vilar | June 7, 2019 |
| Arzate Salgado, Sandra Yazmin | University of Almeria | Treatment of municipal WWTP secondary effluents by solar photo-Fenton: an implementation proposal based on continuous flow operation | José Antonio Sánchez Pérez | March 5, 2020 |
| Audino, Francesca | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya | Advanced oxidation process models for optimization and decision making support in water management | Montserrat Pérez-Moya | June 20, 2019 |
| Anderson Soares, Petrick | Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto | Overcoming barriers in the treatment of textile wastewaters using advanced oxidation processes | Vítor Jorge Pais Vilar | December 4, 2015 |
| Berruti, Ilaria | Universidad Politécnica de Valencia | Assessment of novel Advanced Oxidation Processes for the simultaneous disinfection and decontamination of water |
María Inmaculada Polo López Marcello Manfredi |
March, 2022 |
| Biancullo, Francesco | Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto | Lab to pilot-scale photocatalytic treatment of antibiotics, antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes | Adrián Manuel Tavares da Silva | October 11, 2019 |
| Bocos Álvarez, Elvira Susana | University of Vigo (Spain) (ebocos@uvigo.es) |
Remediation of Polluted Environments by Combination of Environmentally Friendly Processes | Angeles Sanroman Braga, Marta Pazos Curra | June 23, 2016 |
| Bortot Coelho, Fabrício Eduardo | University of Torino, Italy | Multifunctional Membrane Materials for Separation and Abatement of Contaminants of Emerging Concern from drinking waters and wastewater | Giuliana Magnacca | June, 2021 |
| Carra Ruiz, Irene | Universidad de Almeria Departamento de Ingenierìa (Spain) (irenecarra@ual.es) |
Operating strategies for the application of the photo-Fenton process to remove persistent pollutantse | Sixto Malato, José Antonio Sanchez Perez |
December 17, 2014 |
| Casado Merino, Cintia | Rey Juan Carlos University Madrid (Spain) (cintia.casado@urjc.es) |
Application of computational fluid dynamic techniques to modelling and simulation of photocatalytic reactors from intrinsic kinetic parameters | Javier Marugán Aguado | April 24, 2017 |
| Clarizia, Laura | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | Hydrogen production through photoreforming of oxygenated organic substrates over Cu/TiO2 catalysts | Roberto Andreozzi | May, 2017 |
| Copete Pertuz, Ledys Sadirly | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Development of mixed methodologies for the treatment of residual water contaminated with antibiotics and synthetic dyes |
Ricardo Antonio Torres Palma | November, 2020 |
| Cruz Alcalde, Alberto | University of Barcelona | Carme Sans Mazón Santiago Esplugas Vidal |
May 17, 2019 | |
| Cruz Gonzalo, Angel | University of Barcelona, Department of Chemical Engineering (Spain) (a.cruz.gon@hotmail.com) | Synthesis and performance of heterogeneous catalysts for Fenton-like and photo-Fenton-like reactions at circumneutral pH | Carmen Sans Mazón | June 22, 2017 |
| Cuervo Lumbaque, Elisabeth | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil | Degradation of pharmaceuticals in hospital wastewater by solar photo-Fenton processes |
Carla Sirtori | October, 2020 |
| Da Costa Moreira, Maria Francisca | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Portugal) (francisca.moreira@fe.up.pt) |
Application of solar photoelectron-Fenton process in the degradation of recalcitrant compounds: characterization of the system and study of its behaviour with model compounds and real effluents | Vitor Jorge Pais Vilar | March 31, 2016 |
| De la Obra Jimenez, Irene | University of Almeria | Continuous disinfection of WWTP secondary effluents by solar photo-Fenton at neutral pH in raceway pond reactors. Removal of CECs and ARBs | Jose Antonio Sanchez Perez | 31 May, 2019 |
| De Luca, Antonella | University of Barcelona (Spain) (antonelladeluca@ub.edu) |
Fenton and Photo-Fenton like at neutral pH for the removal of emerging contaminants in water and wastewater effluents | Santiago Esplugas Vidal | September 26, 2016 |
| Díez Sarabia, Aida María | Universidade de Vigo (Spain) | New perspectives in the application of the Advanced Oxidation Processes | Marta María Pazos Currás María Ángeles Sanromán Braga |
November 19, 2018 |
| Dos Santos Fajardo, Ana Sofia | Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal) (sofiafajardo@eq.uc.pt) | Treatment of liquid effluents by electrochemical processes | Rosa Quinta-Ferreira, Rui C. Martins | February 2017 |
| Escalé, Mireia Marcé | University of Barcelona, Department d’Enginyeria Quimica (Spain) (mireiamarceescale@ub.edu) | Ozonation of Municipal Wastewater for Water Reuse | Andrián Manuel Taveres da Silva | March 10, 2017 |
| Escalona, Florymar | Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte | Treatment of residual gaseous emissions by electro-absorbent technologies | Manuel Andrés Rodrigo Rodrigo | August 24, 2021 |
| Fernandes Sampaio, Maria José | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Portugal) (mjsampaio@fe.up.pt) |
Nanostructured Architectures Based on Metal Oxides with Direct Wide Band-gap for the engineering of Photocatalytic Reactions | Adrián Silva | July 4, 2016 |
| Ferro, Giovanna | University of Salerno Department of Civil Engineering (Italy) (gferro@unisa.it) |
Wastewater disinfection by solar driven advanced oxidation processes: effect on antibiotic resistant bacteria | Luigi Rizzo Pilar Fernandez Ibanez |
April 28, 2016 |
| García Costa, Alicia | Universidad Autonoma De Madrid, Departamento de Ingeniería Química | Advanced Oxidation Processes Intensification by means of microwave radiation for wastewater treatment
|
Jose Antonio Casas De Pedro Juan Antonio Zazo Martinez |
April, 2019 |
| García Gil, Ángela | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos | Solar water disinfection in large-volume containers for low-income countries | Javier Marugan | May, 2022 |
| Gomis Vicens, Juan | Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia (Spain) (juagovi@upvnet.upv.es) |
Effects of different reactive species generated photochemically generated in the removal of pollutants from natural water | Antoniο Arques Sanz | May 28, 2015 |
| Iervolino, Giuseppina | University of Salerno Department of Industrial Engineering (Italy) (giiervolino@unisa.it) |
Advanced oxidation processes for food industry wastewater valorization and treatment | Diana Sannino, Luigi Rizzo |
April 19, 2017 |
| Ioannou, Lida | Nireas International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus (Cyprus) (ioannou.lida@ucy.ac.cy) |
Advanced systems for the enhancement of the environmental performance of wineries – wastewater purification combining biological, advanced chemical and reverse osmosis treatment | Despo Fatta-Kassinos | February 21, 2014 |
| Karaolia, Popi | Nireas International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus (Cyprus) (pkarao01@ucy.ac.cy) | Evaluation of the efficiency of the combination of a membrane bioreactor with selected advanced oxidation processes for the removal of antibiotic-related microcontaminants | Despo Fatta-Kassinos | February 4, 2019 |
| Lopez, Nuria | Universitat de Barcelona | Photo-Fenton at Circumneutral pH for Agricultural Water Reuse | Jaime Giménez and Santiago Esplugas | July 23, 2021 |
| Maniakova, Gulnara | University of Salerno | Tertiary treatment of urban wastewater by advanced oxidation processes | Luigi Rizzo | April 26, 2021 |
| Manrique Losada, Lis | Universidad de Antioquia, Facultad de Ingeniería (lismanrique@gmail.com) | Treatment of Florencia-Caquetá municipal wastewater by the combination of biological processes and Fenton-type advanced oxidation processes |
Ricardo Antonio Torres Palma | 11 September, 2020 |
| Martínez Castellanos, Reynel | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Simultaneous removal of nutrients and endocrine disrupting chemicals using aerobic granular sludge technology and advanced oxidation processes | Márcia Walquíria de Carvalho Dezotti João Paulo Bassin Vítor Vilar |
August, 2020 |
| Meijide Fernandez, Jessica | University of Vigo, Spain (jmeijide@uvigo.es) |
Electro-Fenton and adsorption os opproach towqrds a comprehensive remediation of effluents with different types of pollutants |
Ángeles Anromán Braga, Marta Pazos Currása | February 19, 2018 |
| Michael, Irene | Nireas International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus (Cyprus) (michael.irene@ucy.ac.cy) |
Investigating the solar-driven advanced chemical oxidation of ofloxacin and trimethoprim in sewage and other aqueous matrices | Despo Fatta-Kassinos | May 21, 2012 |
| Mico Reche, Maria del Mar | Acciona Agua (Spain) (mariamar.mico.reche@acciona.com) |
Photo-Fenton and slow sand filtration coupling for hydroponics water reuse | Carme Sans Mazón | October 11, 2013 |
| Miguel de Souza, Bianca | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)(bsouza@peq.coppe.ufrj.br) | Degradation of diclofenac and 3-amine-5-methylisoxazole by a homogeneous solar photo-Fenton process mediated by ferrioxalate complexes | Vitor Vilar, Márcia Walquíria de Carvalho Dezotti | October 30, 2014 |
| Monteiro, Ricardo André | University of Porto (Portugal) (rarmonteiro@gmail.com) | Solar Photocatalysis for Gas-Phase Air Cleaning: from lab to pilot plant studies | Vitor Vilar | December 10, 2014 |
| Muñoz Morales, Martin | University of Castilla-La Mancha | Development of electrochemical technologies for the treatment of liquid and gaseous effluents polluted with chlorinated hydrocarbons | Manuel Rodrigo | June, 2021 |
| Murgolo, Sapia | University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) (sapia.murgolo@ba.irsa.cnr.it) | Photocatalytic degradation of emerging organic pollutants in waters by nanocomposite materials | Giuseppe Mascolo | April 27, 2016 |
| Nahim Granados, Samira | University of Almeria-Plataforma Solar de Almería | Assessment of solar-driven processes and ozonation for disinfection, decontamination and reuse of fresh-cut wastewater | María Inmaculada Polo López and José Antonio Sánchez Pérez | January, 2020 |
| Poza Nogueiras, Veronica | Universidade de Vigo | Towards a future actual implementation of the heterogeneous electro-Fenton treatment for water remediation |
Ángeles Sanromán Braga, Marta Pazos Currás |
March, 2022 |
| Ortega Gòmez, Elisabet | Universidad de Almeria, Departamento de Ingenierìa (Spain) (eog901@ual.es) | Microorganisms inactivation in wastewater by solar photo-Fenton at neutral pH | José Antonio Sanchez Perez, Pilar Fernandez Ibanez | April 23, 2015 |
| Özkal, Can Burak | Namık Kemal University (Turkey) (cbozkal@nku.edu.tr) |
Modelling of antibiotics and Escherichia coliforms removal by thin film photocatalysis from urban wastewater treatment plant effluents | Süreyya Meriç Pagano | January 26, 2017 |
| Pablos Carro, Cristina | Rey Juan Carlos University (Spain) (cristina.pablos@urjc.es) |
Development of photocatalytic processes for water disinfection and application to the reuse of wastewater treatment plant effluents |
Javier Marugan | May 8, 2013 |
| Pedrosa, Marta | University of Porto (Portugal) | Graphene-based catalytic membranes for water treatment | Adrián Silva | September 20, 2019 |
| Pinheiro da Costa, Elizângela | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | Removal of contaminants of emerging concern and disinfection in secondary municipal wastewater by circumneutral solar photo-Fenton in open reactors | Camila Costa de Amorim Amaral | October 27, 2021 |
| Polo López, María Inmaculada | Plataforma Solar de Almeria (Spain) (mpolo@psa.es) |
Inactivation of phyto-pathogens in water by solar photocatalysis | Pilar Fernández Ibáñez | October 12, 2013 |
| Ponce Robles, Laura | Plataforma Solar de Almería (Spain)(lponce@psa.es) | Integración de procesos fotoquímicos solares con otras técnicas avanzadas para el tratamiento de lixiviados de vertedero y aguas de cocido de corcho | Sixto Malato Isabel Oller |
July 2018 |
| Quinones Murillo, Diego-Hernan | Dpto. de Ingeniería Química y Química Física, Universidad de Extremadura (Spain), (dquinone@alumnos.unex.es) | Degradation of emerging contaminants in water by solar photocatalytic ozonation | Fernando J. Beltran N., Pedro M. Alvarez P. | February 20, 2015 |
| Race, Marco | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy) (marco.race@unina.it) |
Chemical washing of contaminated soils and photocatalytic treatments of spent soil washing effluent |
Roberto Andreozzi | May 9, 2016 |
| Ribeiro, Rui S. | Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia (Portugal) (rui.ribeiro@ipb.pt) |
Synthesis of hybrid magnetic carbon nanocomposites for catalytic wet peroxide oxidation |
Adrián M.T. Silva | October, 2018 |
| Rivas Ibáñez, Gracia | Universidad de Almeria (Spain)(gri891@ual.es) | Assessment of Solar photo-Fenton in Raceway Pond Reactors for micropollutant removal in secondary effluents from Agro-Food Industry and Municipal WWTPS | José Antonio Sánchez Pérez | July 19, 2016 |
| Romero Olarte, Rossmary Violette | University of Barcelona (Spain) (violette.romero@gmail.com) |
Degradation of Metoprolol by means of Advanced Oxidation Processes | Jaime Giménez Farreras | May 20, 2015 |
| Ruiz Delgado, Ana | University of Almeria | Integration of solar photochemical processes with other advanced techniques of analysis for the treatment and revalorization of complex wastewater | Isabel Oller Alberola | September 26, 2019 |
| Salmerón García, Irene | Plataforma Solar de Almería | Evaluation of electrochemical processes assisted by solar energy for water depuration | Isabel Oller Alberola | September 25, 2020 |
| Sable, Shailesh S. | Universitat Rovira i Virgili Escola Tecnica Superior D’Enginyeria Quimica (shailesh.sablepatil@gmail.com) |
Sandra Contreras | December 12, 2014 | |
| Santiago, Géssica | Universidad de Castilla – La Mancha | Synthesis, characterization and application of synthesized mixed metal oxides anodes using CO2 laser heating | Manuel Andrés Rodrigo | April 17, 2020 |
| Sarro, Marco | Università degli Studi di Torino, Dipartimento di Chimica (Italy) (marco.sarro@unito.it) |
Composite materials for photocatalytic applications: synthesis, characterization and activity evaluation | Paola Calza | January 17, 2017 |
| Sciscenko, Iván | Universitat Politècnica de València | Emerging photochemical processes involving iron for wastewater treatment | Antonio Arques Isabel Oller Carlos Escudero-Oñate |
June, 2022 |
| Serna Galvis, Efrem | Universidad de Antioquia | Application of Advanced Oxidation Processes for the elimination of antibiotics and resistant bacteria in water
|
Ricardo Antonio Torres Palma | June 19, 2019 |
| Sómer Miguel Martín | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)(miguel.somer@urjc.es) | Optimization of photocatalytic reactors for water treatment: illumination source, configuration and type of catalyst | Javier Marugán Aguado Rafael van Grieken Salvador |
June 19, 2019 |
| Soriano Molina, Paula | University of Almería | Kinetic modeling of solar photo-Fenton process for micropollutant removal from municipal WWTP effluents in low-cost reactors | José Antonio Sánchez Pérez Sixto Malato |
May 21, 2019 |
| Vasquez, Marlen Ines | Nireas International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus (Cyprus) (vasquez.marlen@ucy.ac.cy) |
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Aqueous Matrices: an integrated approach for assessing effects |
Despo Fatta-Kassinos | December 7, 2012 |
| Yamal-Turbay, Evelyn | Universitat Politechnica de Catalunya (Spain) (evelyn.yamal@gmail.com) |
Efficient operation of photo-Fenton process for the treatment of emerging contaminants in water solutions | Montserrat Pérez-Moya | October 24, 2013 |
| Zammit, Ian | Universita Degli Studi di Salerno | Antibiotic Resistance Mitigation Using Novel Heterogeneous Photocatalysts for Urban Wastewater Treatment and its Reuse in Agricultural Irrigation | Luigi Rizzo | December 6, 2019 |
