Awarded Candidates

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

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