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Full Professor in Biogeochemistry of Engineered Ecosystems

My research activities are mainly focused on the three following topics :

- Study of metals and metalloids biogeochemistry in engineered ecosystems (e.g. bioreactors) mainly dedicated to wastewater treatment for pollution control and resource recovery,

- Investigation of the role of living organisms on the weathering of materials and minerals (concrete materials, natural and indsutrial glasses, metal sulfides, end of life products, WEEE and wastes such as metallurgical wastes for resource recovery,....)

- Remediation of soils contaminated by organic contaminants (bioremediation, enhanced soil physico-chemical treatments...)

Recent publications

• Colombano S., Davarzani H., van Hullebusch E.D., Huguenot D., Guyonnet D., Deparis J., Ignatiadis I. (2020) Thermal and chemical enhanced recovery of heavy chlorinated organic compounds in saturated porous media: 1D cell drainage-imbibition experiments. Science of the Total Environment, 706, Article 135758.214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135758

• Ilyas H., van Hullebusch E.D. (2020) A review on the occurrence, fate and removal of steroidal hormones during treatment with different types of constructed wetlands. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 8(3), 103793216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.103793

• Oral H.V., Carvalho P., Gajewska M., Ursino N., Masi F., van Hullebusch E.D., Kazak J. K., Exposito A., Cipolletta G., Andersen T.R., Finger D.C., Simperler L., Regelsberger M., Rous V., Radinja M., Buttiglieri G., Krzeminski P., Rizzo A., Dehghanian K., Nikolova M., Zimmermann M (2020) A Review of Nature Based Solutions for Urban Water Management in European Circular Cities: a critical assessment based on case studies and literature, Blue-Green Systems, 2 (1): 112–136.218. https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2020.932

• Meshram P., Prakash U., Bhagat L., Abhilash, Zhao H., van Hullebusch E.D. (2020) Processing of waste copper converter slag using organic acids for extraction of copper, nickel, and cobalt, Minerals, 10(3), 290. https://doi.org/10.3390/min10030290220.

• Tao R., Bair R., Lakaniemi A.-M., van Hullebusch E.D., Rintala J.A. (2020) Use of factorial experimental design to study the effects of iron and sulfur on growth of Scenedesmus acuminatus with different nitrogen sources. Journal of Applied Phycology, 32, 221–231.222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-019-01915-5

• Ilyas H., van Hullebusch E.D. (2020) Performance comparison of different constructed wetlands designs for the removal of personal care products. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(9), 3091; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093091224.

• Lee Y.J., Sethurajan M., van de Vossenberg J., Meers E., van Hullebusch E.D. (2020) Recovery of phosphorus from municipal wastewater treatment sludge through bioleaching using Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans, Journal of Environmental Management, 270, Article 110818, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110818226.

• Pourret O., Hursthouse A., Irawan D.E., van Hullebusch E.D., Wichei O. (2020) The growth of open access publishing in geochemistry, Results in Geochemistry, 1, 100001, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ringeo.2020.100001228.

• Schmidt F., Zimmermann Y.-S., Alves dos Reis Benatto G., Kolvenbach B.A., Schäffer A., Krebs F.C., van Hullebusch E.D., Lenz M. (2020) Biodeterioration affecting efficiency and lifetime of plastic-based photovoltaics, Joule, 4 (10), 2088-2100 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.08.015229.

• Trellu C., Pechaud Y., Oturan N., Mousset E., van Hullebusch E.D., Huguenot D., Oturan M.A. (2021) Remediation of soils contaminated by hydrophobic organic compounds: How to recover extracting agents from soil washing solutions? Journal of Hazardous Materials, 40A, 124137 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124137231.

• Colombano S., Davarzani H., van Hullebusch E.D., Huguenot D., Guyonnet D., Deparis J., Lion F., Ignatiadis I. (2021) Comparison of thermal and chemical enhanced recovery of DNAPL in saturated porous media: 2D tank pumping experiments and two-phase flow modelling, Science of the Total Environment, 760, 143958 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143958233.

• Bolaños-Benítez V., van Hullebusch E.D., Birck J.-L., Garnier J., Lens P.N.L., Tharaud M., Quantin C., Sivry Y. (2021) Chromium mobility in ultramafic areas affected by mining activities in Barro Alto massif, Brazil: An isotopic study, Chemical Geology, 561, 120000 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.120000234.

• Tao R., Bair R., Pickett M., Calabria J., Lakaniemi A.-M., van Hullebusch E.D., Rintala J.A., Yeh D.H. (2021) Low concentration of zeolite to enhance microalgal growth and ammonium removal efficiency in a membrane photobioreactor, Environmental Technology, in press https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2020.1752813

• Ghosh S., Gandhi M., van Hullebusch E.D., Das A.P. (2021) Proteomic insights into Lysinibacillus sp. mediated biosolubilisation of manganese, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, in press https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10863-4

• Ilyas H., Masih I., van Hullebusch E.D. (2021) A decision tree framework to support design, operation, and performance assessment of constructed wetlands for the removal of emerging organic contaminants, Science of the Total Environment, in press https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143334

• Ilyas H., Masih I., van Hullebusch E.D. (2021) Prediction of the removal efficiency of emerging organic contaminants based on design and operational parameters of constructed wetlands, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, in press https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104592

• Mal J., Nancharaiah Y.V., Bourven I., Simon S., van Hullebusch E.D., Guibaud G., Lens P.N.L. (2021) Cadmium selenide formation influences the production and characteristics of extracellular polymeric substances of anaerobic granular sludge, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, in press https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12010-020-03464-x

• Ambaye T.G., Vaccari M., van Hullebusch E.D., Amrane A., Rtimi S. (2021) Mechanisms and adsorption capacities of biochar for the removal of organic and inorganic pollutants from industrial wastewater, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, in press https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-020-03060-w 

• Pontoni L., Roviello V., Race M., Savignano L., van Hullebusch E.D., Esposito G.; Pirozzi F., Fabbricino M. (2021) Supramolecular aggregation of colloidal natural organic matter masks priority pollutants released in water from peat soil, Environmental Research, in press https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.110761

Book chapters

• Yin N.H., Lens P.N.L., Sivry Y. and van Hullebusch E.D. (2017) Lead and zinc metallurgical slags mineralogy and weathering, in Sustainable Heavy Metal Remediation. Volume 2: Case studies Eldon R. Rene, Erkan Sahinkaya, Alison Lewis, Piet N.L. Lens (Editors) Springer book, 133-160.

• Sethurajan M., Lens P.N.L., Horn H.A., Figueiredo L.H.A. and van Hullebusch E.D. (2017) Leaching and recovery of metals, in Sustainable Heavy Metal Remediation. Volume 2: Case studies Eldon R. Rene, Erkan Sahinkaya, Alison Lewis, Piet N.L. Lens (Editors) Springer book, 161-206.

• Vemic M., Bordas F., Guibaud G., Lens P.N.L. and van Hullebusch E.D. (2017) Leaching and recovery of molybdenum from spent catalysts, in Sustainable Heavy Metal Remediation. Volume 2: Case studies Eldon R. Rene, Erkan Sahinkaya, Alison Lewis, Piet N.L. Lens (Editors) Springer book, 207-239.

• Işıldar A., van de Vossenberg J., Rene E.R., van Hullebusch E.D. and Lens P.N.L. (2017) Biorecovery of metals from electronic waste, in Sustainable Heavy Metal Remediation. Volume 2: Case studies  Eldon R. Rene, Erkan Sahinkaya, Alison Lewis, Piet N.L. Lens (Editors) Springer book, 241-278.

• Jain R., van Hullebusch E.D., Lenz M., Farges F. (2017) Understanding selenium biogeochemistry in engineered ecosystems: Transformation and analytical methods in Bioremediation of Selenium contaminated wastewaters, van Hullebusch E.D. (Ed.), Springer book, 33-56.

• Staicu L., van Hullebusch E.D., Rittmann B.E., Lens P.N.L. (2017) Industrial selenium pollution: sources and biological treatment technologies in Bioremediation of Selenium contaminated wastewaters, van Hullebusch E.D. (Ed.), Springer book, 75-101.

• Staicu L., van Hullebusch E.D.,  Lens P.N.L. (2017) Industrial selenium pollution: wastewaters and physical-chemical treatment technologies in Bioremediation of Selenium contaminated wastewaters, van Hullebusch E.D. (Ed.), Springer book, 103-130.

• van Hullebusch E.D., Shakeri Yekta S., Calli B., Fermoso F.G. (2019) Biogeochemistry of major elements in anaerobic digesters: carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and iron, in Fermoso F.G., van Hullebusch E.D., Collins G., Roussel J., Mucha A.P., Esposito G. (Editors) Trace Elements in Anaerobic Biotechnologies, IWA e-book

• Staicu L.C., Simon S., Guibaud G., Shakeri Yekta S., Calli B., Bartacek J., Fermoso F.G., van Hullebusch E.D. (2019) Biogeochemistry of trace elements in anaerobic digesters in Fermoso F.G., van Hullebusch E.D., Collins G., Roussel J., Mucha A.P., Esposito G. (Editors) Trace Elements in Anaerobic Biotechnologies, IWA e-book

• Maharaj B.C., Mattei M.R., Frunzo L., Hatzikioseyian A., van Hullebusch E.D., Lens P.N.L., Esposito G. (2019) Mathematical modelling of trace-element dynamics in anaerobic digestion environments in Fermoso F.G., van Hullebusch E.D., Collins G., Roussel J., Mucha A.P., Esposito G. (Editors) Trace Elements in Anaerobic Biotechnologies, IWA e-book

• Almeida C.M.R., Dror I., Garuti M., Grabarczyk M., Guillon E., van Hullebusch E.D., Laera A., Mikac N., Muňoz J., Panagiotaras D., Paulauskas V., Rodriguez-Perez S., Simon S., Šinko J., Stres B., Ustak S., Wardak C., Mucha A.P. (2019) Assessing fate and bioavailability of trace elements in soils after digestate application in Fermoso F.G., van Hullebusch E.D., Collins G., Roussel J., Mucha A.P., Esposito G. (Editors) Trace Elements in Anaerobic Biotechnologies, IWA e-book

• Mucha A.P., Dragisa S., Dror I., Garuti M., van Hullebusch E.D., Kolbl Repinc S., Muňoz J., Rodriguez-Perez S., Stres B., Ustak S. Almeida C.M.R. (2019) Re-use of digestate and recovery techniques in Fermoso F.G., van Hullebusch E.D., Collins G., Roussel J., Mucha A.P., Esposito G. (Editors) Trace Elements in Anaerobic Biotechnologies, IWA e-book

• Gielnik A., Pechaud Y., Huguenot D., Esposito G., Guibaud G., van Hullebusch E.D. (2020) Potential use of waste-to-bioenergy by-products in bioremediation of total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH) contaminated soils, In: van Hullebusch E., Huguenot D., Pechaud Y., Simonnot MO., Colombano S. (eds) Environmental Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation. Applied Environmental Science and Engineering for a Sustainable Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40348-5_5

• Colombano S., Davarzani H., van Hullebusch E.D., Ignatiadis I., Huguenot D., Zornig C., Guyonnet D. (2020) In Situ Thermal Treatments and Enhancements: Theory and Case study, In: van Hullebusch E., Huguenot D., Pechaud Y., Simonnot MO., Colombano S. (eds) Environmental Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation. Applied Environmental Science and Engineering for a Sustainable Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40348-5_3

• Colombano S., Davarzani H., van Hullebusch E.D., Ignatiadis I., Huguenot D., Omirbekov S., Guyonnet D. (2020) Free Product Recovery of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids in Contaminated Sites: Theory and Case Studies, in Environmental Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation. In: van Hullebusch E., Huguenot D., Pechaud Y., Simonnot MO., Colombano S. (eds) Environmental Soil Remediation and Rehabilitation. Applied Environmental Science and Engineering for a Sustainable Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40348-5_2

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Coordinator of the Master Program Environmental Engineering and Industries