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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

• 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.2020.124137

• Hemati A., Aliasgharzad N., Khakvar R., Khoshmanzar E., Lajayer B.A., van Hullebusch E.D. (2021) Role of Lignin and Thermophilic Lignocellulolytic Bacteria in the Evolution of Humification Indices and Enzymatic Activities during Compost Production, Waste Management, 119, 122-134 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2020.09.042

• 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.2020.143958

• Gielnik A., Pechaud Y., Huguenot D., Cébron A., Esposito G., van Hullebusch E.D. (2021) Functional potential of sewage sludge digestate microbes to degrade aliphatic hydrocarbons during bioremediation of a petroleum hydrocarbons contaminated soil. Journal of Environmental Management, 280, 111648 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111648

• 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.2020.120000

• 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, 760, 143334 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, 9 (1), 104592. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104592

• 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, 195, 110761 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.110761

• Nobaharan K., Bagheri Novair S., Asgari Lajayer B., van Hullebusch E.D. (2021) Phosphorus removal from wastewater: potential use of biochar and the key controlling factors, Water, 13, 517. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13040517

• Abhilash, Tabassum S., Ghosh A., Meshram P., van Hullebusch E.D. (2021) Microbial Processing of Waste Shredded PCBs for Copper Extraction Cum Separation—Comparing the Efficacy of Bacterial and Fungal Leaching Kinetics and Yields, Metals, 11(2), 317. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11020317

• Rajendran H.K., Fakrudeen M.A.D., Chandrasekar R., van Hullebusch E.D., Chellam P.V. (2021) Electrocatalytic removal of fluroquinolones from simulated pharmaceutical effluent: chemometric analysis, chemical blueprint of electrodes and generated sludge, Environmental Research, 195, 110844 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.110844

• 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, 193, 965–980 https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12010-020-03464-x

• Maharaj B.C., Mattei M.R., Frunzo L., van Hullebusch E.D., Esposito G. (2021) A general framework to model the fate of trace elements in anaerobic digestion environments, Scientific Reports, 11, 7476 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85403-2

• Ambaye T.G., Rene E.R., Nizami A.-S., Dupont C., Vaccari M., van Hullebusch E.D. (2021) Beneficial role of biochar addition on the anaerobic digestion of food waste: A systematic and critical review of the operational parameters and mechanisms, Journal of Environmental Management, 290, 112537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112537

• Avril C., Malavergne V., van Hullebusch E.D., Brunet F., Borensztajn S., Labanowski J., Hennet L., Guyot F. (2021) Aqueous alteration and bioalteration of a synthetic enstatite chondrite, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 56 (3), 601-618 https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13641

• Colombano S., Davarzani H., van Hullebusch E.D., Huguenot D., Guyonnet D., Deparis J., Ignatiadis I. (2021) Permittivity and electrical resistivity measurements and estimations during the recovery of DNAPL in saturated porous media: 2D tank experiments, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 191, 104359 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2021.104359

• Ambaye T.G., Vaccari M., Bonilla-Petriciolet A., Prasad S., van Hullebusch E.D., Rtimi S. (2021) Emerging technologies for biofuel production: A Critical Review on Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives, Journal of Environmental Management, 290, 112627 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112627

• Ilyas H., Masih I., van Hullebusch E.D. (2021) Development of predictive models for the removal efficiency of emerging organic contaminants in constructed wetlands based on their physicochemical properties, Journal of Environmental Management, 294, 112916, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112916

• Ilyas H., Masih I., van Hullebusch E.D. (2021) The anaerobic biodegradation of emerging organic contaminants by horizontal flow constructed wetlands, Water Science and Technology, 83 (11): 2809–2828. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2021.178

• 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, 28, 40249–40263 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-10863-4

• Gerami Z., Lakzian A., Hemati A., Amirifar A., Asgari Lajayer B., van Hullebusch E.D. (2021) Effect of cadmium on sorghum root colonization by glomeral fungi and its impact on total and easily extractable glomalin production, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28, 34570–34583 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13205-0

• Rajput V.D., Minkina T., Feizi M., Kumari A., Khan M., Mandzhieva S., Sushkova S., El-Ramady H., Verma K.K., Singh A., van Hullebusch E.D., Singh RK, Jatav HS, Choudhary R. (2021) Effects of Silicon and Silicon-Based Nanoparticles on Rhizosphere Microbiome, Plant Stress and Growth. Biology, 10(8), 791. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10080791

• Langergraber G., Castellar J.A.C., Andersen T.R., Andreucci M.-B., Baganz G.F.M., Buttiglieri G., Canet-Martí A., Carvalho P.N., Finger D.C., Griessler Bulc T., Junge R., Megyesi B., Milošević D., Oral H.V., Pearlmutter D., Pineda-Martos R., Pucher B., van Hullebusch E.D., Atanasova N. (2021) Towards a Cross-Sectoral View of Nature-Based Solutions for Enabling Circular Cities. Water, 13(17): 2352. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13172352

• 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, 42 (24), 3863–3876. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2020.1752813

• 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, 18, 3273–3294 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-020-03060-w

• Bagherifam S., Komarneni S., van Hullebusch E.D., Stjepanović M. (2021) Removal of antimonate (Sb(V)) from aqueous solutions and its immobilization in soils with a novel Fe(III) modified montmorillonite sorbent, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, in press https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15765-7

• Pino-Herrera D.O., Fayolle Y., van Hullebusch E.D., Huguenot D., Esposito G., Pechaud Y. (2022) Surface volatilization modeling of (semi-)volatile hydrophobic organic compounds: the role of reference compounds, Journal of Hazardous Materials, in press https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127300

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