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Dr. Reyes Sierra-Alvarez is a professor at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona (UA). Prior to joining the UA in 2001, Dr. Sierra was an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at the Wageningen University in The Netherlands (1993 – 2000) and an assistant professor at the UNESCO Water Research Institute in Delft, The Netherlands (1991 – 1993). Dr. Sierra holds a PhD degree in Environmental Engineering from the Wageningen University (1990) and an MS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Valladolid in Spain (1985). Prof. Sierra’s current research work focuses on the microbial transformation of metals and hazardous organic pollutants, biological wastewater treatment, and environmental implications of nanotechnology. Her work has led to the publication of over 130 peer-reviewed scientific papers.

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Courses
  • AWWT
    Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment

  • WTDS
    Wastewater Treatment Design System

  • IHWM
    Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management

  • BIC
    Bioremediation of Inorganic Contaminants

Grants
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    FMRG: Bio: Distributed Methane Conversion into Value Chemicals via Synthetic Microbial Consortia

    Key Personnel (KP)

    2022

    $3.2M
    Active
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    In-Situ Sequestration of PFAS from Contaminated Groundwater using Injectable High Affinity Cationic Hydrophobic

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2021

    $250.0K
    Active
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    Complete Biodegradation of Insensitive High Explosive Compounds

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2019

    $1.1M
    Active
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    High Rate Degradation of 3-Nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) to Environmentally Benign End Products in Sequential Reducing-Oxidizing Reactive Mineral Packed Bed Reactors

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2019

    $678.6K
    Active
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    Remediation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Contaminated Groundwater Using Cationic Hydrophobic Polymers as Ultra-High Affinity Sorbents

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2018

    $1.2M
    Active
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    Development of High-Affinity Polymers for Removal of PF AS from Contaminated Groundwater-Phase II

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2022

    $460.5
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    Development of High-Affinity Polymers for Removal of PFAS from Contaminated Groundwater-Phase 1 (WAESO)

    Principal Investigator (PI)

    2021

    $460.5
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    Engineering Research Center for Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2020

    $323.8K
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    Engineering Research Center for Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2018

    $1.8M
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    Environmental, Safety & Health Properties of "Onium" Photoacid Generators and Their Photodegradation Products

    Co-Investigator (COI)

    2018

    $403.6K
Technologies / Patents
      News
      • UA Engineers Use $1.2M Grant to Make Drinking Water Safer

        2019

      • Environmental Impact: Rendering Toxic Explosives Harmless

        2019

      • UA Wins Grant to Boost Student Exchange in Americas

        2017

      • No Threat From Brief Exposure to Nanoparticles

        2016

      • Three UA Students Among Goldwater Scholars

        2015

      • UA Launches B.S. in Environmental Engineering

        2015

      • The Sound of Destruction

        2013

      • UA Researchers Hunt Bomb-Eating Bugs

        2012

      • Engineering Students Win Top Three Poster Awards at Water Forum

        2006

      • UA Takes Steps in Retention Efforts

        2004

      • UA Chemical Engineering Undergrad is Tops in the Nation

        2004

      • New TRIF Grants to Fund More Water Research

        2004

      • Women Engineering Students Work on Community-Based Projects

        2003

      • Event Introduces New Women Engineering Students to Mentors, Resources

        2002

      • UA - PCC 'Futurebound' Project Supports Minority Women in Quest for Advanced Science, Engineering Degrees

        2001

      Publications (228)
      Recent
      • Analysis of hydrophilic per-and polyfluorinated sulfonates including trifluoromethanesulfonate using solid phase extraction and mixed-mode liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

        2022

      • Photochemical fate of sulfonium photoacid generator cations under photolithography relevant UV irradiation

        2021

      • Iron (II) monosulfide (FeS) minerals reductively transform the insensitive munitions compounds 2, 4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) and 3-nitro-1, 2, 4-triazol-5-one (NTO)

        2021

      • Synthesis and Characterization of Customizable Polyaniline-Derived Polymers and Their Application for Perfluorooctanoic Acid Removal from Aqueous Solution

        2021

      • Treatment of acid rock drainage using a sulphate-reducing bioreactor with a limestone precolumn.

        2021

      • Bioconcentration potential and microbial toxicity of onium cations in photoacid generators

        2021

      • Toxicity of abrasive nanoparticles (SiO 2, CeO 2, and Al 2 O 3) on Aliivibrio fischeri and human bronchial epithelial cells (16HBE14o-)

        2021

      • Sulfate-rich wastewater treatment using an integrated anaerobic/aerobic biological system

        2021

      • Aerobic biodegradation of emerging azole contaminants by return activated sludge and enrichment cultures

        2021

      • Covalent binding with model quinone compounds unveils the environmental fate of the insensitive munitions reduced product 2, 4-diaminoanisole (DAAN) under anoxic conditions

        2021

      • Covalent bonding of aromatic amine daughter products of 2, 4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) with model quinone compounds representing humus via nucleophilic addition

        2021

      • The Role of Manganese Dioxide in the Natural Formation of Organochlorines

        2021

      • Anammox enrichment culture has unexpected capabilities to biotransform azole contaminants of emerging concern

        2021

      • Bacteria Make a Living Breathing the Nitroheterocyclic Insensitive Munitions Compound 3-Nitro-1, 2, 4-triazol-5-one (NTO)

        2021

      • Effect of carbon source and metal toxicity for potential acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment with an anaerobic sludge using sulfate-reduction.

        2021

      • Effects of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide on acetoclastic, hydrogenotrophic and methylotrophic methanogenesis

        2020

      • Assessment of Gallium- and Indium-Based Nanoparticles Toward Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells Using an Impedance-Based Real-Time Cell Analyzer

        2020

      • LC-ICP-OES method for antimony speciation analysis in liquid samples

        2020

      • Rapid biotransformation of the insensitive munitions compound, 3-nitro-1, 2, 4-triazol-5-one (NTO), by wastewater sludge

        2020

      • Dissolution and final fate of arsenic associated with gypsum, calcite, and ferrihydrite: Influence of microbial reduction of As(V), sulfate, and Fe(III)

        2020

      • Toxicity of azoles towards the anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) process

        2020

      • Diazole and triazole inhibition of nitrification process in return activated sludge

        2020

      • Microbial toxicity of gallium-and indium-based oxide and arsenide nanoparticles

        2020

      • [Poster]. A pilot-scale study: Application of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox) for Side-stream Nitrogen removal in Pima County Wastewater Reclamation Facility (WRF)

        2019

      • Construcción y operación de una cámara anaeróbica de bajo costo para la siembra y el cultivo de bacterias sulfato reductoras

        2019

      • Coupling reactions between reduced intermediates of insensitive munitions compound analog 4-nitroanisole

        2019

      • Adaptation of granular sludge microbial communities to nitrate, sulfide, and/or p-cresol removal

        2019

      • Bioadsorption of copper and zinc with pre-treated and untreated dry biomass of Escherichia coli

        2019

      • Platinum (II) reduction to platinum nanoparticles in anaerobic sludge

        2019

      • Microbial enrichment culture responsible for the complete oxidative biodegradation of 3-amino-1, 2, 4-triazol-5-one (ATO), the reduced daughter product of the insensitive munitions compound 3-nitro-1, 2, 4-triazol-5-one (NTO)

        2019

      • Bioadsorption of copper and zinc with pre-treated and untreated dry biomass of Escherichia coli (Estudio de la bioadsorción de cobre y zinc con biomasa seca de escherichia coli pretratada y sin tratar)

        2019

      • Reductive biotransformation as a pretreatment to enhance in situ chemical oxidation of nitroaromatic and nitroheterocyclic explosives

        2019

      • Stability and microbial toxicity of HfO2 and ZrO2 nanoparticles for photolithography

        2019

      • Ecotoxicity of the insensitive munitions compound 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) and its reduced metabolite 3-amino-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (ATO)

        2018

      • Lithography performance and environmental compatibility of PFOS-free photoacid generators

        2018

      • Gallium arsenide (GaAs) leaching behavior and surface chemistry changes in response to pH and O-2

        2018

      • Treatment of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) using a large-scale sonochemical reactor

        2018

      • Evidence of Anaerobic Coupling Reactions between Reduced Intermediates of 4-Nitroanisole

        2018

      • Stability and microbial toxicity of HfO2 and ZrO2 nanoresists for photolithography.

        2018

      • Oxidation of reduced daughter products from 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) by Mn(IV) and Fe(III) oxides

        2018

      • Abiotic reduction of insensitive munition compounds by sulfate green rust

        2018

      • Adsorption and oxidation of 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazole-5-one (NTO) and its transformation product (3-amino-1,2,4-triazole-5-one, ATO) at ferrihydrite and birnessite surfaces

        2018

      • Cerium dioxide (CeO2) nanoparticles decrease arsenite (As(III)) cytotoxicity to 16HBE14o-human bronchial epithelial cells

        2018

      • Microbial communities and granule structure degradation on sulfide and/or para-cresol denitrifying reactors

        2018

      • Pretreatments to Enhance the Anaerobic Biodegradability of Chlorella Protothecoides Algal Biomass

        2018

      • Sono-chemical treatment of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl compounds in aqueous film-forming foams by use of a large-scale multi-transducer dual-frequency based acoustic reactor

        2018

      • Reduction of platinum (IV) ions to elemental platinum nanoparticles by anaerobic sludge

        2018

      • Transport and abatement of fluorescent silica nanoparticle (SiO2 NP) in granular filtration: effect of porous media and ionic strength

        2017

      • Sub-cytotoxic hafnium oxide alters cellular signaling in human lung epithelial cells

        2017

      • Reduction of platinum(IV) ions to elemental platinum nanoparticles by anaerobic sludge

        2017

      • Nutrient recovery and biogas generation from the anaerobic digestion of waste biomass from algal biofuel production

        2017

      • Mechanisms and Control of NO2- Inhibition of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox)

        2017

      • Leaching of cadmium and tellurium from cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar panels under simulated landfill conditions

        2017

      • Energy savings with anaerobic ammonium oxidation

        2017

      • Elemental copper nanoparticle toxicity to anaerobic ammonium oxidation and the influence of ethylene diamine-tetra acetic acid (EDTA) on copper toxicity

        2017

      • Ecotoxicity assessment of ionic As(III), As(V), In(III) and Ga(III) species potentially released from novel III-V semiconductor materials

        2017

      • Environmental Fate of C-14 Radiolabeled 2,4-Dinitroanisole in Soil. Microcosms

        2017

      • Continuous reduction of tellurite to recoverable tellurium nanoparticles using an upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) reactor

        2017

      • In Focus: Symposium of Materials and Environment in the International Material Research Congress (IMRC) in Mexico (vol 92, pg 1487, 2017)

        2017

      • Sequential anaerobic-aerobic biodegradation of emerging insensitive munitions compound 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO)

        2017

      • Recovery of Critical Metal and Metalloid Resources by Anaerobic Processes

        2017

      • Novel electron donors for bioremediation of acid rock drainage

        2017

      • Biorremediacon anaerobia de aguas contaminadas con arsenico

        2017

      • Aquatic fate and toxicity of III/V semiconductor materials in the presence of chemical mechanical planarization nanoparticles

        2017

      • In Focus: Materials and the Environment Symposium

        2016

      • Arsenic remediation by formation of arsenic sulfide minerals in a continuous anaerobic bioreactor

        2016

      • Effect of chemical structure on the sonochemical degradation of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)

        2016

      • Microbial toxicity and biodegradability of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and shorter chain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)

        2016

      • Recovery of Elemental Tellurium Nanoparticles by the Reduction of Tellurium Oxyanions in a Methanogenic Microbial Consortium

        2016

      • Exogenous nitrate attenuates nitrite toxicity to anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) bacteria

        2016

      • Treatment of acid rock drainage using a sulfate-reducing bioreactor with zero-valent iron

        2016

      • Algae as an electron donor promoting sulfate reduction for the bioremediation of acid rock drainage

        2016

      • (Bio)transformation of 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) in soils

        2016

      • Sonochemical degradation of perfluorinated chemicals in aqueous film-forming foams

        2016

      • Recovery of palladium(II) by methanogenic granular sludge

        2016

      • Microbial toxicity of ionic species leached from the II-VI semiconductor materials, cadmium telluride (CdTe) and cadmium selenide (CdSe)

        2016

      • Microbial toxicity and characterization of DNAN (bio)transformation product mixtures

        2016

      • Continuous treatment of the insensitive munitions compound N-methyl-p-nitro aniline (MNA) in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) bioreactor

        2016

      • Nitrate Reverses Severe Nitrite Inhibition of Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation (Anammox) Activity in Continuously-Fed Bioreactors

        2016

      • ZEBRAFISH EMBRYO TOXICITY OF ANAEROBIC BIOTRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS FROM THE INSENSITIVE MUNITIONS COMPOUND 2,4-DINITROANISOLE

        2016

      • In silico design of calixarene-based arsenic acid removal agents

        2016

      • Arsenic (III, V), indium (III), and gallium (III) toxicity to zebrafish embryos using a high-throughput multi-endpoint in vivo developmental and behavioral assay

        2016

      • Iron sulfide attenuates the methanogenic toxicity of elemental copper and zinc oxide nanoparticles and their soluble metal ion analogs

        2016

      • Continuous removal and recovery of palladium in an upflow anaerobic granular sludge bed (UASB) reactor

        2016

      • Response to the comments on Cadmium telluride leaching behavior: Discussion of Zeng et al. (2015)

        2015

      • Fate of fluorescent core-shell silica nanoparticles during simulated secondary wastewater treatment

        2015

      • Physical, chemical, and in vitro toxicological characterization of nanoparticles in chemical mechanical planarization suspensions used in the semiconductor industry: towards environmental health and safety assessments

        2015

      • Effect of sound frequency and initial concentration on the sonochemical degradation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)

        2015

      • Tecnologías para eliminar el arsénico del agua

        2015

      • Cadmium telluride (CdTe) and cadmium selenide (CdSe) leaching behavior and surface chemistry in response to pH and O-2

        2015

      • Elemental copper nanoparticle toxicity to different trophic groups involved in anaerobic and anoxic wastewater treatment processes

        2015

      • Adsorption of novel insensitive munitions compounds at clay mineral and metal oxide surfaces

        2015

      • Adaptation of a Methanogenic Consortium to Arsenite Inhibition

        2015

      • Biotransformation and degradation of the insensitive munitions compound, 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one, by soil bacterial communities.

        2015

      • Role of biogenic sulfide in attenuating zinc oxide and copper nanoparticle toxicity to acetoclastic methanogenesis

        2015

      • New developments in ligand-stabilized metal oxide nanoparticle photoresists for EUV lithography

        2015

      • Biomineralization of arsenate to arsenic sulfides is greatly enhanced at mildly acidic conditions

        2014

      • Inhibition of anaerobic ammonium oxidation by heavy metals

        2014

      • Starved anammox cells are less resistant to inhibition

        2014

      • Inhibition of anaerobic wastewater treatment after long-term exposure to low levels of CuO nanoparticles

        2014

      • Stability of alumina, ceria, and silica nanoparticles in municipal wastewater

        2014

      • The role of pH on the resistance of resting-and active anammox bacteria to NO2- inhibition

        2014

      • Fate and long-term inhibitory impact of ZnO nanoparticles during high-rate anaerobic wastewater treatment

        2014

      • High pH (and not free ammonia) is responsible for Anammox inhibition in mildly alkaline solutions with excess of ammonium

        2014

      • Kinetics and thermodynamics of anaerobic ammonium oxidation process using Brocadia spp. dominated mixed cultures

        2014

      • Pre-exposure to nitrite in the absence of ammonium strongly inhibits anammox

        2014

      • Nitrite (not free nitrous acid) is the main inhibitor of the anammox process at common pH conditions

        2014

      • Synthesis of 13C and 15N labeled 2,4-dinitroanisole

        2014

      • The intracellular proton gradient enables anaerobic ammonia oxidizing (anammox) bacteria to tolerate NO 2- inhibition

        2014

      • Pathways of reductive 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) biotransformation in sludge

        2013

      • Real-time monitoring of nanoparticle retention in porous media

        2013

      • Biodegradability, cytotoxicity, and physicochemical treatability of two novel perfluorooctane sulfonate-free photoacid generators

        2013

      • Toluene-nitrite inhibition synergy of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) activity

        2013

      • Toxicity of TiO sub 2 /sub , ZrO sub 2 /sub , Fe sup 0 /sup , Fe sub 2 /sub O sub 3 /sub , and Mn sub 2 /sub O sub 3 /sub nanoparticles to the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

        2013

      • Inhibition of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) enrichment cultures by substrates, metabolites and common wastewater constituents

        2013

      • Microbial toxicity of the insensitive munitions compound, 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN), and its aromatic amine metabolites

        2013

      • Assessing protein oxidation by inorganic nanoparticles with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)

        2013

      • Toxicity assessment of inorganic nanoparticles to acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogenic activity in anaerobic granular sludge

        2013

      • Removal of TiO sub 2 /sub nanoparticles by porous media: Effect of filtration media and water chemistry

        2013

      • Flexible bacterial strains that oxidize arsenite in anoxic or aerobic conditions and utilize hydrogen or acetate as alternative electron donors

        2012

      • Toxicity of uranium to microbial communities in anaerobic biofilms

        2012

      • Fate of cerium dioxide (CeO sub 2 /sub ) nanoparticles in municipal wastewater during activated sludge treatment

        2012

      • Application and validation of an impedance-based real time cell analyzer to measure the toxicity of nanoparticles impacting human bronchial epithelial cells

        2012

      • Interactions of inorganic oxide nanoparticles with sewage biosolids

        2012

      • Fate of cerium dioxide (CeO2) nanoparticles in municipal wastewater during activated sludge treatment

        2012

      • ChE at... The university of Arizona

        2011

      • Long term performance of an arsenite-oxidizing-chlorate-reducing microbial consortium in an upflow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB) bioreactor

        2011

      • Inorganic nanoparticles enhance the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during the autoxidation of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-dopa)

        2011

      • Cytotoxicity and physicochemical properties of hafnium oxide nanoparticles

        2011

      • Stoichiometric and molecular evidence for the enrichment of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria from wastewater treatment plant sludge samples

        2011

      • Uranium bioremediation in continuously fed upflow sand columns inoculated with anaerobic granules

        2011

      • Toxicity of copper(II) ions to microorganisms in biological wastewater treatment systems

        2011

      • Low toxicity of HfO sub 2 /sub , SiO sub 2 /sub , Al sub 2 /sub O sub 3 /sub and CeO sub 2 /sub nanoparticles to the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae

        2011

      • The role of denitrification on arsenite oxidation and arsenic mobility in an anoxic sediment column model with activated alumina

        2010

      • Anaerobic oxidation of arsenite linked to chlorate reduction

        2010

      • Anaerobic bioremediation of hexavalent uranium in groundwater by reductive precipitation with methanogenic granular sludge

        2010

      • Fate of CeO sub 2 /sub nanoparticles during laboratory-scale activated sludge treatment

        2010

      • Removal of nitrate and hexavalent uranium from groundwater by sequential treatment in bioreactors packed with elemental sulfur and zero-valent iron

        2010

      • Anoxic oxidation of arsenite linked to chemolithotrophic denitrification in continuous bioreactors

        2010

      • Interactions of CMP nanoparticles and sewage sludge

        2010

      • Reduction of bromate by biogenic sulfide produced during microbial sulfur disproportionation

        2010

      • Ab initio study of the structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of linear perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its branched isomers

        2009

      • Effect of initial sulfide concentration on sulfide and phenol oxidation under denitrifying conditions

        2009

      • Nitrate and nitrite inhibition of methanogenesis during denitrification in granular biofilms and digested domestic sludges

        2009

      • Removal of copper, chromium and arsenic from preservative-treated wood by chemical extraction-fungal bioleaching

        2009

      • Compared microbiology of granular sludge under autotrophic, mixotrophic and heterotrophic denitrification conditions

        2009

      • Toxicity of fluoride to microorganisms in biological wastewater treatment systems

        2009

      • Anaerobic degradation of citrate under sulfate reducing and methanogenic conditions

        2009

      • Molecular characterization and in situ quantification of anoxic arsenite-oxidizing denitrifying enrichment cultures

        2009

      • Sulfonium salts of alicyclic group functionalized semifluorinated alkyl ether sulfonates as photoacid generators

        2009

      • Arsenite and ferrous iron oxidation linked to chemolithotrophic denitrification for the immobilization of arsenic in anoxic environments

        2009

      • Preface

        2009

      • Response to Comment by Sierra Rayne and Kaya Forest on ''Ab initio study of the structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of linear perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its branched isomers [Chemosphere 76 (8) (2009) 1143-1149]

        2009

      • Biologically mediated mobilization of arsenic from granular ferric hydroxide in anaerobic columns fed landfill leachate

        2008

      • Microbial transformation and degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls

        2008

      • Removal of perfluorinated surfactants by sorption onto granular activated carbon, zeolite and sludge

        2008

      • Microbial perchlorate reduction with elemental sulfur and other inorganic electron donors

        2008

      • Microbial degradation of chlorinated benzenes

        2008

      • Reductive defluorination of perfluorooctane sulfonate

        2008

      • Simultaneous sulfide and acetate oxidation under denitrifying conditions using an inverse fluidized bed reactor

        2008

      • Microbial community dynamics in a chemolithotrophic denitrification reactor inoculated with methanogenic granular sludge

        2008

      • Anoxic oxidation of arsenite linked to denitrification in sludges and sediments

        2008

      • Microbial transformation of chlorinated benzoates

        2008

      • Microbial degradation of chlorinated phenols

        2008

      • Molecular characterization of mesophilic and thermophilic sulfate reducing microbial communities in expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactors

        2008

      • Microbial degradation of chlorinated dioxins

        2008

      • Fungal bioleaching of metals in preservative-treated wood

        2007

      • Fungal biotransformation products of dehydroabietic acid

        2007

      • Chemolithotrophic denitrification with elemental sulfur for groundwater treatment

        2007

      • Removal of copper in an integrated sulfate reducing bioreactor- crystallization reactor system

        2007

      • Acute toxicity of arsenic to Daphnia pulex: Influence of organic functional groups and oxidation state

        2007

      • Chemolithotrophic perchlorate reduction linked to the oxidation of elemental sulfur

        2007

      • Fungal bio-treatment of spruce wood with Trametes versicolor for pitch control: Influence on extractive contents, pulping process parameters, paper quality and effluent toxicity

        2007

      • Sulfide oxidation under chemolithoautotrophic denitrifying conditions

        2006

      • Toxicity of copper to acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic activities of methanogens and sulfate reducers in anaerobic sludge

        2006

      • Anaerobic biotransformation of organoarsenical pesticides monomethylarsonic acid and dimethylarsinic acid

        2006

      • Improved aerobic biodegradation of abietic acid in ECF bleached kraft mill effluent due to biomass adaptation

        2006

      • Biological treatment of heavy metals in acid mine drainage using sulfate reducing bioreactors

        2006

      • Microbiological and structural aspects of granular sludge from autotrophic denitrifying reactors

        2006

      • Anaerobic biodegradability and methanogenic toxicity of key constituents in copper chemical mechanical planarization effluents of the semiconductor industry

        2005

      • Zero valent iron as an electron-donor for methanogenesis and sulfate reduction in anaerobic sludge

        2005

      • Comparison of chemo-, hetero- and mixotrophic denitrification in laboratory-scale UASBs

        2005

      • Anaerobic microbial mobilization and biotransformation of arsenate adsorbed onto activated alumina

        2005

      • Facile reduction of arsenate in methanogenic sludge

        2004

      • A non-destructive approach for assessing decay in preservative treated wood

        2004

      • Methanogenic inhibition by arsenic compounds

        2004

      • Biological durability of wood in relation to end-use

        2003

      • Utilization of white-rot fungi for pitch control in pulp and paper manufacturing

        2001

      • The use of an acoustic technique to assess wood decay in laboratory soil-bed tests

        2001

      • Infrared spectroscopy analysis of hemp (Cannabis sativa) after selective delignification by Bjerkandera sp. at different nitrogen levels

        2001

      • Degradation of lipophilic wood extractive constituents in Pinus sylvestris by the white-rot fungi Bjerkandera sp. and Trametes versicolor

        2001

      • Oxidation of lignin in eucalyptus kraft pulp by manganese peroxidase from Bjerkandera sp. strain BOS55

        2001

      • Nitrogen-removal with protease as a method to improve the selective delignification of hemp stemwood by the white-rot fungus Bjerkandera sp. strain BOS55

        2001

      • Evaluation of fungal capacity for detoxification of extractives in Scots pine sapwood

        2000

      • Degradation and detoxification of softwood extractives by sapstain fungi

        2000

      • Elimination and detoxification of softwood extractives by white-rot fungi

        2000

      • Removal and transformation of toxic resin acids by wood-inhabiting fungi

        2000

      • Rapid analysis of apolar low molecular weight constituents in wood using high pressure liquid chromatography with evaporative light scattering detection

        2000

      • Effect of nitrogen on biopulping of non-woody plant species

        2000

      • Reevaluation of the manganese requirement for the biobleaching of kraft pulp by white rot fungi

        1999

      • Biodegradability of extractives in sapwood and heartwood from Scots pine by sapstain and white rot fungi

        1999

      • HPLC analysis of low molecular weight constituents in wood

        1998

      • Peroxidase and Aryl Metabolite Production by the White Rot Fungus Bjerkandera sp. Strain BOS55 during Solid State Fermentation of Lignocellulosic Substrates

        1998

      • Pulp biobleaching and MnP production by the white rot fungus Bjerkandera BOS55 in the absence of manganese

        1998

      • Role of organic acids in the manganese-independent biobleaching system of bjerkandera sp. Strain BOS55

        1998

      • Detoxification of extractive constituents in pine wood by sapstain fungi

        1998

      • Degradation and detoxification of pitch constituents in Scots pine by white-rot fungi

        1998

      • Evaluation of the manganese requirement for biobleaching by white rot fungi

        1998

      • Kraft paste bleaching with ligninolitic fungi

        1997

      • Biobleaching of oxygen delignified kraft pulp by several white rot fungal strains

        1997

      • Manganese is not required for biobleaching of oxygen-delignified kraft pulp by the white rot fungus Bjerkandera sp. Strain BOS55

        1997

      • Oxalic acid extraction as a posttreatment to increase the brightness of kraft pulps bleached by white-rot fungi

        1996

      • Brightness improvement of Douglas fir thermomechanical pulp by EDTA and ascorbic acid treatments on chips

        1996

      • Overview of the anaerobic toxicity caused by organic forest industry wastewater pollutants

        1994

      • The anaerobic biodegradability and methanogenic toxicity of pulping wastewaters

        1991

      • Continuous anaerobic treatment of autoxidized bark extracts in laboratory-scale columns

        1991

      • The effect of aromatic structure on the inhibition of acetoclastic methanogenesis in granular sludge

        1991

      • Future perspectives for the anaerobic treatment of forest industry wastewaters

        1991

      • The anaerobic biodegradability of paper mill wastewater constituents

        1990

      • Oxidative detoxification of aqueous bark extracts. Part II: Alternative methods

        1990

      • The continuous anaerobic treatment of pulping wastewaters

        1990

      • The methanogenic toxicity of wood resin constituents

        1990

      • Methanogenic toxicity of bark tannins and the anaerobic biodegradability of water soluble bark matter

        1988

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