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Overview

Adrian Oehmen is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on various subfields including pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, environmental engineering, biomaterials, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work covers several main topics related to environmental science, notably:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Phosphorus and Nutrient Management
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection

Adrian Oehmen has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with many publications appearing in recognized venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Water Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • New Biotechnology
  • Water Research X

The following recent papers showcase the scope and focus of their research:

  • "A review of the biotransformations of priority pharmaceuticals in biological wastewater treatment processes," 2020, Water Research
  • "Purple phototrophic bacteria for resource recovery: Challenges and opportunities," 2020, Biotechnology Advances
  • "The storage compounds associated with Tetrasphaera PAO metabolism and the relationship between diversity and P removal," 2021, Water Research
  • "Intracellular polyphosphate length characterization in polyphosphate accumulating microorganisms (PAOs): Implications in PAO phenotypic diversity and enhanced biological phosphorus removal performance," 2021, Water Research
  • "Accumulibacter diversity at the sub-clade level impacts enhanced biological phosphorus removal performance," 2021, Water Research

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Maria A.M. Reis
  • Gilda Carvalho
  • J.C. Fradinho
  • Ricardo Marques
  • Ilje Pikaar

Best Publications

  • Advances in enhanced biological phosphorus removal: from micro to macro scale.

    Adrian Oehmen;Paulo C. Lemos;Gilda Carvalho;Zhiguo Yuan

  • Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants

    Linwei Wu;Daliang Ning;Bing Zhang;Yong Li

  • The role of nitrite and free nitrous acid (FNA) in wastewater treatment plants

    Yan Zhou;Adrian Oehmen;Melvin Lim;Vel Vadivelu

  • Denitrifying phosphorus removal: Linking the process performance with the microbial community structure

    Gilda Carvalho;Paulo C. Lemos;Adrian Oehmen;Maria A.M. Reis

  • Modeling the PAO-GAO competition: Effects of carbon source, pH and temperature

    Carlos M. Lopez-Vazquez;Adrian Oehmen;Christine M. Hooijmans;Damir Brdjanovic

  • Optimisation of poly-β-hydroxyalkanoate analysis using gas chromatography for enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems

    Adrian Oehmen;Beatrice Keller-Lehmann;Raymond J. Zeng;Zhiguo Yuan

  • Obtaining highly enriched cultures of Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphates through alternating carbon sources

    Huabing Lu;Adrian Michael Oehmen;Adrian Michael Oehmen;Bernardino Virdis;Jurg Keller

  • Comparison of acetate and propionate uptake by polyphosphate accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms.

    Adrian Oehmen;Zhiguo Yuan;Linda L. Blackall;Jürg Keller

  • Competition between polyphosphate and glycogen accumulating organisms in enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems with acetate and propionate as carbon sources.

    Adrian Oehmen;Aaron M. Saunders;M. Teresa Vives;Zhiguo Yuan

  • The effect of pH on the competition between polyphosphate-accumulating organisms and glycogen-accumulating organisms.

    Mónica Isabel Gonçalves Carvalheira;Adrian Oehmen;Gilda Carvalho;Mario Eusebio

  • Anaerobic metabolism of propionate by polyphosphate-accumulating organisms in enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems

    Adrian Oehmen;Raymond J. Zeng;Zhiguo Yuan;Jürg Keller

  • A review of the biotransformations of priority pharmaceuticals in biological wastewater treatment processes.

    P.Y. Nguyen;Gilda Carvalho;Maria A.M. Reis;Adrian Oehmen

  • Photodegradation kinetics and transformation products of ketoprofen, diclofenac and atenolol in pure water and treated wastewater

    R. Salgado;V.J. Pereira;G. Carvalho;R. Soeiro

  • Metabolic shift of polyphosphate-accumulating organisms with different levels of polyphosphate storage.

    B. Acevedo;A. Oehmen;G. Carvalho;A. Seco

  • The effect of GAOs (glycogen accumulating organisms) on anaerobic carbon requirements in full-scale Australian EBPR (enhanced biological phosphorus removal) plants

    Aaron Marc Saunders;Adrian Oehmen;Linda L. Blackall;Zhiguo Yuan

  • Purple phototrophic bacteria for resource recovery: Challenges and opportunities.

    Gabriel Capson-Tojo;Gabriel Capson-Tojo;Damien J. Batstone;María Grassino;Siegfried E. Vlaeminck

  • Removal of heavy metals from drinking water supplies through the ion exchange membrane bioreactor

    Adrian Oehmen;Rui Viegas;Svetlozar Velizarov;Maria A.M. Reis

  • Metabolism and ecological niche of Tetrasphaera and Ca. Accumulibacter in enhanced biological phosphorus removal.

    Ricardo Marques;Jorge Santos;Hien Nguyen;Gilda Carvalho

  • Assessing the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in a full-scale activated sludge plant

    R. Salgado;R. Marques;J. P. Noronha;G. Carvalho

  • Status of hormones and painkillers in wastewater effluents across several European states-considerations for the EU watch list concerning estradiols and diclofenac.

    P. Schröder;B. Helmreich;B. Škrbić;M. Carballa

  • Incorporating microbial ecology into the metabolic modelling of polyphosphate accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms

    A. Oehmen;G. Carvalho;C.M. Lopez-Vazquez;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • Obtaining highly enriched cultures of Candidatus accumulibacter phosphatis through alternating carbon sources

    H. Lu;A. Oehmen;B. Virdis;J. Keller

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria A.M. Reis
Maria A.M. Reis Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Zhiguo Yuan
Zhiguo Yuan City University of Hong Kong
Jurg Keller
Jurg Keller University of Queensland
Maite Pijuan
Maite Pijuan Catalan Institute for Water Research
Eugénio C. Ferreira
Eugénio C. Ferreira University of Minho
Linda L. Blackall
Linda L. Blackall University of Melbourne
Per Halkjær Nielsen
Per Halkjær Nielsen Aalborg University
João G. Crespo
João G. Crespo Universidade Nova de Lisboa
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht Delft University of Technology
Francesco Fatone
Francesco Fatone Marche Polytechnic University

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