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Benedek G. Plósz is affiliated with the University of Bath in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with significant contributions in subfields such as Pollution, Biomedical Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Ocean Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

Their work encompasses various main topics including:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Fluid Dynamics and Mixing
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques

Plósz has published extensively in journals such as Water Research, Water Science & Technology, Chemosphere, Scientific Reports, and Chemical Engineering Journal. Frequent publication venues by count include:

  • Water Research
  • Water Science & Technology
  • Chemosphere
  • Scientific Reports
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Among recent papers featuring Benedek G. Plósz are:

  • "Enantiomeric profiling of quinolones and quinolones resistance gene qnrS in European wastewaters," 2020, Water Research
  • "Optimal influent N-to-P ratio for stable microalgal cultivation in water treatment and nutrient recovery," 2020, Chemosphere
  • "The transition of WRRF models to digital twin applications," 2022, Water Science & Technology
  • "Numerical modelling of surface aeration and N2O emission in biological water resource recovery," 2024, Water Research
  • "Dynamic calibration of a new secondary settler model using Cand. Microthrix as a predictor of settling velocity," 2023, Water Research

Their frequent co-authors include Borja Valverde-Pérez, Yuge Qiu, Vince Bakos, Dorottya Sarolta Wágner, and Elena Torfs. The collaboration with these researchers reflects a multidisciplinary approach to environmental and engineering challenges.

Best Publications

  • Spatio‐temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 years of international wastewater monitoring

    Iria González-Mariño;Iria González-Mariño;Jose Antonio Baz-Lomba;Nikiforos A. Alygizakis;Maria Jesús Andrés-Costa

  • Removal of Antibiotics in Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems—A Critical Assessment Using the Activated Sludge Modeling Framework for Xenobiotics (ASM-X)

    Fabio Polesel;Henrik Rasmus Andersen;Stefan Trapp;Benedek G. Plósz

  • Comparison of pharmaceutical, illicit drug, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine levels in wastewater with sale, seizure and consumption data for 8 European cities

    Jose Antonio Baz-Lomba;Jose Antonio Baz-Lomba;Stefania Salvatore;Emma Gracia-Lor;Richard Bade

  • Biofilm Thickness Influences Biodiversity in Nitrifying MBBRs—Implications on Micropollutant Removal

    Elena Torresi;Jane Fowler;Fabio Polesel;Kai Bester

  • Impacts of Competitive Inhibition, Parent Compound Formation and Partitioning Behavior on the Removal of Antibiotics in Municipal Wastewater Treatment

    Benedek G Y Plósz;Henriette Leknes;Kevin V Thomas

  • Diurnal variations in the occurrence and the fate of hormones and antibiotics in activated sludge wastewater treatment in Oslo, Norway

    Benedek Gy. Plósz;Henriette Leknes;Helge Liltved;Kevin V. Thomas

  • Wastewater-based epidemiology to assess pan-European pesticide exposure.

    Nikolaos I. Rousis;Emma Gracia-Lor;Emma Gracia-Lor;Ettore Zuccato;Richard Bade;Richard Bade

  • Estimation of caffeine intake from analysis of caffeine metabolites in wastewater

    Emma Gracia-Lor;Emma Gracia-Lor;Nikolaos I. Rousis;Ettore Zuccato;Richard Bade

  • Impact of external carbon dose on the removal of micropollutants using methanol and ethanol in post-denitrifying Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors.

    Elena Torresi;Elena Torresi;Mònica Escolà Casas;Fabio Polesel;Benedek G. Plósz

  • An activated sludge modeling framework for xenobiotic trace chemicals (ASM-X): assessment of diclofenac and carbamazepine.

    Benedek Gy. Plósz;Katherine H. Langford;Kevin V. Thomas

  • Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry determination of synthetic cathinones and phenethylamines in influent wastewater of eight European cities

    Richard Bade;Lubertus Bijlsma;Juan V. Sancho;Jose A. Baz-Lomba

  • Factors influencing deterioration of denitrification by oxygen entering an anoxic reactor through the surface.

    Benedek Gy. Plósz;Andrea Jobbágy;C.P.Leslie Grady

  • Life cycle assessment as development and decision support tool for wastewater resource recovery technology.

    Linda L. Fang;Borja Valverde-Pérez;Anders Damgaard;Benedek Gy. Plósz

  • Comparative measurement and quantitative risk assessment of alcohol consumption through wastewater-based epidemiology: An international study in 20 cities

    Yeonsuk Ryu;Damià Barceló;Leon P. Barron;Lubertus Bijlsma

  • Diffusion and sorption of organic micropollutants in biofilms with varying thicknesses

    Elena Torresi;Fabio Polesel;Kai Bester;Magnus Christensson

  • A new settling velocity model to describe secondary sedimentation

    Elham Ramin;Dorottya Sarolta Wágner;Lars Yde;Philip John Binning

  • Enantiomeric profiling of chiral illicit drugs in a pan-European study

    Erika Castrignanò;Zhugen Yang;Richard Bade;Jose A. Baz-Lomba

  • Factors influencing sorption of ciprofloxacin onto activated sludge: Experimental assessment and modelling implications

    Fabio Polesel;Kai Lehnberg;Wolfgang Dott;Stefan Trapp

  • Microplate-based method for high-throughput screening of microalgae growth potential

    Jon Van Wagenen;Susan Løvstad Holdt;Davide De Francisci;Borja Valverde-Pérez

  • Intermittent Aeration Suppresses Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacteria in Membrane-Aerated Biofilms:A Model-Based Explanation

    Yunjie Ma;Carlos Domingo-Félez;Benedek Gy. Plósz;Barth F. Smets

Frequent Co-Authors

Barth F. Smets
Barth F. Smets Technical University of Denmark
Kevin V. Thomas
Kevin V. Thomas University of Queensland
Pim de Voogt
Pim de Voogt University of Amsterdam
Christoph Ort
Christoph Ort Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Félix Hernández
Félix Hernández Jaume I University
Sara Castiglioni
Sara Castiglioni Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern
Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern University of Bath
Krist V. Gernaey
Krist V. Gernaey Technical University of Denmark
Alexander L.N. van Nuijs
Alexander L.N. van Nuijs University of Antwerp
Irini Angelidaki
Irini Angelidaki Technical University of Denmark

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