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2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
102
Citations
33545
World Ranking
1182
National Ranking
31

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Cees J.N. Buisman is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research is concentrated in the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with significant contributions to Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering. The scientist's work also intersects with Pollution and Water Science and Technology.

The study topics Cees J.N. Buisman focuses on include:

  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Odor and Emission Control Technologies
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Membrane Separation Technologies

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Cees J.N. Buisman cover diverse aspects of environmental technology and resource recovery. Selected publications include:

  • "Electrochemically mediated precipitation of phosphate minerals for phosphorus removal and recovery: Progress and perspective," 2021, Water Research
  • "Electrochemical Recovery of Phosphorus from Acidic Cheese Wastewater: Feasibility, Quality of Products, and Comparison with Chemical Precipitation," 2021, ACS ES&T Water
  • "Heat potential, generation, recovery and utilization from composting: A review," 2021, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • "Application of ammonium fertilizers recovered by an Electrochemical System," 2022, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • "Effects of sterilization and maturity of compost on soil bacterial and fungal communities and wheat growth," 2021, Geoderma

Collaborations have been notable with researchers such as Annemiek ter Heijne, Renata D. van der Weijden, Tom Sleutels, Philipp Kuntke, and Johannes B.M. Klok, reflecting ongoing partnerships within the environmental engineering community.

Cees J.N. Buisman has published in several prominent venues including:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Water Research
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

In addition to journal articles, they have contributed to book publications, including the title We Need to Change to Solve the Water Crisis published by UWA Publishing in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Towards practical implementation of bioelectrochemical wastewater treatment.

    René A. Rozendal;René A. Rozendal;Hubertus V.M. Hamelers;Korneel Rabaey;Jurg Keller

  • Effects of membrane cation transport on pH and microbial fuel cell performance.

    René A Rozendal;Hubertus V M Hamelers;Cees J N Buisman

  • Principle and perspectives of hydrogen production through biocatalyzed electrolysis

    René A. Rozendal;Hubertus V.M. Hamelers;Gerrit J.W. Euverink;Sybrand J. Metz

  • Salinity-gradient power : Evaluation of pressure-retarded osmosis and reverse electrodialysis

    Jan W. Post;Joost A. Veerman;Hubertus V.M. Hamelers;Gerrit J.W. Euverink

  • Chain Elongation with Reactor Microbiomes: Open-Culture Biotechnology To Produce Biochemicals.

    Largus T. Angenent;Hanno Richter;Wolfgang Buckel;Catherine M. Spirito

  • Energy recovery from controlled mixing salt and fresh water with a reverse electrodialysis system.

    Jan W Post;Hubertus V M Hamelers;Cees J N Buisman

  • Hydrogen Production with a Microbial Biocathode

    René A. Rozendal;Adriaan W. Jeremiasse;Hubertus V. M. Hamelers;Cees J. N. Buisman

  • Ammonium recovery and energy production from urine by a microbial fuel cell

    P. Kuntke;K.M. Smiech;H. Bruning;G. Zeeman

  • Green electricity production with living plants and bacteria in a fuel cell

    David P. B. T. B. Strik;H. V. M. Hamelers;Jan F. H. Snel;Cees J. N. Buisman

  • Biological formation of caproate and caprylate from acetate: fuel and chemical production from low grade biomass

    Kirsten J. J. Steinbusch;Hubertus V. M. Hamelers;Caroline M. Plugge;Cees J. N. Buisman

  • Performance of single chamber biocatalyzed electrolysis with different types of ion exchange membranes

    René A. Rozendal;Hubertus V.M. Hamelers;Redmar J. Molenkamp;Cees J.N. Buisman

  • Copper recovery combined with electricity production in a microbial fuel cell.

    Annemiek Ter Heijne;Fei Liu;Renata van der Weijden;Jan Weijma

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus removal from municipal wastewater effluent using microalgal biofilms

    N.C. Boelee;H. Temmink;M.G.J. Janssen;C.J.N. Buisman

  • A bipolar membrane combined with ferric iron reduction as an efficient cathode system in microbial fuel cells.

    Annemiek ter Heijne;Hubertus V. M. Hamelers;Vinnie de Wilde;Rene A. Rozendal

  • Microbial electrolysis cell with a microbial biocathode.

    Adriaan W. Jeremiasse;Hubertus V.M. Hamelers;Cees J.N. Buisman

  • New applications and performance of bioelectrochemical systems

    Hubertus V. M. Hamelers;Annemiek Ter Heijne;Tom H. J. A. Sleutels;Adriaan W. Jeremiasse

  • Optimization of sulphur production in a biotechnological sulphide-removing reactor.

    Cees J. N. Buisman;Bert G. Geraats;Peter Ijspeert;Gatze Lettinga

  • Microbial solar cells: applying photosynthetic and electrochemically active organisms

    David Petrus Bonifacius Theordorus Bernardus Strik;Ruud A Timmers;Marjolein Helder;Kirsten Jj Steinbusch

  • Bioelectrochemical Ethanol Production through Mediated Acetate Reduction by Mixed Cultures

    Kirsten J J Steinbusch;Hubertus V M Hamelers;Joris D Schaap;Christel Kampman

  • Carbon dioxide reduction by mixed and pure cultures in microbial electrosynthesis using an assembly of graphite felt and stainless steel as a cathode

    Suman Bajracharya;Annemiek ter Heijne;Xochitl Dominguez Benetton;Karolien Vanbroekhoven

Frequent Co-Authors

Hubertus V. M. Hamelers
Hubertus V. M. Hamelers Wageningen University & Research
David P.B.T.B. Strik
David P.B.T.B. Strik Wageningen University & Research
Hardy Temmink
Hardy Temmink Wageningen University & Research
Grietje Zeeman
Grietje Zeeman Wageningen University & Research
Michel Saakes
Michel Saakes Wageningen University & Research
Piet N.L. Lens
Piet N.L. Lens University of Galway
Alfons J. M. Stams
Alfons J. M. Stams Wageningen University & Research
Marcel Janssen
Marcel Janssen Wageningen University & Research
Gatze Lettinga
Gatze Lettinga Wageningen University & Research
Caroline M. Plugge
Caroline M. Plugge Wageningen University & Research

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