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Overview

Gladys Vidal is affiliated with the University of Concepción in Chile and focuses their research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses various subfields including Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Plant Science, Water Science and Technology, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of issues related to wastewater treatment and environmental impacts. Key topics include:

  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics

Gladys Vidal has published extensively in journals such as Sustainability, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Journal of Environmental Management, Agronomy, and Ecological Engineering. The distribution of publications shows a concentration with 10 papers in Sustainability and 7 in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, among others.

Frequent coauthors include Gloria Gómez, Ana María Leiva, Patricio Neumann, Valentina Carrillo, and Benjamín Piña, with whom Vidal has collaborated on multiple occasions.

Recent representative papers provide insight into the scientist's active research areas. These include:

  • "Characterization and recovery of phosphorus from wastewater by combined technologies," 2020, Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology
  • "Organic matter removal and nitrogen transformation by a constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell system with simultaneous bioelectricity generation," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Aquaporins and cation transporters are differentially regulated by two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi strains in lettuce cultivars growing under salinity conditions," 2020, Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
  • "Presence and fate of micropollutants during anaerobic digestion of sewage and their implications for the circular economy: A short review," 2020, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
  • "Antibiotic resistance dissemination in wastewater treatment plants: a challenge for the reuse of treated wastewater in agriculture," 2021, Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology

Best Publications

  • Influence of the content in fats and proteins on the anaerobic biodegradability of dairy wastewaters

    G Vidal;A Carvalho;R Méndez;J.M Lema

  • Developments in pre-treatment methods to improve anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge

    P. Neumann;S. Pesante;M. Venegas;G. Vidal

  • Tannery wastewater characterization and toxicity effects on Daphnia spp.

    K. Cooman;M. Gajardo;J. Nieto;C. Bornhardt

  • Review of Constructed Wetlands for Acid Mine Drainage Treatment

    Aurora M. Pat-Espadas;Rene Loredo Portales;Leonel E. Amabilis-Sosa;Gloria Gómez

  • Operational factors and nutrient effects on activated sludge treatment of Pinus radiata kraft mill wastewater.

    M C Diez;G Castillo;L Aguilar;G Vidal

  • Characterization and recovery of phosphorus from wastewater by combined technologies

    V. Carrillo;B. Fuentes;G. Gómez;Gladys Vidal

  • Sequential ultrasound and low-temperature thermal pretreatment: Process optimization and influence on sewage sludge solubilization, enzyme activity and anaerobic digestion.

    Patricio Neumann;Zenón González;Gladys Vidal

  • Performance evaluation of eight years experience of constructed wetland systems in Catalonia as alternative treatment for small communities

    I. Vera;J. García;K. Sáez;L. Moragas

  • Molecular weight distribution of Pinus radiata kraft mill wastewater treated by anaerobic digestion

    G Vidal;S Videla;M.C Diez

  • Performance of 14 full-scale sewage treatment plants: Comparison between four aerobic technologies regarding effluent quality, sludge production and energy consumption

    I. Vera;K. Sáez;G. Vidal

  • Unhairing effluents treated by an activated sludge system.

    G Vidal;J Nieto;K Cooman;M Gajardo

  • Continuous anaerobic treatment of wastewaters containing formaldehyde and urea

    G Vidal;Z.P Jiang;F Omil;F Thalasso

  • Anaerobic-aerobic treatment of toxic pulping black liquor with upfront effluent recirculation

    Sjon Kortekaas;Gladys Vidal;He Yan-Ling;Gatze Lettinga

  • Methanogenic toxicity and continuous anaerobic treatment of wood processing effluents.

    G. Vidal;M.C. Diez

  • Performance of ornamental plants in monoculture and polyculture horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands for treating wastewater

    Ana María Leiva;Romina Núñez;Gloria Gómez;Daniela López

  • Organic matter removal and nitrogen transformation by a constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell system with simultaneous bioelectricity generation.

    Thaís González;Jaume Puigagut;Gladys Vidal

  • Biodegradation of formaldehyde under anaerobic conditions

    F Omil;D Méndez;G Vidal;R Méndez

  • Effect of free ammonia nitrogen on the methanogenic activity of swine wastewater

    Marisol Belmonte;Chia-Fang Hsieh;Cindy Figueroa;José Luis Campos

  • Effects of pH and substituted 1,2-dihydroxybenzenes on the reaction pathway of Fenton-like systems

    Pablo Salgado;Victoria Melin;Milenka Albornoz;Héctor Mansilla

  • Detection of estrogenic activity from kraft mill effluents by the yeast estrogen screen.

    Soledad Chamorro;Víctor Hernández;E. Monsalvez;J. Becerra

  • Treatment of recycled wastewaters from fishmeal factory by an anaerobic filter

    Gladys Vidal;Gladys Vidal;Estrella Aspé;M. Cristina Marti;Marlene Roeckel

  • Combined oxidative and biological treatment of separated streams of tannery wastewater.

    G. Vidal;J. Nieto;H.D. Mansilla;C. Bornhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

José Luis Campos
José Luis Campos Adolfo Ibáñez University
Ramón Méndez
Ramón Méndez University of Santiago de Compostela
Benjamin Piña
Benjamin Piña Spanish National Research Council
Juan M. Lema
Juan M. Lema University of Santiago de Compostela
Anuska Mosquera-Corral
Anuska Mosquera-Corral University of Santiago de Compostela
Josep M. Bayona
Josep M. Bayona Spanish National Research Council
María de la Luz Mora
María de la Luz Mora University of La Frontera
Francisco Omil
Francisco Omil University of Santiago de Compostela
Víctor Matamoros
Víctor Matamoros Spanish National Research Council
Pablo Cornejo
Pablo Cornejo University of La Frontera

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