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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1966 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

J. Wanner is affiliated with the University of Chemistry and Technology in the Czech Republic and specializes in Environmental Science. Their work largely focuses on the intersection of wastewater treatment, microbial ecology, and environmental impacts of contaminants.

Their research spans multiple specific areas, including:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing

J. Wanner has contributed to various subfields within Environmental Science, such as:

  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Pollution
  • Ecology
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

The scientist has published multiple research articles in well-known venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Water Science & Technology (4 publications)
  • Nature Communications (2 publications)
  • Water (2 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (1 publication)
  • Water Research (1 publication)

Notable recent papers by J. Wanner include:

  • "The development in biological wastewater treatment over the last 50 years" (2021, Water Science & Technology)
  • "Monitoring and Ecotoxicity Assessment of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater Discharge in the City of Prague (Czech Republic)" (2020, Water)
  • "Monitoring COVID-19 spread in Prague local neighborhoods based on the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater collected throughout the sewer network" (2022, Water Research)

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authors such as Iveta Růžičková, Solomon Ofori, Per Halkjær Nielsen, Petr Sýkora, and Jana Říhová Ambrožová. These collaborations have supported research on microbial communities in wastewater and environmental monitoring.

Among the distinctions associated with J. Wanner is having been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1966.

Best Publications

  • Treated wastewater reuse for irrigation: Pros and cons

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  • The role and significance of extracellular polymers in activated sludge. Part I: Literature review

    Anna Raszka;Monika Chorvatova;Jiri Wanner

  • On the Occurrence of Anoxic Microniches, Denitrification, and Sulfate Reduction in Aerated Activated Sludge

    Andreas Schramm;Cecilia M. Santegoeds;Helle K. Nielsen;Helle Ploug

  • Anoxic phosphate uptake in the dephanox process

    G. Bortone;S. Marsili Libelli;A. Tilche;J. Wanner

  • Phosphate uptake under anoxic conditions and fixed-film nitrification in nutrient removal activated sludge system

    R. S̆orm;G. Bortone;R. Saltarelli;P. Jeníc̆ek

  • Biological anoxic phosphorus removal - the dephanox process

    G. Bortone;R. Saltarelli;V. Alonso;R. Sorm

  • Identification of filamentous microorganisms from activated sludge: a compromise between wishes, needs and possibilities

    J. Wanner;P. Grau

  • New Process Design for Biological Nutrient Removal

    J. Wanner;J. S. Čech;M. Kos

  • Comparison of denitrification at low temperature using encapsulated Paracoccus denitrificans, Pseudomonas fluorescens and mixed culture

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  • Activated sludge process combined with biofilm cultivation

    J. Wanner;K. Kucman;P. Grau

  • Ecophysiology of mycolic acid‐containing Actinobacteria (Mycolata) in activated sludge foams

    Caroline Kragelund;Zaneta Remesova;Jeppe Lund Nielsen;Trine Rolighed Thomsen

  • The impact of different operating conditions on membrane fouling and EPS production

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  • A national survey of activated sludge separation problems in the Czech Republic: filaments, floc characteristics and activated sludge metabolic properties

    Jirí Wanner;Iveta Ruzicková;Petra Jetmarová;Olga Krhutková

  • Estimation of maximum specific growth rate of heterotrophic and autotrophic biomass: a combined technique of mathematical modelling and batch cultivations

    Libor Novák;Luis Larrea;Jiri Wanner

  • MiDAS 4: A global catalogue of full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences and taxonomy for studies of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants

    Dueholm Ms;Nierychlo M;Andersen Ks;Joergensen Vr

  • Defluvicoccus vanus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-negative coccus/coccobacillus in the 'Alphaproteobacteria' from activated sludge.

    A. M. Maszenan;R. J. Seviour;Bharat Kumar Patel;P. H. Janssen

  • Amount and nature of soluble refractory organics produced by activated sludge micro-organisms in sequencing batch and continuous flow reactors

    M. Pribyl;F. Tucek;P. A. Wilderer;J. Wanner

  • Nitrification performance in a membrane bioreactor treating industrial wastewater.

    Lukáš Dvořák;Jan Svojitka;Jiří Wanner;Thomas Wintgens

  • In situ Denitrification of Drinking Water

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  • Monitoring and Ecotoxicity Assessment of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater Discharge in the City of Prague (Czech Republic)

    Veronica R. Diaz-Sosa;Mireya Tapia-Salazar;Jiri Wanner;Diana L. Cardenas-Chavez

  • Non-filamentous activated sludge bulking in a laboratory scale system

    L. Novák;L. Larrea;J. Wanner;J.L. Garcia-Heras

  • Filamentous Bulking in Nutrient Removal Activated Sludge Systems

    Jiri Wanner;Petr Grau

  • Verification of anoxic phosphate uptake as the main biochemical mechanism of the “dephanox” process

    R. Sorm;J. Wanner;R. Saltarelli;G. Bortone

  • Effect of anaerobic conditions on activated sludge filamentous bulking in laboratory systems

    J. Wanner;K. Kucman;V. Ottová;P. Grau

  • Microbial evaluation of activated sludge and filamentous population at eight Czech nutrient removal activated sludge plants during year 2000.

    O. Krhutková;I. Ruzicková;J. Wanner

  • In situ bioaugmentation of nitrification in the regeneration zone: practical application and experiences at full-scale plants

    O. Krhutková;L. Novák;L. Pachmanová;A. Benáková

  • The Implementation of Bulking Control in the Design of Activated Sludge Systems

    Jiri Wanner

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Seviour
Robert J. Seviour La Trobe University
Bharat K. C. Patel
Bharat K. C. Patel Griffith University
Per Halkjær Nielsen
Per Halkjær Nielsen Aalborg University
Michael Wagner
Michael Wagner University of Vienna
Jeppe Lund Nielsen
Jeppe Lund Nielsen Aalborg University
Rudolf Amann
Rudolf Amann Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
Helle Ploug
Helle Ploug University of Gothenburg
Dirk de Beer
Dirk de Beer Max Planck Society
Andreas Schramm
Andreas Schramm Aarhus University

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