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Jan A. Oleszkiewicz

Jan A. Oleszkiewicz

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
48
Citations
8504
World Ranking
5548
National Ranking
238

Research.com Recognitions

  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering
  • The Canadian Academy of Engineering

Overview

Jan A. Oleszkiewicz is affiliated with the University of Manitoba in Canada and works primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses on key areas such as wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, membrane separation technologies, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, water treatment and disinfection, biofuel production and bioconversion, and viral infectious diseases and gene expression in insects.

Their work spans various subfields within Environmental Science, including pollution, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, industrial and manufacturing engineering, water science and technology, and environmental engineering.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jan A. Oleszkiewicz include Tanner R. Devlin, Alessandro di Biase, Maciej S. Kowalski, Yanan Ren, and Miguel Uyaguari.

The scientist has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • Chemosphere
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Bioresource Technology Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Recent papers provide insight into the scientist's focus on biofilm reactors, granular sludge, and nutrient removal technologies:

  • Physicochemical methods for biofilm removal allow for control of biofilm retention time in a high rate MBBR, 2020, Environmental Technology
  • Aerobic granular sludge treating anaerobically pretreated brewery wastewater at different loading rates, 2020, Water Science & Technology
  • Modeling of the attached and suspended biomass fractions in a moving bed biofilm reactor, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Performance and recovery of nitrifying biofilm after exposure to prolonged starvation, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Simultaneous biological nutrients removal from wastewater with high ammonium and phosphorus loading using aerobic granular sludge, 2024, Journal of Water Process Engineering

In addition to journal articles, Jan A. Oleszkiewicz has contributed to book publications, including a work published by the Water Environment Federation titled DO/TAN and FA Based Process Control for Mainstream Partial Nitritation in 2020.

Awards include recognition from The Canadian Academy of Engineering.

Best Publications

  • High Solid Anaerobic Digestion of Chicken Manure

    G. Bujoczek;J. Oleszkiewicz;R. Sparling;S. Cenkowski

  • Moving bed biofilm reactor technology in municipal wastewater treatment: A review.

    Alessandro di Biase;Maciej S. Kowalski;Tanner R. Devlin;Jan A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Sulfide inhibition of anaerobic degradation of lactate and acetate

    D.M. McCartney;J.A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Stimulation and inhibition of anaerobic processes by heavy metals—A review

    J.A. Oleszkiewicz;V.K. Sharma

  • Activated sludge operational regime has significant impact on the type of nitrifying community and its nitrification rates

    Magdalena A. Dytczak;Kathleen L. Londry;Jan A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Competition between methanogens and sulfate reducers: effect of COD:sulfate ratio and acclimation

    Daryl M. McCartney;Jan A. Oleszkiewicz

  • VFA generation from waste activated sludge: Effect of temperature and mixing

    Q. Yuan;R. Sparling;J.A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Bioaugmentation for nitrification at cold temperatures.

    M.A. Head;J.A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Ozonation reduces sludge production and improves denitrification.

    Magdalena A. Dytczak;Kathleen L. Londry;Hansruedi Siegrist;Jan A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Sulfide-Induced Inhibition of Anaerobic Digestion

    Barry L. Hilton;Jan. A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Impact of shear force on the biofilm structure and performance of a membrane biofilm reactor for tertiary hydrogen-driven denitrification of municipal wastewater.

    D. Celmer;J.A. Oleszkiewicz;N. Cicek

  • Struvite precipitation and phosphorus removal using magnesium sacrificial anode

    Damian J. Kruk;Maria Elektorowicz;Jan A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Start-up period investigation of pilot-scale submerged membrane electro-bioreactor (SMEBR) treating raw municipal wastewater.

    Shadi W. Hasan;Maria Elektorowicz;Jan A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Importance of the operating pH in maintaining the stability of anoxic ammonium oxidation (anammox) activity in moving bed biofilm reactors

    L.W. Jaroszynski;N. Cicek;R. Sparling;J.A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Nutrient Removal Technology in North America and the European Union: A Review

    Jan A. Oleszkiewicz;James L. Barnard

  • Influence of electric current on bacterial viability in wastewater treatment

    V. Wei;M. Elektorowicz;J.A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Waste activated sludge fermentation: Effect of solids retention time and biomass concentration

    Q. Yuan;R. Sparling;J.A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Correlations between trans-membrane pressure (TMP) and sludge properties in submerged membrane electro-bioreactor (SMEBR) and conventional membrane bioreactor (MBR).

    Shadi W. Hasan;Maria Elektorowicz;Jan A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Impact of free ammonia on anammox rates (anoxic ammonium oxidation) in a moving bed biofilm reactor

    L.W. Jaroszynski;N. Cicek;R. Sparling;J.A. Oleszkiewicz

  • Electrocoagulation of wastewater using aluminum, iron, and magnesium electrodes

    Tanner Ryan Devlin;Maciej S. Kowalski;Efren Pagaduan;Xugang Zhang

  • Effects of predation and ORP conditions on the performance of nitrifiers in activated sludge systems.

    Y. Lee;J.A. Oleszkiewicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Shadi W. Hasan
Shadi W. Hasan Khalifa University
Dwight D. Bowman
Dwight D. Bowman Cornell University
Hansruedi Siegrist
Hansruedi Siegrist Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Sudhir Murthy
Sudhir Murthy Columbia University
Julián Carrera
Julián Carrera Autonomous University of Barcelona
Juan A. Baeza
Juan A. Baeza Autonomous University of Barcelona
Nariman Sepehri
Nariman Sepehri University of Manitoba

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