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Overview

Jose A. Casas is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry, Pollution, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

The primary topics covered in their work include Advanced oxidation water treatment, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Environmental remediation with nanomaterials, and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

Jose A. Casas has published extensively in scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Catalysts
  • Chemical Engineering Journal Advances
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaborations with other researchers are an integral part of their work. Frequent coauthors are:

  • Macarena Muñoz
  • Zahara M. de Pedro
  • Juan A. Zazo
  • Alicia L. García-Costa
  • A. Quintanilla

Some recent papers from Jose A. Casas include:

  • Adsorption of micropollutants onto realistic microplastics: Role of microplastic nature, size, age, and NOM fouling, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Insights into the degradation of microplastics by Fenton oxidation: From surface modification to mineralization, 2022, Chemosphere
  • A comparative study among catalytic wet air oxidation, Fenton, and Photo-Fenton technologies for the on-site treatment of hospital wastewater, 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Critical review of technologies for the on-site treatment of hospital wastewater: From conventional to combined advanced processes, 2022, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Overview of toxic cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in Ibero-American freshwaters: Challenges for risk management and opportunities for removal by advanced technologies, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Xanthan gum: production, recovery, and properties.

    F Garcı́a-Ochoa;V.E Santos;J.A Casas;E Gómez

  • An overview of the application of Fenton oxidation to industrial wastewaters treatment

    P Bautista;A F Mohedano;J A Casas;J A Zazo

  • Preparation of magnetite-based catalysts and their application in heterogeneous Fenton oxidation – A review

    Macarena Munoz;Zahara M. de Pedro;Jose A. Casas;Juan J. Rodriguez

  • Chemical Pathway and Kinetics of Phenol Oxidation by Fenton's Reagent

    J. A. Zazo;J. A. Casas;A. F. Mohedano;M. A. Gilarranz

  • Catalytic wet peroxide oxidation of phenol with a Fe/active carbon catalyst

    J.A. Zazo;J.A. Casas;A.F. Mohedano;J.J. Rodríguez

  • Application of Fenton oxidation to cosmetic wastewaters treatment.

    P. Bautista;A.F. Mohedano;M.A. Gilarranz;J.A. Casas

  • Viscosity of guar gum and xanthan/guar gum mixture solutions

    J A Casas;A F Mohedano;F García-Ochoa

  • Trends in the Intensification of the Fenton Process for Wastewater Treatment: An Overview

    Gema Pliego;Juan A. Zazo;Patricia Garcia-Muñoz;Macarena Munoz

  • Xanthan gum production under several operational conditions: molecular structure and rheological properties*

    J.A Casas;V.E Santos;F Garcı́a-Ochoa

  • Catalytic wet peroxide oxidation of phenol over Fe/AC catalysts: Influence of iron precursor and activated carbon surface

    A. Rey;M. Faraldos;J.A. Casas;J.A. Zazo

  • Intensification of the Fenton Process by Increasing the Temperature

    Juan A. Zazo;Gema Pliego;Sonia Blasco;Jose A. Casas

  • Evolution of toxicity upon wet catalytic oxidation of phenol.

    Santos A;Yustos P;Quintanilla A;García-Ochoa F

  • Sophorolipid production by Candida bombicola: medium composition and culture methods.

    Jose A. Casas;Felix Garcia-Ochoa

  • Adsorption of micropollutants onto realistic microplastics: Role of microplastic nature, size, age, and NOM fouling

    Macarena Munoz;David Ortiz;Julia Nieto-Sandoval;Zahara M. de Pedro

  • Influence of the structural and surface characteristics of activated carbon on the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide

    A. Rey;J.A. Zazo;J.A. Casas;A. Bahamonde

  • A comparison of Al-Fe and Zr-Fe pillared clays for catalytic wet peroxide oxidation

    C.B. Molina;J.A. Casas;J.A. Zazo;J.J. Rodríguez

  • Assessment of the generation of chlorinated byproducts upon Fenton-like oxidation of chlorophenols at different conditions.

    Macarena Munoz;Zahara M. de Pedro;Jose A. Casas;Juan J. Rodriguez

  • Evolution of ecotoxicity upon Fenton's oxidation of phenol in water.

    J. A. Zazo;J. A. Casas;C. B. Molina;and A. Quintanilla

  • Insights into the degradation of microplastics by Fenton oxidation: From surface modification to mineralization.

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  • Hydrodechlorination of 4-chlorophenol in aqueous phase using Pd/AC catalysts prepared with modified active carbon supports

    L. Calvo;M.A. Gilarranz;J.A. Casas;A.F. Mohedano

  • Kinetics of the Hydrodechlorination of 4-Chlorophenol in Water Using Pd, Pt, and Rh/Al2O3 Catalysts

    Elena Díaz;José A. Casas;Ángel F. Mohedano;Luisa Calvo

  • Viscosity of solutions of xanthan/locust bean gum mixtures

    J A Casas;F García‐Ochoa

Frequent Co-Authors

Juan J. Rodriguez
Juan J. Rodriguez Autonomous University of Madrid
Angel F. Mohedano
Angel F. Mohedano Autonomous University of Madrid
Miguel A. Gilarranz
Miguel A. Gilarranz Autonomous University of Madrid
Felix Garcia-Ochoa
Felix Garcia-Ochoa Complutense University of Madrid
Antonio Quesada
Antonio Quesada Autonomous University of Madrid
Detlef W. Bahnemann
Detlef W. Bahnemann Saint Petersburg State University
João A. P. Coutinho
João A. P. Coutinho University of Aveiro
Adrián M.T. Silva
Adrián M.T. Silva University of Porto
Sónia P. M. Ventura
Sónia P. M. Ventura University of Aveiro
Peter R. Jaffé
Peter R. Jaffé Princeton University

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