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2025

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95
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  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Spain Leader Award
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Overview

Josep M. Bayona is affiliated with the Spanish National Research Council in Spain. Their work predominantly focuses on Environmental Science, encompassing studies related to pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, soil science, molecular medicine, and public health with a specific focus on environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's research explores several key topics including pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, wastewater treatment and reuse, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, heavy metals in the environment, composting and vermicomposting techniques, antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy, and ethics in clinical research.

Recent publications by Josep M. Bayona include:

  • Occurrence and human health risk assessment of antibiotics and their metabolites in vegetables grown in field-scale agricultural systems, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Effects of prescription antibiotics on soil- and root-associated microbiomes and resistomes in an agricultural context, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Occurrence and human health risk assessment of antibiotics and trace elements in Lactuca sativa amended with different organic fertilizers, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Dose effect of Zn and Cu in sludge-amended soils on vegetable uptake of trace elements, antibiotics, and antibiotic resistance genes: Human health implications, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Implications of the use of organic fertilizers for antibiotic resistance gene distribution in agricultural soils and fresh food products. A plot-scale study, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors in Bayona's research include:

  • Víctor Matamoros (20 collaborations)
  • Benjamín Piña (11 collaborations)
  • N. Carazo (10 collaborations)
  • Đorđe Tadić (8 collaborations)
  • Núria Cañameras (8 collaborations)

Josep M. Bayona's works often appear in journals such as:

  • Environmental Research (6 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (4 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (3 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (3 publications)
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2 publications)

Bayona is also an author of a book published by UWA Publishing, titled Wastewater and Biosolids Management (2020), which has been cited multiple times.

Best Publications

  • The potential implications of reclaimed wastewater reuse for irrigation on the agricultural environment: The knowns and unknowns of the fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes - A review.

    Anastasis Christou;Ana Agüera;Josep Maria Bayona;Eddie Cytryn

  • Assessment of fecal sterols and ketones as indicators of urban sewage inputs to coastal waters

    Joan O. Grimalt;Pilar Fernandez;Josep M. Bayona;Joan Albaiges

  • Contaminant Removal Processes in Subsurface-Flow Constructed Wetlands: A Review

    Joan García;Diederik P. L. Rousseau;Jordi Morató;Els Lesage

  • Capability of microalgae-based wastewater treatment systems to remove emerging organic contaminants: A pilot-scale study

    Víctor Matamoros;Raquel Gutiérrez;Ivet Ferrer;Joan García

  • Aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and sulfur/oxygen derivatives in northwestern Mediterranean sediments: Spatial and temporal variability, fluxes, and budgets

    Immaculada Tolosa;Josep M. Bayona;Joan Albaigés

  • Organic micropollutant removal in a full-scale surface flow constructed wetland fed with secondary effluent.

    Víctor Matamoros;Joan García;Josep M. Bayona

  • Elimination of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in subsurface flow constructed wetlands.

    Víctor Matamoros;Josep M. Bayona

  • Organotin contamination in sediments from the Western Mediterranean enclosures following 10 years of TBT regulation.

    S Dı́ez;M Ábalos;J.M Bayona

  • Assessment of the mechanisms involved in the removal of emerging contaminants by microalgae from wastewater: a laboratory scale study

    Víctor Matamoros;Enrica Uggetti;Joan García;Josep M. Bayona

  • Comprehensive assessment of the design configuration of constructed wetlands for the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products from urban wastewaters

    María Hijosa-Valsero;Víctor Matamoros;Ricardo Sidrach-Cardona;Javier Martín-Villacorta

  • Preliminary screening of small-scale domestic wastewater treatment systems for removal of pharmaceutical and personal care products

    Victor Matamoros;Carlos Alberto Arias;Hans Brix;Josep M. Bayona

  • Effect of key design parameters on the efficiency of horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands

    Joan García;Paula Aguirre;Jesús Barragán;Rafael Mujeriego

  • Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from urban wastewater in a pilot vertical flow constructed wetland and a sand filter.

    Víctor Matamoros;Carlos Arias;Hans Brix;Josep M Bayona

  • Assessment of full-scale natural systems for the removal of PPCPs from wastewater in small communities.

    María Hijosa-Valsero;Víctor Matamoros;Javier Martín-Villacorta;Eloy Bécares

  • Initial contaminant removal performance factors in horizontal flow reed beds used for treating urban wastewater.

    Joan Garcı́a;Paula Aguirre;Rafael Mujeriego;Yuming Huang

  • Emerging organic contaminant removal in a full-scale hybrid constructed wetland system for wastewater treatment and reuse

    Cristina Ávila;Josep M. Bayona;Isabel Martín;Juan José Salas

  • Spatial and temporal distribution, fluxes, and budgets of organochlorinated compounds in Northwest Mediterranean sediments.

    Immaculada. Tolosa;Josep M. Bayona;Joan. Albaiges

  • Behavior of Selected Pharmaceuticals in Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands: A Pilot-Scale Study

    Victor Matamoros;Joan Garcia;Josep M. Bayona

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of dissolved/dispersed aromatic hydrocarbons in seawater in the area affected by the Prestige oil spill.

    J.J. González;L. Viñas;M.A. Franco;J. Fumega

  • Monitoring the photochemical degradation of triclosan in wastewater by UV light and sunlight using solid-phase microextraction

    Lucia Sanchez-Prado;Maria Llompart;Marta Lores;Carmen García-Jares

Frequent Co-Authors

Joan Albaigés
Joan Albaigés Spanish National Research Council
Víctor Matamoros
Víctor Matamoros Spanish National Research Council
Sergi Díez
Sergi Díez Spanish National Research Council
Joan García
Joan García Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Jordi Dachs
Jordi Dachs Spanish National Research Council
Benjamin Piña
Benjamin Piña Spanish National Research Council
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Luis Carrasco
Luis Carrasco Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa
Eloy Bécares
Eloy Bécares University of Leon
Despo Fatta-Kassinos
Despo Fatta-Kassinos University of Cyprus

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