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Engineering and Technology
Denmark
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
79
Citations
20823
World Ranking
575
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Krist V. Gernaey is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research spans multiple fields including Engineering, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant publication activity in these areas.

The scientist's subfields of study highlight a focus on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Pollution.

Among the main topics addressed in their research are:

  • Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Mineral Processing and Grinding

Krist V. Gernaey has published frequently in venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Computers & Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Journal, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, and The Science of The Total Environment.

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers, including:

  • Mechanisms, status, and challenges of thermal hydrolysis and advanced thermal hydrolysis processes in sewage sludge treatment, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Towards smart biomanufacturing: a perspective on recent developments in industrial measurement and monitoring technologies for bio-based production processes, 2020, Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology
  • Understanding gradients in industrial bioreactors, 2020, Biotechnology Advances
  • Sustainable bio-succinic acid production: superstructure optimization, techno-economic, and lifecycle assessment, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Digital Twin in biomanufacturing: challenges and opportunities towards its implementation, 2021, Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing

They have collaborated frequently with co-authors including Xavier Flores-Alsina, Carina L. Gargalo, Isuru A. Udugama, Seyed Soheil Mansouri, and Ulrich Krühne.

The scientist has also contributed to book publications under UWA Publishing, with titles such as Quantification and Modelling of Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Water Systems (2022) and Generalised Physicochemical Model (PCM) for Wastewater Processes (2022).

Best Publications

  • Activated sludge wastewater treatment plant modelling and simulation: state of the art

    Krist V. Gernaey;Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht;Mogens Henze;Morten Lind

  • Assessment of Recent Process Analytical Technology (PAT) Trends: A Multiauthor Review

    Levente L. Simon;Hajnalka Pataki;György Marosi;Fabian Meemken

  • Benchmark Simulation Model no. 1 (BSM1)

    J. Alex;L. Benedetti;J. Copp;K.V. Gernaey

  • Benchmark simulation model no 2: general protocol and exploratory case studies

    U. Jeppsson;Marie-Noëlle Pons;I. Nopens;J. Alex

  • Benchmarking of Control Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Plants

    Krist V. Gernaey;Ulf Jeppsson;Peter A. Vanrolleghem;John B. Copp

  • Nitrification monitoring in activated sludge by oxygen uptake rate (OUR) measurements.

    Joanna Surmacz-Gorska;Krist Gernaey;Carl Demuynck;Peter Vanrolleghem

  • Evaluation of an ASM1 model calibration procedure on a municipal-industrial wastewater treatment plant

    Britta Petersen;Krist Gernaey;Mogens Henze;Peter A. Vanrolleghem

  • Benchmark Simulation Model No 2 – Finalisation of plant layout and default control strategy

    Ingmar Nopens;Lorenzo Benedetti;Ulf Jeppsson;Marie-Noëlle Pons

  • Good modeling practice for PAT applications: Propagation of input uncertainty and sensitivity analysis

    Gürkan Sin;Krist V. Gernaey;Anna Eliasson Lantz

  • Towards a benchmark simulation model for plant-wide control strategy performance evaluation of WWTPs.

    Ulf Jeppsson;Christian Rosén;J Alex;J Copp

  • Soft sensors in bioprocessing: A status report and recommendations

    Reiner Luttmann;Daniel G. Bracewell;Gesine Cornelissen;Krist V. Gernaey

  • A comprehensive model calibration procedure for activated sludge models

    Peter A. Vanrolleghem;Güclü Insel;Britta Petersen;Gürkan Sin

  • Application of microbioreactors in fermentation process development: a review

    Daniel Schäpper;Muhd Nazrul Hisham Zainal Alam;Muhd Nazrul Hisham Zainal Alam;Nicolas Szita;Anna Eliasson Lantz

  • Process analytical technology (PAT) for biopharmaceuticals

    Jarka Glassey;Krist V. Gernaey;Christoph Clemens;Torsten W. Schulz

  • Microscale technology and biocatalytic processes: opportunities and challenges for synthesis

    Roland Wohlgemuth;Igor Plazl;Polona Žnidaršič-Plazl;Krist V. Gernaey

  • Implementing ADM1 for plant-wide benchmark simulations in Matlab/Simulink

    Christian Rosen;Darko Vrecko;Darko Vrecko;Krist Gernaey;Krist Gernaey;Marie-Noelle Pons

  • Uncertainty analysis in WWTP model applications: a critical discussion using an example from design.

    Gürkan Sin;Krist V. Gernaey;Marc B. Neumann;Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • Global sensitivity analysis in wastewater treatment plant model applications: prioritizing sources of uncertainty.

    Gürkan Sin;Krist V. Gernaey;Marc B. Neumann;Marc B. Neumann;Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • A review of control strategies for manipulating the feed rate in fed-batch fermentation processes.

    Lisa Mears;Stuart M. Stocks;Gürkan Sin;Krist V. Gernaey

  • Multienzyme-Catalyzed Processes: Next-Generation Biocatalysis

    Paloma de Gracia Andrade Santacoloma;Gürkan Sin;Krist Gernaey;John Woodley

  • Benchmarking of control strategies for wastewater treatment plants.

    K. V. Gernaey;U. Jeppsson;P. A. Vanrolleghem;J. B. Copp

Frequent Co-Authors

Gürkan Sin
Gürkan Sin Technical University of Denmark
Ingmar Nopens
Ingmar Nopens Ghent University
Rafiqul Gani
Rafiqul Gani Széchenyi István University
Ulf Jeppsson
Ulf Jeppsson Lund University
John M. Woodley
John M. Woodley Technical University of Denmark
Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Peter A. Vanrolleghem Université Laval
Damien J. Batstone
Damien J. Batstone University of Queensland
Anne S. Meyer
Anne S. Meyer Technical University of Denmark
Willy Verstraete
Willy Verstraete Ghent University
Barth F. Smets
Barth F. Smets Technical University of Denmark

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