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Luigi Rizzo is affiliated with the University of Salerno in Italy and has a research profile focused on environmental science and medicine, with a significant publication record spanning these fields. Their work predominantly addresses challenges related to water treatment, pollution, and sustainability, with extensive investigations into wastewater and its reuse.

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Sustainable wastewater reuse for agriculture, 2024, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Changes in Antibiotic Resistance Gene Levels in Soil after Irrigation with Treated Wastewater: A Comparison between Heterogeneous Photocatalysis and Chlorination, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Solar driven photocatalysis using iron and chromium doped TiO2 coupled to moving bed biofilm process for olive mill wastewater treatment, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Combination of flow cytometry and molecular analysis to monitor the effect of UVC/H2O2 vs UVC/H2O2/Cu-IDS processes on pathogens and antibiotic resistant genes in secondary wastewater effluents, 2020, Water Research
  • Mitigating risks and maximizing sustainability of treated wastewater reuse for irrigation, 2023, Water Research X

Rizzo collaborates frequently with a group of coauthors, including Marco De Carluccio, Antonino Fiorentino, Antonio Proto, Maurizio Taurino, and Pasqualino Sirignano.

Their research appears consistently in several academic journals, with a notable number of publications in these venues:

  • Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Journal of Vascular Surgery

The scientist's main fields of study cover Environmental Science and Medicine. Within these, subfields emphasize Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Pollution, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The primary research topics include:

  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment

This profile indicates Luigi Rizzo's focus on methods and technologies designed to improve water treatment efficacy, address environmental pollution with attention to pharmaceutical contaminants, and support sustainable practices in agricultural wastewater reuse. Their interdisciplinary approach integrates engineering solutions with environmental and medical science concerns.

Best Publications

  • Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes spread into the environment: a review.

    L. Rizzo;C.M. Manaia;C. Merlin;T. Schwartz

  • Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for the release of antibiotics in the environment: a review

    I. Michael;L. Rizzo;C.S. McArdell;C.M. Manaia

  • Consolidated vs new advanced treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern from urban wastewater.

    Luigi Rizzo;Sixto Malato;Demet Antakyali;Vasiliki G. Beretsou

  • Bioassays as a tool for evaluating advanced oxidation processes in water and wastewater treatment.

    Luigi Rizzo

  • Performance of secondary wastewater treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern implicated in crop uptake and antibiotic resistance spread: A review

    Pawel Krzeminski;Maria Concetta Tomei;Popi Karaolia;Alette Langenhoff

  • Degradation of fifteen emerging contaminants at microg L(-1) initial concentrations by mild solar photo-Fenton in MWTP effluents.

    N. Klamerth;L. Rizzo;S. Malato;Manuel I. Maldonado

  • Degradation of diclofenac by TiO2 photocatalysis: UV absorbance kinetics and process evaluation through a set of toxicity bioassays.

    L. Rizzo;S. Meric;D. Kassinos;M. Guida

  • Antibiotic resistance genes in treated wastewater and in the receiving water bodies: A pan-European survey of urban settings.

    Damiano Cacace;Despo Fatta-Kassinos;Celia M. Manaia;Eddie Cytryn

  • Review on endocrine disrupting-emerging compounds in urban wastewater: occurrence and removal by photocatalysis and ultrasonic irradiation for wastewater reuse

    Vincenzo Belgiorno;Luigi Rizzo;Despo Fatta;Claudio Della Rocca

  • Heterogenous photocatalytic degradation kinetics and detoxification of an urban wastewater treatment plant effluent contaminated with pharmaceuticals

    Luigi Rizzo;S Meric;S Meric;M Guida;D Kassinos

  • Best available technologies and treatment trains to address current challenges in urban wastewater reuse for irrigation of crops in EU countries

    Luigi Rizzo;Wolfgang Gernjak;Pawel Krzeminski;Sixto Malato

  • Cu-doped ZnO as efficient photocatalyst for the oxidation of arsenite to arsenate under visible light

    V. Vaiano;G. Iervolino;L. Rizzo

  • Effect of solar simulated N-doped TiO2 photocatalysis on the inactivation and antibiotic resistance of an E. coli strain in biologically treated urban wastewater

    Luigi Rizzo;Diana Sannino;Vincenzo Vaiano;Olga Sacco

  • Disinfection of urban wastewater by solar driven and UV lamp - TiO₂ photocatalysis: effect on a multi drug resistant Escherichia coli strain.

    L. Rizzo;A. Della Sala;A. Fiorentino;G. Li Puma

  • Endocrine disruptors compounds, pharmaceuticals and personal care products in urban wastewater: implications for agricultural reuse and their removal by adsorption process

    Mariangela Grassi;Luigi Rizzo;Anna Farina

  • Advanced treatment of urban wastewater by UV radiation: Effect on antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant E. coli strains.

    Luigi Rizzo;Antonino Fiorentino;Antonella Anselmo

  • Antibiotic resistance spread potential in urban wastewater effluents disinfected by UV/H2O2 process.

    Giovanna Ferro;Francesco Guarino;Stefano Castiglione;Luigi Rizzo

  • Pre-treatment of olive mill wastewater by chitosan coagulation and advanced oxidation processes

    Luigi Rizzo;Giusy Lofrano;Mariangela Grassi;Vincenzo Belgiorno

  • Removal of methylene blue in a photocatalytic reactor using polymethylmethacrylate supported TiO2 nanofilm

    Luigi Rizzo;J Koch;Vincenzo Belgiorno;Ma Anderson

  • Coagulation/chlorination of surface water: A comparison between chitosan and metal salts.

    Luigi Rizzo;Annamaria Di Gennaro;Marialuisa Gallo;Vincenzo Belgiorno

  • Limitations and Prospects for Wastewater Treatment by UV and Visible-Light-Active Heterogeneous Photocatalysis: A Critical Review

    Giuseppina Iervolino;Ian Zammit;Vincenzo Vaiano;Luigi Rizzo

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincenzo Belgiorno
Vincenzo Belgiorno University of Salerno
Vincenzo Vaiano
Vincenzo Vaiano University of Salerno
Diana Sannino
Diana Sannino University of Salerno
Süreyya Meriç
Süreyya Meriç Namık Kemal University
Sixto Malato
Sixto Malato Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas
Célia M. Manaia
Célia M. Manaia Catholic University of Portugal
Despo Fatta-Kassinos
Despo Fatta-Kassinos University of Cyprus
Marco Guida
Marco Guida University of Naples Federico II
Antonio Proto
Antonio Proto University of Salerno
Ana Agüera
Ana Agüera University of Almería

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