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Maite Pijuan is affiliated with the Catalan Institute for Water Research in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with notable work in subfields such as pollution, biomedical engineering, water science and technology, molecular biology, and ecology.

Their publication record includes contributions to several frequent venues, including:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nature Communications
  • Water Research
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Bioresource Technology

Pijuan's research topics encompass:

  • Wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal
  • Membrane separation technologies
  • Graphene and nanomaterials applications
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Water treatment and disinfection
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Maite Pijuan include:

  • "MiDAS 4: A global catalogue of full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences and taxonomy for studies of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants", 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Methanotrophs: Discoveries, Environmental Relevance, and a Perspective on Current and Future Applications", 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Effect of COD on mainstream anammox: Evaluation of process performance, granule morphology and nitrous oxide production", 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Ammonia recovery from anaerobic digester centrate using onsite pilot scale bipolar membrane electrodialysis coupled to membrane stripping", 2022, Water Research
  • "Enhancement of biological nutrient removal process with advanced process control tools in full-scale wastewater treatment plant", 2021, Water Research

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • José Luís Balcázar
  • Jelena Radjenović
  • Haoran Duan
  • S. Zahedi
  • Oriol Casabella-Font

In addition to journal articles, Maite Pijuan has contributed to book publications, including a title published by UWA Publishing entitled "Quantification and Modelling of Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Water Systems" (2022).

Best Publications

  • Free nitrous acid inhibition on nitrous oxide reduction by a denitrifying-enhanced biological phosphorus removal sludge.

    Yan Zhou;Maite Pijuan;Raymond J. Zeng;Zhiguo Yuan

  • Enhanced sulfamethoxazole degradation through ammonia oxidizing bacteria co-metabolism and fate of transformation products

    Elissavet Kassotaki;Gianluigi Buttiglieri;Laura Ferrando-Climent;Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda;Ignasi Rodriguez-Roda

  • Methanotrophs: Discoveries, Environmental Relevance, and a Perspective on Current and Future Applications

    Simon Guerrero-Cruz;Annika Vaksmaa;Marcus A. Horn;Helge Niemann

  • Enhanced biological phosphorus removal in a sequencing batch reactor using propionate as the sole carbon source

    M. Pijuan;A.M. Saunders;A. Guisasola;J.A. Baeza

  • Gel-forming exopolysaccharides explain basic differences between structures of aerobic sludge granules and floccular sludges.

    Thomas Seviour;Maite Pijuan;Timothy Nicholson;Jürg Keller

  • Free nitrous acid inhibition on anoxic phosphorus uptake and denitrification by poly‐phosphate accumulating organisms

    Yan Zhou;Maite Pijuan;Zhiguo Yuan

  • Enhancing aerobic granulation for biological nutrient removal from domestic wastewater

    Marta Coma;M Verawaty;M Pijuan;M Pijuan;Z Yuan

  • Reducing the startup time of aerobic granular sludge reactors through seeding floccular sludge with crushed aerobic granules.

    Maite Pijuan;Ursula Werner;Zhiguo Yuan

  • Free nitrous acid inhibition on the aerobic metabolism of poly-phosphate accumulating organisms.

    Maite Pijuan;Liu Ye;Liu Ye;Zhiguo Yuan

  • Could polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) be glycogen-accumulating organisms (GAOs)?

    Yan Zhou;Maite Pijuan;Raymond J. Zeng;Huabing Lu

  • Minimizing N2O emissions and carbon footprint on a full-scale activated sludge sequencing batch reactor.

    A. Rodriguez-Caballero;I. Aymerich;Ricardo Marques;M. Poch

  • Understanding the properties of aerobic sludge granules as hydrogels

    Thomas Seviour;Maite Pijuan;Timothy Nicholson;Jiirg Keller

  • Determining the mechanisms for aerobic granulation from mixed seed of floccular and crushed granules in activated sludge wastewater treatment.

    M. Verawaty;M. Pijuan;M. Pijuan;Z. Yuan;P.L. Bond

  • Sewers as potential reservoirs of antibiotic resistance.

    Olga Auguet;Maite Pijuan;Carles M. Borrego;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz

  • Improving secondary sludge biodegradability using free nitrous acid treatment.

    Maite Pijuan;Maite Pijuan;Qilin Wang;Liu Ye;Zhiguo Yuan

  • Evaluation of process conditions triggering emissions of green-house gases from a biological wastewater treatment system.

    A Rodriguez-Caballero;I Aymerich;M Poch;M Pijuan

  • Aerobic phosphorus release linked to acetate uptake : Influence of PAO intracellular storage compounds

    M. Pijuan;A. Guisasola;J.A. Baeza;J. Carrera

  • Effect of process parameters and operational mode on nitrous oxide emissions from a nitritation reactor treating reject wastewater

    Maite Pijuan;Josep Torà;Adrián Rodríguez-Caballero;Elvira César

  • Producing free nitrous acid – A green and renewable biocidal agent – From anaerobic digester liquor

    Yingyu Law;Yingyu Law;Liu Ye;Qilin Wang;Shihu Hu

  • Breakage and growth towards a stable aerobic granule size during the treatment of wastewater

    Marieska Verawaty;Stephan Tait;Maite Pijuan;Maite Pijuan;Zhiguo Yuan

  • Development of a 2-sludge, 3-stage system for nitrogen and phosphorous removal from nutrient-rich wastewater using granular sludge and biofilms

    Yan Zhou;Maite Pijuan;Zhiguo Yuan

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhiguo Yuan
Zhiguo Yuan City University of Hong Kong
Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda
Ignasi Rodríguez-Roda University of Girona
Liu Ye
Liu Ye University of Queensland
Carles M. Borrego
Carles M. Borrego Catalan Institute for Water Research
Juan A. Baeza
Juan A. Baeza Autonomous University of Barcelona
Adrian Oehmen
Adrian Oehmen University of Queensland
Julián Carrera
Julián Carrera Autonomous University of Barcelona
Philip L. Bond
Philip L. Bond University of Queensland
Javier Lafuente
Javier Lafuente Autonomous University of Barcelona
Gianluigi Buttiglieri
Gianluigi Buttiglieri Catalan Institute for Water Research

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