Marcelo Zaiat

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Brazil Leader Award
• 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Brazil Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Brazil Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Anaerobic digestion of vinasse from sugarcane ethanol production in Brazil: Challenges and perspectives

  Bruna S. Moraes;Marcelo Zaiat;Antonio Bonomi

  506
  Citations

• Anaerobic digestion of vinasse from sugarcane biorefineries in Brazil from energy, environmental, and economic perspectives: Profit or expense?

  Bruna S. Moraes;Tassia L. Junqueira;Lucas G. Pavanello;Otávio Cavalett

  365
  Citations

• Anaerobic Processes as the Core Technology for Sustainable Domestic Wastewater Treatment: Consolidated Applications, New Trends,Perspectives, and Challenges

  Eugenio Foresti;Marcelo Zaiat;Marcus Vallero

  362
  Citations

• Sulphate removal from industrial wastewater using a packed-bed anaerobic reactor

  Ariovaldo José da Silva;Maria Bernadete Amancio Varesche;Eugênio Foresti;Marcelo Zaiat

  250
  Citations

• Stability problems in the hydrogen production by dark fermentation: Possible causes and solutions

  Elena Castelló;Antonio Djalma Nunes Ferraz-Junior;Cristiane Andreani;Melida del Pilar Anzola-Rojas

  243
  Citations

• Influence of seed sludge and pretreatment method on hydrogen production in packed-bed anaerobic reactors

  Eduardo Dellosso Penteado;Carolina Zampol Lazaro;Isabel Kimiko Sakamoto;Marcelo Zaiat

  237
  Citations

• Hydrogen production in an upflow anaerobic packed bed reactor used to treat cheese whey

  V. Perna;E. Castelló;J. Wenzel;C. Zampol

  224
  Citations

• Thermophilic anaerobic digestion of raw sugarcane vinasse.

  Antônio Djalma Nunes Ferraz Júnior;Mirian H. Koyama;Moacir M. de Araújo Júnior;Marcelo Zaiat

  219
  Citations

• Influence of carbon sources and C/N ratio on EPS production in anaerobic sequencing batch biofilm reactors for wastewater treatment.

  A.P. Miqueleto;C.C. Dolosic;E. Pozzi;E. Foresti

  217
  Citations

• Thermophilic two-phase anaerobic digestion using an innovative fixed-bed reactor for enhanced organic matter removal and bioenergy recovery from sugarcane vinasse

  Lucas Tadeu Fuess;Luma Sayuri Mazine Kiyuna;Ant�nio Djalma Nunes Ferraz;Gabriela Felix Persinoti

  211
  Citations

• Anaerobic sequencing batch reactors for wastewater treatment: a developing technology

  M. Zaiat;J. A. D. Rodrigues;S. M. Ratusznei;E. F. M. de Camargo

  200
  Citations

• Application of an anaerobic packed-bed bioreactor for the production of hydrogen and organic acids

  José A.C. Leite;Bruna S. Fernandes;Eloísa Pozzi;Marlei Barboza

  199
  Citations

• Long-term operating performance of a poultry slaughterhouse wastewater treatment plant

  V. Del Nery;I.R. de Nardi;M.H.R.Z. Damianovic;E. Pozzi

  165
  Citations

• Formaldehyde degradation in an anaerobic packed-bed bioreactor.

  Sônia Valle Walter Borges de Oliveira;Elizabeth de Mattos Moraes;Maria Angela Tallarico Adorno;Maria Bernadete Amâncio Varesche

  163
  Citations

• Evaluation of support materials for the immobilization of sulfate-reducing bacteria and methanogenic archaea

  A.J. Silva;J.S. Hirasawa;M.B. Varesche;E. Foresti

  156
  Citations

• Effect of organic loading rate on hydrogen production from sugarcane vinasse in thermophilic acidogenic packed bed reactors

  Antônio Djalma Nunes Ferraz Júnior;Jorge Wenzel;Claudia Etchebehere;Marcelo Zaiat

  156
  Citations

• Anaerobic whey treatment by a stirred sequencing batch reactor (ASBR): effects of organic loading and supplemented alkalinity.

  Gustavo Mockaitis;Suzana M. Ratusznei;José A.D. Rodrigues;Marcelo Zaiat

  155
  Citations

• Seasonal characterization of sugarcane vinasse: Assessing environmental impacts from fertirrigation and the bioenergy recovery potential through biodigestion.

  Lucas Tadeu Fuess;Marcelo Loureiro Garcia;Marcelo Zaiat

  150
  Citations

• The use of the carbon/nitrogen ratio and specific organic loading rate as tools for improving biohydrogen production in fixed-bed reactors.

  Mélida del Pilar Anzola-Rojas;Samantha Gonçalves da Fonseca;Cynthia Canedo da Silva;Valeria Maia de Oliveira

  150
  Citations

• Potential to produce biohydrogen from various wastewaters

  Bruna Soares Fernandes;Guilherme Peixoto;Fernanda Rui Albrecht;Nora Katia Saavedra del Aguila

  133
  Citations

• Temporal dynamics and metabolic correlation between lactate-producing and hydrogen-producing bacteria in sugarcane vinasse dark fermentation: The key role of lactate.

  Lucas Tadeu Fuess;Antônio Djalma Nunes Ferraz;Carla Botelho Machado;Marcelo Zaiat

  133
  Citations