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Márcia Dezotti is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and primarily conducts research in the field of Environmental Science. Their work covers several subfields, including Pollution, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research focuses on a variety of topics within environmental science, such as:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

Márcia Dezotti has authored multiple papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Effect of sludge age on aerobic granular sludge: Addressing nutrient removal performance and biomass stability, 2020, Process Safety and Environmental Protection
  • Tube-in-tube membrane reactor for heterogeneous TiO2 photocatalysis with radial addition of H2O2, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Investigation of mechanism and kinetics in the TiO2 photocatalytic degradation of Indigo Carmine dye using radical scavengers, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
  • Reactive Orange 16 dye degradation in anaerobic and aerobic MBBR coupled with ozonation: addressing pathways and performance, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
  • Biodegradation of natural and synthetic endocrine-disrupting chemicals by aerobic granular sludge reactor: Evaluating estrogenic activity and estrogens fate, 2021, Environmental Pollution

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • João Paulo Bassin
  • Reynel Martínez Castellanos
  • Bianca M. Souza-Chaves
  • Enrico Mendes Saggioro
  • Maurício Carvalho Matheus

Márcia Dezotti regularly publishes in several venues, notably:

  • Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
  • Biochemical Engineering Journal
  • International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Technical Papers - Rio Oil & Gas

Best Publications

  • Ozonation and advanced oxidation technologies to remove endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in water effluents.

    Santiago Esplugas;Daniele M. Bila;Luiz Gustavo T. Krause;Márcia Dezotti

  • Fármacos no meio ambiente

    Daniele Maia Bila;Márcia Dezotti

  • Phenol degradation by advanced electrochemical oxidation process electro-Fenton using a carbon felt cathode

    Marcio Pimentel;Marcio Pimentel;Nihal Oturan;Marcia Dezotti;Mehmet A. Oturan

  • Desreguladores endócrinos no meio ambiente: efeitos e conseqüências

    Daniele Maia Bila;Márcia Dezotti

  • Treatment and detoxification of a sanitary landfill leachate.

    A.C. Silva;M. Dezotti;G.L. Sant’Anna

  • Treatment of petroleum refinery sourwater by advanced oxidation processes.

    Alessandra Coelho;Antonio V. Castro;Márcia Dezotti;G.L. Sant’Anna

  • Simultaneous nitrogen and phosphate removal in aerobic granular sludge reactors operated at different temperatures.

    J.P. Bassin;R. Kleerebezem;M. Dezotti;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • Ozonation of a landfill leachate: evaluation of toxicity removal and biodegradability improvement.

    Daniele M. Bila;A. Filipe Montalvão;Alessandra C. Silva;Márcia Dezotti

  • Effect of different operational conditions on biofilm development, nitrification, and nitrifying microbial population in moving-bed biofilm reactors

    J. P. Bassin;R. Kleerebezem;A. S. Rosado;M. C. M. van Loosdrecht

  • Effect of Elevated Salt Concentrations on the Aerobic Granular Sludge Process: Linking Microbial Activity with Microbial Community Structure

    J. P. Bassin;J. P. Bassin;M. Pronk;G. Muyzer;R. Kleerebezem

  • Phenol removal from high salinity effluents using Fenton's reagent and photo-Fenton reactions.

    R. Maciel;G.L. Sant’Anna;M. Dezotti

  • Effects of ozone pre-treatment on diclofenac: intermediates, biodegradability and toxicity assessment.

    Alessandra D. Coelho;Carmen Sans;Ana Agüera;Maria José Gómez

  • Effect of different salt adaptation strategies on the microbial diversity, activity, and settling of nitrifying sludge in sequencing batch reactors.

    João Paulo Bassin;João Paulo Bassin;Robbert Kleerebezem;Gerard Muyzer;Alexandre Soares Rosado

  • Estrogenic activity removal of 17β-estradiol by ozonation and identification of by-products

    Daniele Bila;Antonio F. Montalvão;Débora de A. Azevedo;Márcia Dezotti

  • Nitrification of industrial and domestic saline wastewaters in moving bed biofilm reactor and sequencing batch reactor.

    João P. Bassin;Marcia Dezotti;Geraldo L. Sant’Anna

  • Degradation and estrogenic activity removal of 17β-estradiol and 17α-ethinylestradiol by ozonation and O3/H2O2

    Milena Guedes Maniero;Daniele Maia Bila;Márcia Dezotti

  • Enhancement of the photo-Fenton reaction at near neutral pH through the use of ferrioxalate complexes: A case study on trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole antibiotics removal from aqueous solutions

    Isabelli N. Dias;Isabelli N. Dias;Bruno S. Souza;Bruno S. Souza;João H.O.S. Pereira;Francisca C. Moreira

  • Effect of increasing organic loading rates on the performance of moving-bed biofilm reactors filled with different support media: Assessing the activity of suspended and attached biomass fractions

    J.P. Bassin;I.N. Dias;S.M.S. Cao;E. Senra

  • Photocatalytic/H2O2 treatment of oil field produced waters

    Eduardo Bessa;Geraldo Lippel Sant’Anna;Márcia Dezotti

  • Decolorization of Kraft effluent by free and immobilized lignin peroxidases and horseradish peroxidase

    Irene Ferrer;Marcia Dezotti;Nelson Durán

Frequent Co-Authors

Vítor J.P. Vilar
Vítor J.P. Vilar University of Porto
Santiago Esplugas
Santiago Esplugas University of Barcelona
Robbert Kleerebezem
Robbert Kleerebezem Delft University of Technology
Rui A.R. Boaventura
Rui A.R. Boaventura University of Porto
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht Delft University of Technology
Alexandre Soares Rosado
Alexandre Soares Rosado King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Raffaele Marotta
Raffaele Marotta University of Naples Federico II
Nelson Durán
Nelson Durán State University of Campinas
Adrián M.T. Silva
Adrián M.T. Silva University of Porto
Gerard Muyzer
Gerard Muyzer University of Amsterdam

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