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2026
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Netherlands
2026

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
134
Citations
68585
World Ranking
24
National Ranking
1

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
144
Citations
78360
World Ranking
40
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2014 - Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council
  • 2004 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

M.C.M. van Loosdrecht is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Molecular Biology, and Ecology.

The scientist's main areas of work include:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Phosphorus and Nutrient Management

Recent publications by M.C.M. van Loosdrecht include:

  • "An omics-based framework for assessing the health risk of antimicrobial resistance genes" (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • "A critical review of resource recovery from municipal wastewater treatment plants - market supply potentials, technologies and bottlenecks" (2020), published in Environmental Science Water Research & Technology
  • "MiDAS 4: A global catalogue of full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences and taxonomy for studies of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants" (2022), published in Nature Communications
  • "Hydroxylamine and the nitrogen cycle: A review" (2020), published in Water Research
  • "Cost of fouling in full-scale reverse osmosis and nanofiltration installations in the Netherlands" (2020), published in Desalination

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Martin Pabst (46 publications)
  • Mario Pronk (37 publications)
  • David G. Weissbrodt (34 publications)
  • Yuemei Lin (34 publications)
  • Michele Laureni (28 publications)

Common publication venues for their research are:

  • Water Research (75 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (30 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (15 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (12 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (11 publications)

M.C.M. van Loosdrecht has authored books published by UWA Publishing and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Titles include:

  • "Quantification and Modelling of Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Water Systems" (2022)
  • "Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principles, Modelling and Design" (2020)

The scientist has received notable awards such as the Spinoza Prize from the Dutch Research Council in 2014 and was elected to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2004.

Best Publications

  • Activated sludge models ASM1, ASM2, ASM2d and ASM3

    Mogens Henze;W. Gujer;T. Mino;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • The sharon process: an innovative method for nitrogen removal from ammonium-rich waste water

    C. Hellinga;A. A. J. C. Schellen;J. W. Mulder;M. C. M. van Loosdrecht

  • Activated sludge model No.2D, ASM2D

    Mogens Henze;Willi Gujer;Takahashi Mino;Tomonori Matsuo

  • Microbiology and biochemistry of the enhanced biological phosphate removal process

    T. Mino;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;J.J. Heijnen

  • Sewage Treatment with Anammox

    B. Kartal;J. G. Kuenen;M. C. M. van Loosdrecht

  • The SHARON-Anammox process for treatment of ammonium rich wastewater

    U. van Dongen;M. S.M. Jetten;M. C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • The role of bacterial cell wall hydrophobicity in adhesion.

    M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;J. Lyklema;W. Norde;G. Schraa

  • Influence of interfaces on microbial activity.

    M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;J. Lyklema;W. Norde;A.J.B. Zehnder

  • Aerobic granulation in a sequencing batch reactor

    J.J Beun;A Hendriks;M.C.M van Loosdrecht;E Morgenroth

  • Model of the anaerobic metabolism of the biological phosphorus removal process: Stoichiometry and pH influence

    G. J. F. Smolders;J. van der Meij;M. C. M. van Loosdrecht;J. J. Heijnen

  • Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principles, Modelling and Design

    Mogens Henze;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;G.A. Ekama;D. Brdjanovic

  • Microbiology and application of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation ('anammox') process.

    Mike S.M Jetten;Mike S.M Jetten;Michael Wagner;John Fuerst;Mark van Loosdrecht

  • Electrophoretic mobility and hydrophobicity as a measured to predict the initial steps of bacterial adhesion.

    M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;J. Lyklema;W. Norde;G. Schraa

  • Aerobic granular sludge in a sequencing batch reactor

    E. Morgenroth;T. Sherden;M.C.M. Van Loosdrecht;J.J. Heijnen

  • Phosphorus and nitrogen removal with minimal COD requirement by integration of denitrifying dephosphatation and nitrification in a two-sludge system

    T. Kuba;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;J.J. Heijnen

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

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

  • Simultaneous COD, nitrogen, and phosphate removal by aerobic granular sludge

    M.K. de Kreuk;J.J. Heijnen;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • Full scale performance of the aerobic granular sludge process for sewage treatment.

    M. Pronk;M.K. de Kreuk;B. de Bruin;P. Kamminga

  • Bacterial adhesion: A physicochemical approach.

    M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;J. Lyklema;W. Norde;A.J.B. Zehnder

  • Mathematical modeling of biofilm structure with a hybrid differential-discrete cellular automaton approach.

    Cristian Picioreanu;Mark C. M. van Loosdrecht;Joseph J. Heijnen

  • Wastewater treatment with particulate biofilm reactors

    C. Nicolella;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;J.J. Heijnen

  • Biological phosphorus removal from wastewater by anaerobic-anoxic sequencing batch reactor

    T. Kuba;G. Smolders;M. C. M. van Loosdrecht;J. J. Heijnen

  • Aerobic granulation in a sequencing batch airlift reactor.

    J.J. Beun;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht;J.J. Heijnen

Frequent Co-Authors

Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder
Johannes S. Vrouwenvelder King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Robbert Kleerebezem
Robbert Kleerebezem Delft University of Technology
Cristian Picioreanu
Cristian Picioreanu King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Damir Brdjanovic
Damir Brdjanovic IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Christine M. Hooijmans
Christine M. Hooijmans IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Eveline Volcke
Eveline Volcke Ghent University
Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Peter A. Vanrolleghem Université Laval
Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University
Ben Abbas
Ben Abbas Delft University of Technology
Guanghao Chen
Guanghao Chen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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