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Montserrat Sarrà is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research focuses mainly on Environmental Science, with a significant concentration on Pollution, Plant Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Analytical Chemistry, and Water Science and Technology.

Their work covers a range of topics including Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies, Enzyme-mediated dye degradation, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Analytical chemistry methods development, Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, and Advanced oxidation water treatment.

Frequent coauthors in Montserrat Sarrà's research include:

  • Glòria Caminal (15 collaborations)
  • Eduardo Beltrán-Flores (13 collaborations)
  • Paqui Blánquez (11 collaborations)
  • Kaidi Hu (8 collaborations)
  • Diana Losantos (8 collaborations)

Montserrat Sarrà has published extensively in several scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (7 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (6 publications)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials (3 publications)
  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2 publications)
  • Chemosphere (2 publications)

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Fungal degradation of selected medium to highly polar pesticides by Trametes versicolor: kinetics, biodegradation pathways, and ecotoxicity of treated waters," 2021, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • "Combining biological processes with UV/H2O2 for metoprolol and metoprolol acid removal in hospital wastewater," 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Exploring the degradation capability of Trametes versicolor on selected hydrophobic pesticides through setting sights simultaneously on culture broth and biological matrix," 2020, Chemosphere
  • "Prospects on coupling UV/H2O2 with activated sludge or a fungal treatment for the removal of pharmaceutically active compounds in real hospital wastewater," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Fungal bioremediation of diuron-contaminated waters: Evaluation of its degradation and the effect of amendable factors on its removal in a trickle-bed reactor under non-sterile conditions," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

The research by Montserrat Sarrà integrates fungal treatment methods, advanced oxidation processes, and biodegradation kinetics to address contamination in various aquatic systems, especially focusing on hospital wastewater and pesticide removal.

Best Publications

  • Removal of pharmaceutical compounds by activated carbon prepared from agricultural by-product

    R. Baccar;R. Baccar;M. Sarrà;J. Bouzid;M. Feki

  • Mechanism of textile metal dye biotransformation by Trametes versicolor.

    P. Blánquez;N Casas;Xavier Font;Xavier Gabarrell

  • Hospital wastewater treatment by fungal bioreactor: removal efficiency for pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptor compounds.

    Carles Cruz-Morató;Daniel Lucas;Marta Llorca;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz

  • Degradation of pharmaceuticals in non-sterile urban wastewater by Trametes versicolor in a fluidized bed bioreactor.

    Carles Cruz-Morató;Laura Ferrando-Climent;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Can white-rot fungi be a real wastewater treatment alternative for organic micropollutants removal? A review

    Josep Anton Mir-Tutusaus;Rim Baccar;Glòria Caminal;Montserrat Sarrà

  • Bioremediation of PAHs-contaminated soil through composting: Influence of bioaugmentation and biostimulation on contaminant biodegradation

    Tahseen Sayara;Eduard Borràs;Gloria Caminal;Montserrat Sarrà

  • Environmental impact associated with activated carbon preparation from olive-waste cake via life cycle assessment.

    Kefah Hjaila;Rym Baccar;Rym Baccar;Montserrat Sarrà;C.M. Gasol

  • Biodegradation of the X-ray contrast agent iopromide and the fluoroquinolone antibiotic ofloxacin by the white rot fungus Trametes versicolor in hospital wastewaters and identification of degradation products

    Meritxell Gros;Carles Cruz-Morato;Ernest Marco-Urrea;Philipp Longrée

  • Development of a continuous process to adapt the textile wastewater treatment by fungi to industrial conditions

    P. Blánquez;M. Sarrà;T. Vicent

  • Pharmaceuticals removal and microbial community assessment in a continuous fungal treatment of non-sterile real hospital wastewater after a coagulation-flocculation pretreatment.

    Josep Anton Mir-Tutusaus;Eloi Parladé;Marta Llorca;Marta Villagrasa

  • Equilibrium, thermodynamic and kinetic studies on adsorption of commercial dye by activated carbon derived from olive-waste cakes

    R. Baccar;R. Baccar;P. Blánquez;J. Bouzid;M. Feki

  • Effects of compost stability and contaminant concentration on the bioremediation of PAHs-contaminated soil through composting.

    Tahseen Sayara;Montserrat Sarrà;Antoni Sánchez

  • Degradation of selected agrochemicals by the white rot fungus Trametes versicolor

    Josep Anton Mir-Tutusaus;Mario Masís-Mora;Cayo Corcellas;Ethel Eljarrat

  • Metabolites from the biodegradation of triphenylmethane dyes by Trametes versicolor or laccase

    Núria Casas;Teodor Parella;Teresa Vicent;Glòria Caminal

  • Modeling of adsorption isotherms and kinetics of a tannery dye onto an activated carbon prepared from an agricultural by-product

    R. Baccar;R. Baccar;P. Blánquez;J. Bouzid;M. Feki

  • Non conventional biological treatment based on Trametes versicolor for the elimination of recalcitrant anticancer drugs in hospital wastewater.

    Laura Ferrando-Climent;Carles Cruz-Morató;Ernest Marco-Urrea;Teresa Vicent

  • Effect of soil bacteria on the ability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) removal by Trametes versicolor and Irpex lacteus from contaminated soil.

    Eduard Borràs;Gloria Caminal;Montserrat Sarrà;Čenek Novotný

  • Different approaches to improving the textile dye degradation capacity of Trametes versicolor

    Sílvia Romero;Paqui Blánquez;Glòria Caminal;Xavier Font

  • The role of sorption processes in the removal of pharmaceuticals by fungal treatment of wastewater.

    Daniel Lucas;Francesc Castellet-Rovira;Marta Villagrasa;Marina Badia-Fabregat

  • Study of the cellular retention time and the partial biomass renovation in a fungal decolourisation continuous process.

    P. Blánquez;M. Sarrà;M.T. Vicent

Frequent Co-Authors

Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Teresa Vicent
Teresa Vicent Autonomous University of Barcelona
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz Catalan Institute for Water Research
Xavier Gabarrell
Xavier Gabarrell Autonomous University of Barcelona
Antoni Sánchez
Antoni Sánchez Autonomous University of Barcelona
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Ethel Eljarrat
Ethel Eljarrat Spanish National Research Council
Marta Llorca
Marta Llorca Spanish National Research Council
Cristina Postigo
Cristina Postigo University of Granada
Miren López de Alda
Miren López de Alda Spanish National Research Council

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