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Pedro A. García-Encina

Pedro A. García-Encina

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
7658
World Ranking
5326
National Ranking
141

Overview

Pedro A. García-Encina is affiliated with the University of Valladolid in Spain. Their research is centered predominantly in Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields such as Infectious Diseases, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Pollution, Molecular Biology, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their work spans multiple main topics, including:

  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Microbial metabolism and enzyme function
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Infection Control and Ventilation
  • Analytical chemistry methods development

Pedro A. García-Encina has contributed to scientific literature with several recent papers, including:

  • "Removal of a mixture of veterinary medicinal products by adsorption onto a Scenedesmus almeriensis microalgae-bacteria consortium," 2021, Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • "Photolytic and photocatalytic removal of a mixture of four veterinary antibiotics," 2022, Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • "Biodegradable Solvents: A Promising Tool to Recover Proteins from Microalgae," 2022, Applied Sciences
  • "Kinetics of the removal mechanisms of veterinary antibiotics in synthetic wastewater using microalgae-bacteria consortia," 2023, Environmental Technology & Innovation
  • "Centralized and decentralized wastewater-based epidemiology to infer COVID-19 transmission - A brief review," 2022, One Health

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Raúl Muñoz
  • Elisa Rodríguez
  • Rubén Irusta Mata
  • Silvia Bolado
  • José Gonçalves

Pedro A. García-Encina's research has been published across various scientific venues with multiple contributions to:

  • Water and Environment Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Technology & Innovation

Best Publications

  • Influence of pH over nitrifying biofilm activity in submerged biofilters

    S. Villaverde;P.A. García-Encina;F. Fdz-Polanco

  • Long-term operation of high rate algal ponds for the bioremediation of piggery wastewaters at high loading rates.

    Ignacio de Godos;Saúl Blanco;Pedro A García-Encina;Eloy Becares

  • Effect of thermal, acid, alkaline and alkaline-peroxide pretreatments on the biochemical methane potential and kinetics of the anaerobic digestion of wheat straw and sugarcane bagasse.

    Silvia Bolado-Rodríguez;Cristina Toquero;Judit Martín-Juárez;Rodolfo Travaini

  • Carbon and nutrient removal from centrates and domestic wastewater using algal-bacterial biofilm bioreactors

    Esther Posadas;Pedro-Antonio García-Encina;Anna Soltau;Antonio Domínguez

  • A comparative evaluation of microalgae for the degradation of piggery wastewater under photosynthetic oxygenation

    Ignacio de Godos;Virginia A. Vargas;Saúl Blanco;María C. García González

  • Ecotoxicity and environmental risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in aquatic environments and wastewater treatment plants

    Sheyla Andrea Ortiz de García;Sheyla Andrea Ortiz de García;Gilberto Pinto Pinto;Pedro A. García-Encina;Rubén Irusta-Mata

  • Impact of substrate to inoculum ratio in anaerobic digestion of swine slurry

    Cristina González-Fernández;Pedro A. García-Encina

  • Influence of Biogas Flow Rate on Biomass Composition During the Optimization of Biogas Upgrading in Microalgal-Bacterial Processes

    Mayara L. Serejo;Mayara L. Serejo;Esther Posadas;Marc A. Boncz;Saúl Blanco

  • Microalgae-based processes for the biodegradation of pretreated piggery wastewaters

    Cristina González;Judith Marciniak;Santiago Villaverde;Pedro A. García-Encina

  • Coagulation/flocculation-based removal of algal–bacterial biomass from piggery wastewater treatment

    Ignacio de Godos;Héctor O. Guzman;Roberto Soto;Pedro A. García-Encina

  • The use of methane as a sole carbon source for wastewater denitrification

    F. Thalasso;A. Vallecillo;P. García-Encina;F. Fdz-Polanco

  • Denitrification with methane as electron donor in oxygen-limited bioreactors.

    C. Costa;C. Dijkema;M. Friedrich;P. Garcia-Encina

  • Odor abatement in biotrickling filters: effect of the EBRT on methyl mercaptan and hydrophobic VOCs removal.

    Raquel Lebrero;Elisa Rodríguez;José M. Estrada;Pedro A. García-Encina

  • Simultaneous nutrients and carbon removal during pretreated swine slurry degradation in a tubular biofilm photobioreactor

    Ignacio de Godos;Cristina González;Eloy Becares;Pedro A. García-Encina

  • Different pretreatments for increasing the anaerobic biodegradability in swine manure.

    Cristina González-Fernández;Cristina León-Cofreces;Pedro A. García-Encina

  • Microalgae-based agro-industrial wastewater treatment: a preliminary screening of biodegradability

    E. Posadas;S. Bochon;M. Coca;M.C. García-González

  • Evaluation of wastewater treatment in a novel anoxic-aerobic algal-bacterial photobioreactor with biomass recycling through carbon and nitrogen mass balances.

    Cynthia Alcántara;Jesús M. Domínguez;Dimas García;Saúl Blanco

  • Influence of flue gas sparging on the performance of high rate algae ponds treating agro-industrial wastewaters

    Ignacio de Godos;Saúl Blanco;Pedro A. García-Encina;Eloy Becares

  • Comparative assessment of a biofilter, a biotrickling filter and a hollow fiber membrane bioreactor for odor treatment in wastewater treatment plants

    Raquel Lebrero;Ana Celina Gondim;Rebeca Pérez;Pedro A. García-Encina

  • Anaerobic Biodegradability and Toxicity of Chlorophenols

    A. Vallecillo;P.A. Garcia-Encina;M. Peña

Frequent Co-Authors

Raúl Muñoz
Raúl Muñoz University of Valladolid
Raquel Lebrero
Raquel Lebrero University of Valladolid
Alfons J. M. Stams
Alfons J. M. Stams Wageningen University & Research
Eloy Bécares
Eloy Bécares University of Leon
Fernando Fdz-Polanco
Fernando Fdz-Polanco University of Valladolid
Juan C. López
Juan C. López University of Valladolid
Caroline M. Plugge
Caroline M. Plugge Wageningen University & Research
Luísa Gouveia
Luísa Gouveia National Institute of Engineering, Technology and Innovation
Benoit Guieysse
Benoit Guieysse University of Canterbury
Michael W. Friedrich
Michael W. Friedrich University of Bremen

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