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Environmental Sciences
Belgium
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
69
Citations
15160
World Ranking
1806
National Ranking
28

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Pierre Servais is affiliated with the Université Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium and has contributed to the field of Environmental Science, focusing on specialized subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Mechanics of Materials, Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Medicine.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics such as Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques, Water Treatment and Disinfection, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, Calibration and Measurement Techniques, Advanced Sensor Technologies Research, and Building Materials and Conservation.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Pierre Servais include the following:

  • Detection and Characterization of Artificial Porosity and Impact Damage in Aerospace Carbon Fiber Composites by Pulsed and Line Scan Thermography, 2023, Applied Sciences
  • La contamination microbienne dans le bassin de la Seine, 2025, Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
  • Identification and Phylogenetic Analyses of Anaerobic Sulfidogenic Bacteria in Two Algerian Oilfield Water Injection Samples, 2021, Geomicrobiology Journal
  • Antimicrobial resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from freshwaters and hospital effluents in Belgium, 2021, Letters in Applied Microbiology
  • Occurrence et origines des bactéries fécales antibiorésistantes (E. coli et entérocoques) dans le bassin de la Seine, 2023, Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Pierre Servais frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Isabelle George, Michel Poulin, Tamara Garcia Armisen, Adriana Anzil, and Thibault Boulanger. These collaborations highlight an interdisciplinary approach within their research efforts.

Their publication record is notably concentrated in venues such as the Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles, which accounts for the majority of contributions. Other publication venues include HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Applied Sciences, Geomicrobiology Journal, and Letters in Applied Microbiology.

Best Publications

  • Detection and enumeration of coliforms in drinking water: current methods and emerging approaches

    Annie Rompré;Pierre Servais;Julia Baudart;Marie Renée de-Roubin

  • Determination of the biodegradable fraction of dissolved organic matter in waters

    Pierre Servais;Gilles Billen;Marie Claude Hascoët

  • Does the high nucleic acid content of individual bacterial cells allow us to discriminate between active cells and inactive cells in aquatic systems

    Philippe Lebaron;Pierre Servais;Helene Agogué;Claude Courties

  • Simple Method for Determination of Biodegradable Dissolved Organic Carbon in Water

    Pierre Servais;Adriana Anzil;Claire Ventresque

  • Impact of an intense combined sewer overflow event on the microbiological water quality of the Seine River

    Julien Passerat;Nouho Koffi Ouattara;Jean-Marie Mouchel;Vincent Rocher

  • Dynamics of bacterioplankton in oligotrophic and eutrophic aquatic environments: bottom-up or top-down control?

    Gilles Billen;Pierre Servais;Sylvie Becquevort

  • Impacts of pipe materials on densities of fixed bacterial biomass in a drinking water distribution system

    Patrick Niquette;Pierre Servais;Raoul Savoir

  • Hybrid Membrane Processes using activated carbon treatment for drinking water: A review

    Céline Stoquart;Pierre Servais;Pierre R. Bérubé;Benoit Barbeau

  • Microbial community dynamics in Mediterranean nutrient-enriched seawater mesocosms: changes in the genetic diversity of bacterial populations.

    Hendrik Schäfer;Laetitia Bernard;Claude Courties;Philippe Lebaron

  • Fecal bacteria in the rivers of the Seine drainage network (France): sources, fate and modelling.

    Pierre Servais;Tamara Garcia-Armisen;Isabelle George;Gilles Billen

  • Impact of temperature on nitrification in biological activated carbon (BAC) filters used for drinking water treatment

    Anneli Andersson;Patrick Laurent;Anne Kihn;Michèle Prévost

  • Fecal coliform removal in wastewater treatment plants studied by plate counts and enzymatic methods

    Isabelle George;Philippe Crop;Pierre Servais

  • Microbial Activity in GAC Filters at the Choisy-le-Roi Treatment Plant

    Pierre Servais;Gilles Billen;Claire Ventresque;Guy P. Bablon

  • Particulate organic carbon in the estuarine turbidity maxima of the Gironde, Loire and Seine estuaries: origin and lability

    Henri Etcheber;Aurélien Taillez;Gwenaël Abril;Josette Garnier

  • A nitrogen budget of the Scheldt hydrographical basin

    Gilles Billen;Martine Somville;E. De Becker;Pierre Servais

  • Variations of bacterial-specific activity with cell size and nucleic acid content assessed by flow cytometry

    Philippe Lebaron;Pierre Servais;Anne-Claire Baudoux;Muriel Bourrain

  • Biological Colonization of Granular Activated Carbon Filters in Drinking‐Water Treatment

    Pierre Servais;Gilles Billen;Pascale Bouillot

  • Rate of bacterial mortality in aquatic environments

    Pierre Servais;Gilles Billen;Jose Vives Rego

  • Mortality rates of autochthonous and fecal bacteria in natural aquatic ecosystems.

    Patricia Menon;Gilles Billen;Pierre Servais

  • Modelling the impacts of Combined Sewer Overflows on the river Seine water quality.

    Stéphanie Even;Jean-Marie Mouchel;Pierre Servais;Nicolas Flipo

Frequent Co-Authors

Gilles Billen
Gilles Billen Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Josette Garnier
Josette Garnier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jean-Pierre Descy
Jean-Pierre Descy University of Liège
Philippe Lebaron
Philippe Lebaron Laboratoire de Biodiversité et Biotechnologies Microbiennes
Jean-Marie Mouchel
Jean-Marie Mouchel Université Paris Cité
François Darchambeau
François Darchambeau University of Liège
Michèle Prévost
Michèle Prévost Polytechnique Montréal
Alberto Borges
Alberto Borges University of Liège
Benoit Barbeau
Benoit Barbeau Polytechnique Montréal

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