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Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

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Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
12458
World Ranking
7092
National Ranking
2107

Overview

Reyes Sierra-Alvarez is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a substantial focus on Environmental Chemistry and Pollution as key subfields. Biomedical Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Materials Chemistry also represent significant areas of their work.

The scientist's recent publications illustrate a focus on environmental remediation and material science. Among notable papers are:

  • Enhanced removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by crosslinked polyaniline polymers (2022) published in Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Biosynthesis and Analytical Characterization of Iron Oxide Nanobiocomposite for In-Depth Adsorption Strategy for the Removal of Toxic Metals from Drinking Water (2022) in Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
  • Effects of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide on acetoclastic, hydrogenotrophic and methylotrophic methanogenesis (2020) in Biodegradation
  • Iron(II) monosulfide (FeS) minerals reductively transform the insensitive munitions compounds 2,4-dinitroanisole (DNAN) and 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) (2021) in Chemosphere
  • Quinone Moieties Link the Microbial Respiration of Natural Organic Matter to the Chemical Reduction of Diverse Nitroaromatic Compounds (2022) in Environmental Science & Technology

Their research covers main topics such as:

  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing

Frequent coauthors contributing alongside Reyes Sierra-Alvarez include:

  • Jim A. Field
  • Jon Chorover
  • Leif Abrell
  • Osmar Menezes
  • Robert A. Root

Their work is published regularly in a group of journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Chemosphere
  • ACS ES&T Water
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • Removal of perfluorinated surfactants by sorption onto granular activated carbon, zeolite and sludge.

    Valeria Ochoa-Herrera;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • Sulfide oxidation under chemolithoautotrophic denitrifying conditions

    Ricardo Beristain Cardoso;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Pieter Rowlette;Elias Razo Flores

  • Microbial transformation and degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls.

    Jim A. Field;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • Chemolithotrophic denitrification with elemental sulfur for groundwater treatment.

    Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Ricardo Beristain-Cardoso;Ricardo Beristain-Cardoso;Margarita Salazar;Jorge Gómez

  • Toxicity of copper(II) ions to microorganisms in biological wastewater treatment systems.

    Valeria Ochoa-Herrera;Glendy León;Qais Banihani;Jim A. Field

  • Zero valent iron as an electron-donor for methanogenesis and sulfate reduction in anaerobic sludge.

    Srilakshmi Karri;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Jim A. Field

  • Anaerobic biotransformation of roxarsone and related N-substituted phenylarsonic acids

    Irail Cortinas;Jim A. Field;Mike Kopplin;John R. Garbarino

  • Inhibition of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing (anammox) enrichment cultures by substrates, metabolites and common wastewater constituents

    José M. Carvajal-Arroyo;Wenjie Sun;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Jim A. Field

  • Biodegradability of chlorinated solvents and related chlorinated aliphatic compounds

    J.A Field;R Sierra-Alvarez

  • Microbial degradation of chlorinated phenols

    Jim A. Field;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • Reductive Defluorination of Perfluorooctane Sulfonate

    Valeria Ochoa-Herrera;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Arpad Somogyi;Neil E. Jacobsen

  • Toxicity assessment of inorganic nanoparticles to acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogenic activity in anaerobic granular sludge.

    Jorge Gonzalez-Estrella;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;James A. Field

  • Microbial degradation of chlorinated dioxins.

    Jim A. Field;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • The effect of aromatic structure on the inhibition of acetoclastic methanogenesis in granular sludge.

    Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Gatze Lettinga

  • Microbial degradation of chlorinated benzenes.

    Jim A. Field;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • Toxicity of fluoride to microorganisms in biological wastewater treatment systems.

    Valeria Ochoa-Herrera;Qais Banihani;Glendy León;Chandra Khatri

  • Microbial toxicity and biodegradability of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and shorter chain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)

    Valeria Ochoa-Herrera;Valeria Ochoa-Herrera;Jim A. Field;Antonia Luna-Velasco;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • The methanogenic toxicity of bark tannins and the anaerobic biodegradability of water soluble bark matter.

    J.A. Field;M.J.H. Leyendeckers;R. Sierra-Alvarez;G. Lettinga

  • Toxicity of copper to acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic activities of methanogens and sulfate reducers in anaerobic sludge

    Srilakshmi Karri;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;Jim A. Field

  • Fate of cerium dioxide (CeO2) nanoparticles in municipal wastewater during activated sludge treatment.

    Francisco Gómez-Rivera;James A. Field;Dustin Brown;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez

  • Microbial community dynamics in a chemolithotrophic denitrification reactor inoculated with methanogenic granular sludge.

    Nuria Fernández;Reyes Sierra-Alvarez;James A. Field;Ricardo Amils

Frequent Co-Authors

Jim A. Field
Jim A. Field University of Arizona
Jon Chorover
Jon Chorover University of Arizona
Maria Teresa Moreira
Maria Teresa Moreira University of Santiago de Compostela
Gumersindo Feijoo
Gumersindo Feijoo University of Santiago de Compostela
Gatze Lettinga
Gatze Lettinga Wageningen University & Research
Christopher K. Ober
Christopher K. Ober Cornell University
Jim C. Spain
Jim C. Spain University of West Florida
Teris A. van Beek
Teris A. van Beek Wageningen University & Research
Holger Militz
Holger Militz University of Göttingen
Juan M. Lema
Juan M. Lema University of Santiago de Compostela

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