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Sarina J. Ergas is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with extensive work in subfields such as industrial and manufacturing engineering, pollution, environmental engineering, water science and technology, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's work covers several specialized topics, including:

  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Phosphorus and Nutrient Management
  • Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production

Sarina J. Ergas has authored numerous papers published in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • Water
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water Environment Research
  • Chemosphere

Selected recent papers include:

  • "Biochar amendment of stormwater bioretention systems for nitrogen and Escherichia coli removal: Effect of hydraulic loading rates and antecedent dry periods" (2020) - Bioresource Technology
  • "Wood and sulfur-based cyclic denitrification filters for treatment of saline wastewaters" (2021) - Bioresource Technology
  • "A sulfur-based cyclic denitrification filter for marine recirculating aquaculture systems" (2020) - Bioresource Technology
  • "Primary sludge fermentate as carbon source for mainstream partial denitrification-anammox (PdNA)" (2020) - Water Environment Research
  • "Hybrid constructed wetlands amended with zeolite/biochar for enhanced landfill leachate treatment" (2023) - Ecological Engineering

Throughout their career, Sarina J. Ergas has collaborated frequently with several researchers. Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Mahmood Nachabe
  • Mauricio E. Arias
  • Kebreab Ghebremichael
  • Erica A. Dasi
  • Rachael Z. Cooper

Best Publications

  • Enhanced CO2 fixation and biofuel production via microalgae: recent developments and future directions

    Amit Kumar;Sarina Ergas;Xin Yuan;Ashish Sahu

  • Hydrogenotrophic denitrification of drinking water using a hollow fibre membrane bioreactor

    Sarina J. Ergas;Andreas F. Reuss

  • A novel shortcut nitrogen removal process using an algal-bacterial consortium in a photo-sequencing batch reactor (PSBR).

    Meng Wang;Han Yang;Sarina J. Ergas;Peter van der Steen

  • Harvesting microalgae grown on wastewater

    Innocent Udom;Behnaz H. Zaribaf;Trina Halfhide;Benjamin Gillie

  • Wastewater use in algae production for generation of renewable resources: a review and preliminary results

    Omatoyo K Dalrymple;Trina Halfhide;Innocent Udom;Benjamin Gilles

  • A hollow fiber membrane photo‐bioreactor for CO2 sequestration from combustion gas coupled with wastewater treatment: a process engineering approach

    Amit Kumar;Amit Kumar;Xin Yuan;Ashish K Sahu;Jo Dewulf

  • Control of volatile organic compound emissions using a compost biofilter

    Sarina J. Ergas;Edward D. Schroeder;Daniel P. Y. Chang;Robert L. Morton

  • Characterization of compost biofiltration system degrading dichloromethane.

    Sarina. J. Ergas;Kerry Kinney;Mark E. Fuller;Kate M. Scow

  • Drinking water denitrification using a membrane bioreactor.

    Sarina J Ergas;David E Rheinheimer

  • Impact of ammonia concentration on Spirulina platensis growth in an airlift photobioreactor

    Xin Yuan;Amit Kumar;Ashish K. Sahu;Sarina J. Ergas

  • Application of denitrifying wood chip bioreactors for management of residential non-point sources of nitrogen

    E. V. Lopez-Ponnada;T. J. Lynn;M. Peterson;S. J. Ergas

  • Comparative environmental and economic life cycle assessment of high solids anaerobic co-digestion for biosolids and organic waste management.

    Eunyoung Lee;Deborah Stolte Bezerra Lisboa Oliveira;Luiza Stolte Bezerra Lisboa Oliveira;Eduardo Jimenez

  • Membrane process for biological treatment of contaminated gas streams.

    Sarina J. Ergas;Leslee Shumway;Mark W. Fitch;Jeffrey J. Neemann

  • Long-term field performance of a conventional and modified bioretention system for removing dissolved nitrogen species in stormwater runoff.

    Emma V. Lopez-Ponnada;Thomas J. Lynn;Sarina J. Ergas;James R. Mihelcic

  • Microalgae growth using high-strength wastewater followed by anaerobic co-digestion.

    Xin Yuan;Meng Wang;Chul Park;Ashish K Sahu

  • Performance of Nitrogen-Removing Bioretention Systems for Control of Agricultural Runoff

    Sarina J. Ergas;Sukalyan Sengupta;Ryan Siegel;Arka Pandit

  • Biogas production from high solids anaerobic co-digestion of food waste, yard waste and waste activated sludge

    Eunyoung Lee;Paula Bittencourt;Lensey Casimir;Eduardo Jimenez

  • Production of algal biomass, chlorophyll, starch and lipids using aquaculture wastewater under axenic and non-axenic conditions

    Trina Halfhide;Anette Åkerstrøm;Odd Ivar Lekang;Hans Ragnar Gislerød

  • Biological perchlorate reduction in packed bed reactors using elemental sulfur.

    Ashish K. Sahu;Teresa Conneely;Klaus R. Nüsslein;Sarina J. Ergas

  • Changes in Physical Properties of a Compost Biofilter Treating Hydrogen Sulfide

    Juan M. Morgan-Sagastume;Adalberto Noyola;Sergio Revah;Sarina J. Ergas

  • Membrane Bioreactor for Control of Volatile Organic Compound Emissions

    Sarina J. Ergas;Michael S. McGrath

  • Biochar amendment of stormwater bioretention systems for nitrogen and Escherichia coli removal: Effect of hydraulic loading rates and antecedent dry periods.

    Yeasir A. Rahman;Mahmood H. Nachabe;Sarina J. Ergas

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Mihelcic
James R. Mihelcic University of South Florida
David A. Reckhow
David A. Reckhow University of Massachusetts Amherst
Herman Van Langenhove
Herman Van Langenhove Ghent University
Jo Dewulf
Jo Dewulf Ghent University
Chuanping Feng
Chuanping Feng China University of Geosciences
F. Xavier Malcata
F. Xavier Malcata University of Porto
Dongqing Zhang
Dongqing Zhang Nanyang Technological University
Piet N.L. Lens
Piet N.L. Lens University of Galway
Allan Feldman
Allan Feldman University of South Florida
Eran Friedler
Eran Friedler Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

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