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Sebastià Puig

Sebastià Puig

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
47
Citations
7460
World Ranking
4943
National Ranking
108

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
51
Citations
8237
World Ranking
4802
National Ranking
122

Overview

Sebastià Puig is affiliated with the University of Girona in Spain. Their research primarily intersects Environmental Science and Engineering, with a notable focus on Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomedical Engineering, Pollution, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work encompasses several main fields of study including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

In terms of specialized subfields, Puig's research contributions address:

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pollution
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Puig has concentrated their research on several main topics, which include:

  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies

Some of their recently published papers are:

  • "Microbial electrosynthesis: Towards sustainable biorefineries for production of green chemicals from CO2 emissions" (2020) in Biotechnology Advances
  • "Microbial electrochemistry for bioremediation" (2020) in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology
  • "CO2 in indoor environments: From environmental and health risk to potential renewable carbon source" (2022) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Advances in technological control of greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater in the context of circular economy" (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Electro-fermentation: Sustainable bioproductions steered by electricity" (2022) in Biotechnology Advances

Puig frequently collaborates with the following coauthors:

  • M. Dolors Balaguer
  • Narcís Pous
  • Lluı́s Bañeras
  • Alba Ceballos-Escalera
  • Laura Rovira-Alsina

Their work is regularly published in venues including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Bioresource Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

  • Microbial electrosynthesis of butyrate from carbon dioxide

    R. Ganigué;S. Puig;P. Batlle-Vilanova;M. D. Balaguer

  • Electro-Fermentation – Merging Electrochemistry with Fermentation in Industrial Applications

    Andrea Schievano;Tommy Pepé Sciarria;Karolien Vanbroekhoven;Heleen De Wever

  • Autotrophic denitrification in microbial fuel cells treating low ionic strength waters.

    Sebastià Puig;Marta Coma;Joachim Desloover;Nico Boon

  • Microbial electrosynthesis: Towards sustainable biorefineries for production of green chemicals from CO2 emissions.

    Paolo Dessì;Laura Rovira-Alsina;Carlos Sánchez;G. Kumaravel Dinesh

  • On the Edge of Research and Technological Application: A Critical Review of Electromethanogenesis.

    Ramiro Blasco-Gómez;Pau Batlle-Vilanova;Marianna Villano;Maria Dolors Balaguer

  • Microbial fuel cell application in landfill leachate treatment

    Sebastià Puig;Sebastià Puig;Marc Serra;Marta Coma;Marina Cabré

  • Effect of pH on nutrient dynamics and electricity production using microbial fuel cells.

    Sebastià Puig;Marc Serra;Marta Coma;Marina Cabré

  • Autotrophic nitrite removal in the cathode of microbial fuel cells.

    Sebastià Puig;Marc Serra;Ariadna Vilar-Sanz;Marina Cabré

  • Microbial electrosynthesis of butyrate from carbon dioxide: Production and extraction

    Pau Batlle-Vilanova;Ramon Ganigué;Sara Ramió-Pujol;Lluís Bañeras

  • Start‐up and enrichment of a granular anammox SBR to treat high nitrogen load wastewaters

    Helio López;Sebastià Puig;Ramon Ganigué;Maël Ruscalleda

  • Bioelectroremediation of perchlorate and nitrate contaminated water: A review.

    Surajbhan Sevda;T.R. Sreekishnan;Narcís Pous;Sebastià Puig

  • Continuous acetate production through microbial electrosynthesis from CO2 with microbial mixed culture

    Pau Batlle-Vilanova;Sebastià Puig;Rafael Gonzalez-Olmos;Rafael Gonzalez-Olmos;Maria Dolors Balaguer

  • Cathode potential and anode electron donor evaluation for a suitable treatment of nitrate-contaminated groundwater in bioelectrochemical systems

    Narcis Pous;Sebastià Puig;M. Dolors Balaguer;Jesús Colprim

  • In situ groundwater and sediment bioremediation: barriers and perspectives at European contaminated sites

    Mauro Majone;Roberta Verdini;Federico Aulenta;Simona Rossetti

  • CO2 in indoor environments: From environmental and health risk to potential renewable carbon source.

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  • Microbial electrochemistry for bioremediation

    Xiaofei Wang;Federico Aulenta;Sebastià Puig;Abraham Esteve-Núñez

  • Bioremediation of nitrate-polluted groundwater in a microbial fuel cell

    Narcis Pous;Sebastià Puig;Marta Coma;Maria D. Balaguer

  • Extracellular electron transfer of biocathodes: Revealing the potentials for nitrate and nitrite reduction of denitrifying microbiomes dominated by Thiobacillus sp.

    Narcís Pous;Christin Koch;Jesús Colprim;Sebastià Puig

  • Heterotrophic denitrification on granular anammox SBR treating urban landfill leachate.

    M. Ruscalleda;H. López;R. Ganigué;S. Puig

  • Selection between alcohols and volatile fatty acids as external carbon sources for EBPR

    S. Puig;S. Puig;M. Coma;H. Monclús;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • Anaerobic arsenite oxidation with an electrode serving as the sole electron acceptor: a novel approach to the bioremediation of arsenic-polluted groundwater.

    Narcis Pous;Barbara Casentini;Simona Rossetti;Stefano Fazi

  • Biocatalysed sulphate removal in a BES cathode.

    M. Coma;S. Puig;N. Pous;M.D. Balaguer

  • Fuzzy control of dissolved oxygen in a sequencing batch reactor pilot plant

    Adama Traore;Stéphane Grieu;Sebastia Puig;Lluís Corominas

Frequent Co-Authors

Jesús Colprim
Jesús Colprim University of Girona
Falk Harnisch
Falk Harnisch Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Gürkan Sin
Gürkan Sin Technical University of Denmark
Nico Boon
Nico Boon Ghent University
Willy Verstraete
Willy Verstraete Ghent University
Pascal Boeckx
Pascal Boeckx Ghent University
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht Delft University of Technology
Deepak Pant
Deepak Pant Flemish Institute for Technological Research
Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Peter A. Vanrolleghem Université Laval
Andrea G. Capodaglio
Andrea G. Capodaglio University of Pavia

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