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Teresa Vicent is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular emphasis on pollution, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, water science and technology, as well as building and construction and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, including:

  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal
  • Anaerobic digestion and biogas production
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Membrane separation technologies
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology

Recent publications by Teresa Vicent include:

  • Biodegradation of hydrophobic pesticides by microalgae: Transformation products and impact on algae biochemical methane potential, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Insights into removal of antibiotics by selected microalgae (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Chlorella sorokiniana, Dunaliella tertiolecta and Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata), 2021, Algal Research
  • Water resource recovery coupling microalgae wastewater treatment and sludge co-digestion for bio-wastes valorisation at industrial pilot-scale, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • Integration of enzymatic pretreatment and sludge co-digestion in biogas production from microalgae, 2021, Waste Management
  • Effects of low temperature thermal pretreatments in solubility and co-digestion of waste activated sludge and microalgae mixtures, 2020, Algal Research

Teresa Vicent collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Paqui Blánquez
  • Ernest Marco-Urrea
  • Romina Avila
  • Jesica M. Soder-Walz
  • Elvira Carrero

Their work has been published repeatedly in notable venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Algal Research
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Bioresource Technology
  • Waste Management

Best Publications

  • Ability of white-rot fungi to remove selected pharmaceuticals and identification of degradation products of ibuprofen by Trametes versicolor.

    Ernest Marco-Urrea;Miriam Pérez-Trujillo;Teresa Vicent;Gloria Caminal

  • Effect of influent COD/N ratio on biological nitrogen removal (BNR) from high-strength ammonium industrial wastewater

    Julián Carrera;Teresa Vicent;Javier Lafuente

  • Mechanism of textile metal dye biotransformation by Trametes versicolor.

    P. Blánquez;N Casas;Xavier Font;Xavier Gabarrell

  • Biological nitrogen removal of high-strength ammonium industrial wastewater with two-sludge system

    J Carrera;J.A Baeza;T Vicent;J Lafuente

  • Hospital wastewater treatment by fungal bioreactor: removal efficiency for pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptor compounds.

    Carles Cruz-Morató;Daniel Lucas;Marta Llorca;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz

  • Degradation of the drug sodium diclofenac by Trametes versicolor pellets and identification of some intermediates by NMR.

    Ernest Marco-Urrea;Miriam Pérez-Trujillo;Carles Cruz-Morató;Gloria Caminal

  • Degradation of pharmaceuticals in non-sterile urban wastewater by Trametes versicolor in a fluidized bed bioreactor.

    Carles Cruz-Morató;Laura Ferrando-Climent;Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz;Damià Barceló;Damià Barceló

  • Biodegradation of the analgesic naproxen by Trametes versicolor and identification of intermediates using HPLC-DAD-MS and NMR

    Ernest Marco-Urrea;Miriam Pérez-Trujillo;Paqui Blánquez;Teresa Vicent

  • Degradation of carbamazepine by Trametes versicolor in an air pulsed fluidized bed bioreactor and identification of intermediates

    Aleksandra Jelic;Carles Cruz-Morató;Ernest Marco-Urrea;Monserrat Sarrà

  • Microalgae cultivation on wastewater digestate: β-estradiol and 17α-ethynylestradiol degradation and transformation products identification

    Andrea Hom-Diaz;Marta Llorca;Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz;Teresa Vicent

  • Material flow analysis adapted to an industrial area

    Cristina Sendra;Xavier Gabarrell;Teresa Vicent

  • Performance of a microalgal photobioreactor treating toilet wastewater: Pharmaceutically active compound removal and biomass harvesting.

    Andrea Hom-Diaz;Adrián Jaén-Gil;Iris Bello-Laserna;Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz

  • Biodegradation of sulfamethazine by Trametes versicolor: Removal from sewage sludge and identification of intermediate products by UPLC–QqTOF-MS

    Mª. Jesús García-Galán;Carlos E. Rodríguez-Rodríguez;Carlos E. Rodríguez-Rodríguez;Teresa Vicent;Gloria Caminal

  • Biodegradation of the X-ray contrast agent iopromide and the fluoroquinolone antibiotic ofloxacin by the white rot fungus Trametes versicolor in hospital wastewaters and identification of degradation products

    Meritxell Gros;Carles Cruz-Morato;Ernest Marco-Urrea;Philipp Longrée

  • White-rot fungus-mediated degradation of the analgesic ketoprofen and identification of intermediates by HPLC-DAD-MS and NMR.

    Ernest Marco-Urrea;Miriam Pérez-Trujillo;Carles Cruz-Morató;Gloria Caminal

  • Alkalinity ratios to identify process imbalances in anaerobic digesters treating source-sorted organic fraction of municipal wastes

    Lucia Martín-González;Xavier Font;Teresa Vicent

  • Fungal treatment for the removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in veterinary hospital wastewater

    Daniel Lucas;Marina Badia-Fabregat;T. Vicent;Glòria Caminal

  • Development of a continuous process to adapt the textile wastewater treatment by fungi to industrial conditions

    P. Blánquez;M. Sarrà;T. Vicent

  • Oxidation of atenolol, propranolol, carbamazepine and clofibric acid by a biological Fenton-like system mediated by the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor

    Ernest Marco-Urrea;Jelena Radjenović;Gloria Caminal;Mira Petrović;Mira Petrović

  • Evaluation of fungal- and photo-degradation as potential treatments for the removal of sunscreens BP3 and BP1

    Pablo Gago-Ferrero;Marina Badia-Fabregat;Alba Olivares;Benjamin Piña

Frequent Co-Authors

Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Montserrat Sarrà
Montserrat Sarrà Autonomous University of Barcelona
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz Catalan Institute for Water Research
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Xavier Gabarrell
Xavier Gabarrell Autonomous University of Barcelona
Xavier Font
Xavier Font Autonomous University of Barcelona
M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz
M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research
Ethel Eljarrat
Ethel Eljarrat Spanish National Research Council
Julián Carrera
Julián Carrera Autonomous University of Barcelona
Marta Llorca
Marta Llorca Spanish National Research Council

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