Chemical and Environmental Engineering Group







  • Sustainable Reactor Engineering for Applications on the Water-Energy Nexus (REWATERGY) Photo-irradiation and Adsorption based Novel Innovations for Water-treatment

    Funding : European Commission, Horizon 2020 (GA 812574)
    Start / End Years : 2019 - 2023
    URL : http://rewatergy.eu/
    Principal Investigator : Marugán Aguado, Javier
    Research Team : - Adán Delgado, Cristina - Marugán Aguado, Javier - Pablos Carro, Cristina - Perveen , Shabila - Pizzichetti , Raffaella 

      Show summary: REWATERGY is a consortium of six partners composed by 3 universities and 3 companies with a balanced participation of beneficiaries and partner organizations, academic and non-academic. All the participants are mutually involved in scientific and educational tasks, formed in several fields (chemical analysis, environmental fate, photocatalysis, material science, membrane technology and water management), sharing the interest towards environmental studies and determined to achieve the primary objective of guaranteeing access to safe water to the entire society through the formation of young scientists specialist in water treatment.



  • Proyectos de I+D para jóvenes investigadores de la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos: Desarrollo de procesos CI/UV-C para desinfección y eliminación de compuestos emergentes en aguas

    Funding : Comunidad de Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (FOTOCLORO)
    Start / End Years : 2020 - 2021
    Principal Investigator : Pablos Carro, Cristina
    Research Team : - Pablos Carro, Cristina 





  • Water Sustainable Point of Use Treatment Technologies (WATERSPOUTT)

    Funding : European Commission, Horizon 2020 (GA 688928)
    Start / End Years : 2016 - 2020
    URL : http://www.waterspoutt.eu/
    Principal Investigator : Marugán Aguado, Javier
    Research Team : - García Muñoz, Rafael A. - García Gil, Ángela - Marugán Aguado, Javier - Pablos Carro, Cristina 

      Show summary: WATERSPOUTT aims at providing safe drinking water to communities who rely on unsafe sources. The consortium is carrying out a technological development programme to advance three applications based on Solar Disinfection (SODIS), which can make water safe to drink after it has been collected. In parallel, a social science programme has been structured to make sure that the technologies are adopted by the target communities in rural Africa, with the support of the local authorities and in an economically sustainable way.




  • Integrated processes for monitoring and treatment of emerging contaminants for water reuse (MOTREM, Water JPI Pilot Call)

    Funding : WATER JPI - Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad - Acciones de Programación Conjunta Internacional - (Water JPI JPIW2013-121)
    Start / End Years : 2014 - 2017
    URL : http://motrem.eu/
    Principal Investigator : Marugán Aguado, Javier
    Research Team : - Casado Merino, Cintia - López Muñoz, Mª José - Martín Sómer, Miguel - Martínez Castillejo, Fernando - Marugán Aguado, Javier - Molina Gil, Raúl - Pablos Carro, Cristina - Pariente Castilla, Isabel - Segura Urraca, Yolanda 

      Show summary: The MOTREM project is a Water JPI project that focuses on the development of integrated processes for monitoring and treatment of emerging contaminants (ECs), improving the efficiency of the removal of these pollutants in urban wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), especially for water reuse. The project aims to provide new technologies for water treatment and/or improving the existing ones through the development of integrated processes for monitoring and treatment of ECs in the current waterline of municipal wastewater treatment plants, especially focusing on the aspect of water reuse. For this goal, the project combines cross- and multi-disciplinary expertise on water treatment processes design and engineering, analytical chemistry and ecotoxicology applied to ECs that guarantee the generation not only on new scientific knowledge but also of innovative commercial solutions to the market.












Removal of diclofenac by UV-B and UV-C light-emitting diodes (LEDs) driven advanced oxidation processes (AOPs): wavelength dependence, kinetic modelling and energy consumption

Pizzichetti, R. ; Reynolds, K.; Pablos, C.; Casado, C.; Moore, E.; Stanley, S.; Marugán, J.


Kinetic and mechanistic analysis of membrane fouling in microplastics removal from water by dead-end microfiltration

Pizzichetti, A. R. P.; Pablos, C.; Álvarez-Fernández, C.; Reynolds, K.; Stanley, S.; Marugán, J.


Evaluation of the uniformity of UVA LED illumination on flat surfaces: Discrete ordinate method, single axis, and surface scanning radiometry

Reddick, C.; Casado, C.; Reynolds, K.; Stanley, S.; Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.


Wavelength synergistic effects in continuous flow-through water disinfection systems

Uppinakidru, A. P.; Martín-Sómer, M.; Reynolds, K.; Stanley, S.; Bautista, L. F.; Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.


A review on led technology in water photodisinfection

Martín-Somer, M.; Pablos, C.; Adán, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.


Wavelength synergistic effects in continuous flow-through water disinfection system

Uppinakidru, A. P.; Martín-Sómer, M.; Reynolds, K.; Stanley, S.; Bautista, L. F.; Pablos, C.; Marugán, C.


Role of the active chlorine generated in situ on the photoelectrocatalytic inactivation of bacteria and fungi with TiO2 nanotubes

Adán, C.; Pablos, C.; Misis, P.; Pascua, S.; Marugán, J.


Growth and prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in microplastic biofilm from wastewater treatment plant effluents

Perveen, Sh.; Pablos, C.; Reynolds, K.; Stanley, S.; Marugán, J.


Critical assessment of optical sensor parameters for the measurement of ultraviolet LED lamps

Uppinakidru, A. P.; Reynolds, K.; Stanley, S.; Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.


Assessing the efficacy of novel and conventional disinfectants on Salmonella cross contamination during washing of fresh-cut lettuce and their impact on product shelf life

Pablos, C.; Romero, A.; de Diego, A.; Corrales, C.; van Grieken, R.; Bascón, I.; Pérez-Rodríguez, F.; Marugán, J.


Evaluation of membranes performance for microplastic removal in a simple and low-cost filtration system

Pizzichetti, A. R. P.; Pablos, C.; Álvarez-Fernández, C.; Reynolds, K.; Stanley, S.; Marugán, J.


Photocatalytic inactivation of dual- and mono-species biofilms by immobilized TiO2

Pablos, C.; Govaert, M.; Angarano, V.; Smet, C.; Marugán, J.; Van Impe, J. F. M.


Photocatalytic inactivation of dual- and mono-species biofilms by immobilized TiO2

Pablos, C.; Govaert, M.; Angarano, V.; Smet, C.;Marugán, J.; Van Impe, J. F. M.


Evaluation of membranes performance for microplastic removal in a simple and low-cost filtration system

Pizzichetti, A.R.P.; Pablos, C.; Álvarez-Fernández, C.; Reynolds, K.; Stanley, S.; Marugán, J.


Material selection and prediction of solar irradiance in plastic devices for application of solar water disinfection (SODIS) to inactivate viruses, bacteria and protozoa

García-Gil, Á.; Pablos, C.; García-Muñoz, R. A.; McGuigan, K. G.; Marugán, J.


Modelling the combined effect of chlorine, benzyl isothiocyanate, exposure time and cut size on the reduction of Salmonella in fresh-cut lettuce during washing process

Cuggino, S. G.; Bascón-Villegas, I.; Rincón, F.; Péreza, M. A.; Posada-Izquierdo, G.; Marugán, J.; Pablos, C.; Pérez-Rodríguez, F.


Novel procedure for the numerical simulation of solar water disinfection processes in flow reactors

García-Gil, A.; Casado, C.; Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.


Assessment of full-scale tertiary wastewater treatment by UV-C based-AOPs: Removal or persistence of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes?

Rodríguez-Chueca, J.; della Giustina, S. V.; Rocha, J.; Fernandes, T.; Pablos, C.; Encinas, A.; Barceló, D.; Rodríguez-Moraz, S.; Manaia, C. M.; Marugán, J.


Novel macroporous 3D photocatalytic foams for simultaneous wastewater disinfection and removal of contaminants of emerging concern

Martín-Somer, M.; Pablos, C.; de Diego, A.; van Grieken, R.; Encinas, A.; Monsalvo, V. M.; Marugán, J.


Concomitant inactivation of Acanthamoeba spp. and Escherichia coli using suspended and immobilized TiO2

Adán, A.; Magnet, Á.; Fenoy, S.; Pablos, C.; Del Águila, C.; Marugán, J.


Novel antimicrobial agents as alternative to chlorine with potential applications in the fruit and vegetable processing industry

Pablos, C.; Romero, A.; de Diego, A.; Vargas, C.; Bascón, I.; Pérez-Rodríguez, F.; Marugán, J.


Wavelength dependence of the efficiency of photocatalytic processes for water treatment

Martín-Sómer, M.; Vega, B.; Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.


Implications of Electrical Impedance-Based Microbiological Technology in Pork Meat Processing Industry for the Rapid Detection and Quantification of Salmonella Spp.

Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.; Cristóbal, S.; van Grieken, R.


Effects of natural antimicrobials on prevention and reduction of bacterial cross-contamination during the washing of ready-to-eat fresh-cut lettuce

Pablos, C.; Fernández, A.; Thackeray, A.; Marugán, J.


Performance of TiO2 photoanodes toward oxidation of methanol and E. coli inactivation in water in a scaled-up photoelectrocatalytic reactor

Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.; Adán, C.; Osuna, M.; van Grieken, R.


Influence of light distribution on the performance of photocatalytic reactors: LED vs mercury lamps

Martín-Sómer, M.; Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.


Electrochemical enhancement of photocatalytic disinfection on aligned TiO2 and nitrogen doped TiO2 nanotubes

Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Dunlop, P.S.M.; Hamilton, J.W.J.; Dionysiou, D.D.; Byrne, J.A.


Mechanism of photocatalytic disinfection using titania-graphene composites under UV and visible irradiation

Cruz-Ortiz, B. R.; Hamilton, J. W. J.; Pablos, C.; Díaz-Jiménez, L.; Cortés-Hernández, D. A.; Sharma, P. K.; Castro-Alférez, M.; Fernández-Ibañez, P.; Dunlop, P. S. M.; Byrne, J. A.


Understanding the effect of morphology on the photocatalytic activity of TiO2 nanotube array electrodes

Adán, C.; Marugán, J.; Sánchez, E.; Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.


Kinetic modelling of Escherichia coli inactivation in a photocatalytic wall reactor

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.; Satuf, M. L.; Cassano, A. E.; Alfano, O. M.


Photocatalytic inactivation of Escherichia coli aqueous suspensions in a fixed-bed reactor

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.; Satuf, M. L.; Cassano, A. E.; Alfano, O. M.


Correlation between photoelectrochemical behaviour and photoelectrocatalytic activity and scaling-up of P25-TiO2 electrodes

Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Adán, C.; Riquelme, A.; Palma, J.


Emerging micropollutant oxidation during disinfection processes using UV-C, UC-C/H2O2, UV-A/TiO2 and UV-A/TiO2/H2O2.

Pablos, C.; Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Serrano, E.


Study of bacterial adhesion onto immobilized TiO2: Effect on the photocatalytic activity for disinfection applications

Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Chowdhury, I.; Walker, S. L.


Modelling of a bench-scale photocatalytic reactor for water disinfection from laboratory-scale kinetic data

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.; Satuf, M. L.; Cassano, A. E.; Alfano, O. M.


Photoelectrocatalytic study and scaling up of titanium dioxide electrodes for wastewater treatment

Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Adán, C.; Osuna, M.; Palma, J.


Determination of photochemical, electrochemical and photoelectrochemical efficiencies in a photoelectrocatalytic reactor

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.; Adán, C.; Timmers, R.


Simultaneous photocatalytic oxidation of pharmaceuticals and inactivation of Escherichia coli in wastewater treatment plant effluents with suspended and immobilised TiO2

Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Muñoz, A.


Comparative evaluation of acute toxicity by Vibrio fischeri and fern spore based bioassays in the follow-up of toxic chemicals degradation by photocatalysis

Marugán, J.; Bru, D.; Pablos, C.; Catalá, M.


Rigorous kinetic modelling with explicit radiation absorption effects of the photocatalytic inactivation of bacteria in water using suspended titanium dioxide

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.; Satuf, M. L.; Cassano, A. E.; Alfano, O. M.


Photocatalytic inactivation of bacteria in a fixed-bed reactor: mechanistic insights by epifluorescence microscopy

Pablos, C.; van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Moreno, B.


Kinetics and influence of water composition on photocatalytic disinfection and photocatalytic oxidation of pollutants

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.


Comparison between the photocatalytic inactivation of Gram-positive E. faecalis and Gram-negative E. coli faecal contamination indicator microorganisms

van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Pablos, C.; Furones, L.; López, A.


Analogies and differences between photocatalytic oxidation of chemicals and photocatalytic inactivation of microorganisms

Marugán, J.; van Grieken, R.; Pablos, C.; Sordo, C.


Photocatalytic inactivation of bacteria in water using suspended and immobilized silver-TiO2

van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Sordo, C.; Martínez, P.; Pablos, C.


Comparison of the photocatalytic disinfection of "E. coli" suspensions in slurry, wall and fixed-bed reactors

van Grieken, R.; Marugán, J.; Sordo, C.; Pablos, C.


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