Closing Keynote: How, How much and Why Organic Micro pollutants are degraded under Anaerobic Digestion?

Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). Scientific coordinator of CRETUS (Interdisciplinary Research in Environmental Technologies). President of the Royal Galician Academy of Sciences. He is a “Distinguished Fellow” of the International Water Association (IWA). Published more than 450 articles and book chapters (H:80, FWCI: 1.5). Supervisor of 62 doctoral theses. He appears, as do seven of his former doctoral students, on Stanford’s list of the most cited group of scientists (2%) worldwide. Led the COSTE action “Designing Wastewater Treatment in 2020” (Water 2020) with the participation of 34 countries. His research interests, in the area of Environmental Biotechnology, have focused on the development of technologies and processes aimed at the treatment and recovery of wastewater residues (Anaerobic digestion processes, Microbial and enzymatic elimination of micropollutants) and Bioprocesses, based on the concept of biorefinery. He was director of the Chemical Engineering Departments at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and USC. Promoter and first director of the USC School of Engineering and first president of the Conference of Chemical Engineering Directors (CODDIQ), of which he is Honorary President. Received several awards and distinctions: A-IQS European Award for industrial enzymes. Babcock Award for technological innovation. García Cabrerizo Foundation Award for scientific innovation. Doctor Honoris causa from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (Chile), the Polytechnic of Milan (Italy), the University of Valladolid and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Honorary professor at the University of Queensland (Australia) and Beijing University of Chemical Technology (China). USC Gold Badge. Gold medal in chemical engineering from the University of Valladolid.