Degree in Biological sciences from the Biosciences Institute (1983), Master's in Hydraulic Engineering and Sanitation from the University of São Paulo (1990) and PhD in Hydraulic Engineering and Sanitation from the University of São Paulo (1997). Associate Professor (MS5.3) at the Department of Hydraulics and Sanitation at the School of Engineering of São Carlos, University of São Paulo. Has experience in the area of Applied Microbiology to Environmental Sanitation. Developments researchs in the microbiology area of anaerobic wastewater and sewage treatment processes related to the removal and degradation of surfactants (LAS, LAE, nonylphenol, etc.) and micropollutants (drugs and sweeteners) in fluidized bed reactors, leachate and anaerobic expanded bed reactor (EGSB). It also operates in the application of the anaerobic biorefinery concept to wastewater treatment plants in the citrus industry, coffee, brewery, swine and sugar/alcohol in co-digestion with solid citrus residues, coffee, malt, filter cake and bagasse. sugarcane in batch, EGSB and leached bed reactors, in order to obtain hydrogen, methane and organic acids. In all treatment processes, the taxonomic and functional characterization of microorganisms (bacteria, methanogenic archaea and fungi) is carried out using molecular biology techniques. Biological, physical and chemical pre-treatments are used to destructure the fibers of lignocellulosic material from solid waste. Coordinator of the Environmental Engineering CoC of the School of Engineering of São Carlos (EESC) of the University of São Paulo (USP) from May 6, 2011 to August 3, 2013. From August 4, 2013 to August 3 Since 2017, she was coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Hydraulics and Sanitation at EESC-USP (NOTE 7 CAPES). From October 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017, she was a member of the Advisory Committee for Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Sanitary and Environmental Engineering Sub-Area. From March 1, 2017 to February 2019, she was Deputy Head of the Hydraulics and Sanitation Department at EESC-USP. From March 2019 to February 2023, she was Head of the Hydraulics and Sanitation Department at EESC-USP. Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo in the area of knowledge in microbiology of anaerobic processes (2013) starting to exercise the role of Prof. Assoc MS 5.1 until 2021. She is currently an Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo in the role of MS 5.3. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The biorefinery concept has been applied to wastewater and solid waste treatment systems by various research groups around the world. Many advances have been achieved mainly with the application of anaerobic biotechnology, with increasing yields and productivity in the production of organic acids, solvents, bioplastics, hydrogen, and methane, among other products of interest. The growing …
The main goal of this Research Project is to establish the fundamental bases to apply the biorefinery concept to a biological wastewater treatment plant, with generation of bioenergy and high value-added products. Such conception is based on the use of anaerobic reactors as the core technology in a wastewater treatment plant, mainly because this process generates a broad spectrum of organ…
The advances of the last few years in the municipal and industrial wastewater biological treatment have been supported by basic and applied research involving mainly the fundamental aspects of the processes and the development of innovative bioreactors. A sound and thorough knowledge of the basic phenomena, together with the development of the engineering of biological reactors have opene…
Reservoirs are known as accumulation and exportation of organic and inorganic matter environments which have a great area in Brazil e are considered very important in carbon global cycle. In this regards the main purpose of this project is contribute to carbon dynamic understanding on Itupararanga. Reservoir aiming at the sustainability of Sorocaba River Basin. This reservoir is one of th…
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In Brazil, public policies to encourage and support investments in biogas systems make production from industrial waste feasible. Surplus residues from coffee processing, such as wastewater and solid residues (pulp and husk), as well as residues from the brewing industry's production chain are generated annually, with inappropriate disposal causing environmental impact. The ability to reu…
Surfactants are economically important products and extensively applied in a wide range of products, such as synthesis of industrial and commercial surfactants, general cleaning products, pesticides, textiles, personal care products, polymers, paints, pulp and paper industry and recovery water of oil. Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonate (LAS) is the most widely used surfactant worldwide, while …
This project aims to apply two differential techniques in the bioconversion of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) in hydrogen, methane and organic acids. The first technique will be the application of the laccase enzyme to the SCB saccharification and the second will be the quantification of the number of copies of hydrogenase gene by quantitative real time Polymerase Chain Reaction (qPCR) and gene …
Intensive swine farming can cause soil and water pollution through the disposal of waste generated, thus requiring alternative technologies to remove organic and nitrogen compounds. In the composition of such wastes, ammonium concentrations are observed, which can inhibit anaerobic digestion. For that, an alternative is the application of co-digestion with solid residues and/or agricultur…
4-Nonylphenol is a xenobiotic compound classified as an endocrine disruptor and interferes with the hormonal system of several organisms. Its main source is from the degradation of Nonylphenol ethoxylates, which are compounds widely used in the synthesis of industrial surfactants, pesticides, textiles, personal care products, polymers, paints and pulp and paper industry. Nonylphenol ethox…
Production of biohydrogen has the potential to be a renewable alternative to current technologies. Fermentative hydrogen production may be catalyzed by iron and nickel nanoparticles, as these chemical elements are cofactors of hydrogenase enzyme. This study aims to assess hydrogen production improvement when iron and nickel nanoparticles are added to the fermentative process. Central comp…
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The pulp and paper industry is energy intensive and produces a significant amount of wastewater that should be treated in specific plants before being released to the environment. A considerable amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission is associated directly and indirectly to various parts of this industrial production. Innovative solutions for wastewater treatment in this sector offer an …
The use of Leached Bed Reactors (LBR) is an advantageous alternative to the anaerobic co-digestion of agricultural residues with high concentration of solids. This type of reactor can be a key part of the transition from a linear to a circular economy in the agro-industrial sector, through the recovery of energy from waste. However, there are still few studies that address the treatment o…
The main objective of the proposal is to use meta-omics tools (metagenomics and metatranscriptomics) to characterize the microbial community in samples from four Anaerobic Fluidized Bed reactors (AFBR). Two AFBR were applied to the simultaneous surfactants degradation named Nonylphenol Ethoxylated (NPe) Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonated (LAS) and Linear Alcohol Ethoxylate (LAE) in synthetic …
The objective of this project is the characterization of the biomass from the cultivation of vines, the vine shoots, aiming at the recovery of multiple secondary products from this biomass. Therefore, the project is proposed in five steps, namely: (1) literature review to update the state of the art, mainly on the topic of vine waste and applied pre-treatments, which will result in a scie…
The present proposal aims at studying metagenomic data from the anaerobic digestion process of citrus peel waste, as well as using statistical approaches (R software) for their analysis. Therefore, a comparative analysis will be undertaken between the inoculum used as source of fermentative microorganisms, namely the sludge of an UASB reactor for the thermophilic treatment of sugarcane vi…
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