Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies for the Removal of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds

Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Water Bodies - Occurrence, Fate, and Toxicity.- Techniques for the Detection, Quantifications, and Identification of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds and their Removal Mechanisms.- Removal of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Water Bodies - Science history and research hotspots.- Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Activated Sludge Systems - Presence, Fate, and Removal Efficiency.- Pharmaceutically Active Compounds in Anaerobic Digestion Processes - Biodegradation and Fate.- Microbial Fuel Cells for the Bioelectricity Generation from Effluents Containing Pharmaceutically Active Compounds.- Constructed Wetlands for the Elimination of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds; Fundamentals and Prospects.- Membrane Separation Technologies for the Elimination of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds - Progress and Challenges.- Adsorptive Techniques for the Removal of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds - Materials and Mechanisms.- Homogeneous Advanced OxidationProcesses for the Removal of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds - Current Status and Research Gaps.- Heterogeneous Advanced Oxidation Processes (HE-AOPs) for the Removal of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds - Pros and Cons.

Mohammadreza Kamali is a research and teaching academic staff at Process and Environmental Technology Lab (PETLab), Department of Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium. He has over ten years of experience in the design, construction, and operation of large-scale wastewater treatment plants. He works mainly on developing novel (waste) water treatment technologies (especially using advanced and sustainable materials), waste valorization for environmental applications, and sustainability and life cycle assessment of advanced technologies.

Tejraj M. Aminabhavi is a director of Research at School of Advanced Sciences, KLE Technological University, Hubballi, India, and a diamond jubilee professor for life at Karnatak University, Dharwad, India, in addition to an honorary visiting professor at Macquaire University, Sydney, Australia. Aminabhavi obtained Ph.D. in polymer science from the University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA; he has over 45 years of experience in academia, teaching, research, and industry. He works in the area of membrane transport processes, molecular modeling of polymer surfaces, wastewater treatment technologies, drug delivery polymers, and sustainable environmental engineering. Aminabhavi received Nikkei Asia Award in 2013 from Japan, Kwarizmi International Award from Iran in 2009, and CIPET Award in 2014 from ministry of fertilizers and chemicals, India. 



Elisabete Costa is an assistant professor of the University of Aveiro (UA), Portugal, at the Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering (DEMaC), and a researcher of CICECO, Aveiro Materials Institute. She has a Chemical Engineering degree (Coimbra University) and a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering (UA). Her teaching activities have covered different engineering courses and the supervision of student's research projects and industry internships. She held several institutional coordination positions, among which a coordinator of DEMaC Scientific