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David Juan Fernández Verdejo

Info

  • Researcher ID: B-9299-2012
  • ORCID: 0000-0002-8033-6553
  • Email: davidjuan.fernandez@uab.cat

Bio

Dr. David Juan Fernández Verdejo studied the degree in Biotechnology (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016) and the master in Biological and Environmental Engineering (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2018). He did his PhD studies (2022) on the degradation of organohalides in the BioremUAB group, under the supervision of Dr. Ernest Marco Urrea, Dr. Paqui Blánquez and Dr. Teresa Vicent Huguet, in the PhD program of Environmental Science and Technology. During his PhD thesis, he did a stay in the Water Research Institute (Rome, Italy) under the supervision of Dr. Federico Aulenta. After completing his thesis, he did a postdoctoral stay in the Helmholtz Centre of Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig (Germany) followed by an investigator position in the GENOCOV group, in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. His current investigation revolves around the proteogenòmic study of bacteria capable of degrading organohalogenated compounds and the usage of bioelectrochemical systems for the elimination of pollutants. In parallel, he has been professor of the subject «Experimentació en Enginyeria Química I» from the Chemical Engineering Degree of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2018-2020) and the subject «Tècniques Ambientals d’Avantguarda» of the Biological and Environmental Engineering Master of the same university.

Current research interests

  • Proteogenomic study of bacteria responsible of the degradation of organohalides.
  • Study of bioelectrochemical systems for the elimination of contaminants.
  • Scale-up and in situ application of bioelectrochemical systems for bioremediation purposes.

Publications (since 2012)

  • Wang G, Fernández-Verdejo D, Marco-Urrea E, Guisasola A (*), Blánquez P (2026). Long-term anaerobic conversion of lindane by electrochemically generated hydrogen. J. Hazard. Mater. 512, 142242. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2026.142242. .
  • Soder-Walz JM, Salom D, Granados-Rigol E, Fernández-Verdejo D, Vicent T, Marco-Urrea E (*), Blanquez P (2025). Enhanced aerobic bioremediation of an aquifer heavily contaminated with a mixture of chlorobenzenes and hexachlorocyclohexanes at the Sardas landfill (Spain). J. Hazard. Mater. 484, 136717 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136717. .
  • Trueba-Santiso A, Torrentó C, Soder-Walz J.M., Fernández-Verdejo D, Rosell M, Marco-Urrea E (*) (2024). Dual C–Cl isotope fractionation offers potential to assess biodegradation of 1,2-dichloropropane and 1,2,3-trichloropropane by Dehalogenimonas cultures. Chemosphere. 358, 142170. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142170. .
  • Tucci, M, Fernández-Verdejo D, Resitano, M, Giacia P, Guisasola A, Blánquez P, Marco-Urrea E, Cruz Viggi C, Maturro B, Cognale S, Aulenta F (*) (2023). Toluene-driven anaerobic biodegradation of chloroform in a continuous-flow bioelectrochemical reactor. Chemosphere. 338, 139467. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139467. .
  • Fernández-Verdejo D, Cortés P, Guisasola A, Blánquez P(*), Marco-Urrea E (2022). Bioelectrochemically-assisted degradation of chloroform by a co-culture of Dehalobacter and Dehalobacterium. Environ. Sci. Ecotechnol. 12, 100199. DOI: http://0.1016/j.ese.2022.100199. .
  • Fernández-Verdejo D, Sulonen MLK, Pérez-Trujillo M, Marco-Urrea E, Guisasola A (*), Blánquez P (2021). Electrochemical dehalogenation of dibromomethane and 1,2-dibromoethane to non-toxic products using a carbon fiber brush electrode. J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 96, 335-340. DOI: http://10.1002/jctb.6542. .
  • Trueba-Santiso A, Fernández-Verdejo D, Marco-Rius I, Soder-Walz JM, Casabella O, Vicent T, Marco-Urrea E (*) (2020). Interspecies interaction and effect of co-contaminants in an anaerobic dichloromethane-degrading culture. Chemosphere 240, 124877. DOI: http://0.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124877. Repository.