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Eduardo Beltrán Flores

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Dr. Eduardo Beltrán Flores is a Chemical Engineer (Universidad de La Laguna, 2015) with a master in Industrial Engineering (Universidad de La Laguna, 2017). He received the PhD in Environmental Sciences and Technologies on the application of white-rot fungi to degrade pesticides (Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2022). During his PhD, he was a visiting pre-doctoral researcher at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto under the supervision of Dr. Adrián M. T. Silva. He has addressed the removal of water pollution through different treatment technologies such as nanotechnology, membrane filtration, ozonation and bioremediation. His current research focuses on the scale-up and application of fungal treatment systems for the removal of pesticides from agricultural wastewater. He has also been professor of the subject ” Experimentació en Enginyeria Química III” of the Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2019-2023).

Current research interests

  • Scale up of fungal bioremediation processes and application to real cases
  • Combination of fungal technology with other treatment systems
  • Economic and life-cycle studies

Publications (since 2012)

  • Beltrán-Flores E, Blánquez P, Gorito AM, Sarrà M (*), Silva AMT (2024). Combining fungal bioremediation and ozonation for rinse wastewater treatment. Sci. Total Environ. 912, 169198 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169198. .
  • Beltrán-Flores E, Sarrà M (*), Blánquez P (2024). A review on the management of rinse wastewater in the agricultural sector. Chemosphere. 352, 141283 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141283. .
  • Beltrán-Flores E, Pla-Ferriol M, Martínez-Alonso M, Gaju N, Sarrà M (*), Blánquez P (2023). Fungal treatment of agricultural washing wastewater: Comparison between two operational strategies.. J. Environ. Manage. 325, 116595. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116595. .
  • Beltrán-Flores E, Tayar S, Blánquez P (*), Sarrà M (2023). Effect of dissolved oxygen on the degradation activity and consumption capacity of white-rot fungi, J. Water Proc. Eng., 104105. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.104105 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.104105. .
  • Beltrán-Flores E, Pla-Ferriol M, Martínez-Alonso M, Gaju N, Blánquez P(*), Sarà M (2022). Fungal bioremediation of agricultural wastewater in a long-term treatment: biomass stabilization by immobilization strategy. J.Hazard. Mater. 439, 129614. DOI: http://10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129614. .
  • Beltrán-Flores E, Pla-Ferriol M, Martínez-Alonso M, Gaju N, Blánquez P(*), Sarrà M (2022). Fungal bioremediation of agricultural wastewater in a long-term treatment: biomass stabilization by immobilization strategy. J.Hazard. Mater. 439, 129614. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129614. .
  • Beltrán-Flores E, Sarrà M, Blánquez P (*) (2021). Pesticide bioremediation by Trametes versicolor: Application in a fixed-bed reactor, sorption contribution and bioregeneration. Sci.Total Environ. 794, 148386 DOI: http://10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148386. .
  • Beltrán-Flores E, Torán J, Caminal G, Blánquez P (*), Sarrà M (2020). The removal of diuron from agricultural wastewaters by Trametes versicolor immobilized on pinewood in simple channel reactors. Science of the Total Environment 728, 1–10. DOI: http://10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138414. .