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  1. Acid insoluble lignin material production by chemical activation of olive endocarps for an efficient furfural adsorption-removal from aqueous solutions

    Article • Environmental Research, May 2024, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  2. An overview of anaerobic membrane bioreactors: Current developments, fouling problems, and future prospects

    Article • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, December 2023, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  3. Advanced Oxidation Process: Applications and Prospects

    Article • Water, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  4. Industrial Applications of Advanced Oxidation Technologies: Past and Future

    Article • July 2023, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  5. Photocatalysis in the Wastewater Treatment

    Article • January 2023, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  6. VALORIZATION OF RED MUD AS A CATALYST IN THE TREATMENT OF OLIVE MILL WASTEWATER BY FENTON REACTION

    Article • December 2022, STEF92 Technology

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  7. VALORIZATION OF THE SECONDARY THICKENER WASTEWATER FROM THE CONVENTIONAL DEPURATION PLANTS AS A SUBSTRATE FOR MICROALGAE BIOMASS PRODUCTION

    Article • December 2022, STEF92 Technology

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  8. Influence of industrial olive mill wastewater pre-treatment on the Scenedesmus obliquus growth

    Article • October 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  9. Mixing degree effect in the photodegradation of olive mill wastewater

    Article • October 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  10. Corn stover conversion into bioethanol and xylitol through an integral bioprocess: Kinetic study and modelling

    Article • Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, February 2022, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  11. Valorization of olive endocarp from olive oil and table olive processing as a low-cost bioadsorbent for the removal of furfural from aqueous solutions

    Article • Journal of Water Process Engineering, December 2021, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  12. High adsorption capacity of thermally treated solid olive wastes to treat olive mill wastewater

    Article • Environmental Quality Management, November 2021, Wiley

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  13. Nematode biomass production from sewage sludge as a novel method for circular economy

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, November 2021, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  14. Bioconversion study for xylitol and ethanol production by Debaryomyces hansenii: aeration, medium and substrate composition influence

    Article • Preparative Biochemistry & Biotechnology, October 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  15. Feasibility of the Hybrid Use of Chlorella vulgaris Culture with the Conventional Biological Treatment in Urban Wastewater Treatment Plants

    Article • Processes, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  16. Valorization of crude olive stone in the removing of polyphenols from crude olive mill wastewater: kinetic, isotherm and mechanism study

    Article • Heliyon, July 2021, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  17. Heterogeneous Photo-Fenton Reaction for Olive Mill Wastewater Treatment—Case of Reusable Catalyst

    Article • Catalysts, April 2021, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  18. Combination of physicochemical operations and algal culture as a new bioprocess for olive mill wastewater treatment

    Article • Biomass and Bioenergy, July 2020, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  19. Kinetic growth and biochemical composition variability of Chlorella pyrenoidosa in olive oil washing wastewater cultures enriched with urban wastewater

    Article • Journal of Water Process Engineering, June 2020, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  20. Study of Catalysts’ Influence on Photocatalysis/Photodegradation of Olive Oil Mill Wastewater. Determination of the Optimum Working Conditions

    Article • Catalysts, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  21. Chemical oxidation methods for treatment of real industrial olive oil mill wastewater

    Article • Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, April 2019, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  22. Chemical Management and Treatment of Agriculture and Food Industries Wastes

    Article • Journal of Chemistry, March 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  23. Determination of the Thermal Oxidation Stability and the Kinetic Parameters of Commercial Extra Virgin Olive Oils from Different Varieties

    Article • Journal of Chemistry, March 2019, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Michal Jablonsky, Professor Peter Šimon, Dr Igor Surina, PhD. Ales Haz, Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  24. Integrated process for olive oil mill wastewater treatment and its revalorization through the generation of high added value algal biomass

    Article • Water Research, March 2019, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  25. Green techniques for wastewaters

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa, Ombretta Paladino

  26. Modeling in environmental interfaces

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa, Ombretta Paladino

  27. Performance evaluation of several sequencing batch biofilm reactors with movable bed in treatment of linear alkyl benzene sulfonate in urban wastewater

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa, Ombretta Paladino

  28. Revalorization of Agro-Food Residues as Bioadsorbents for Wastewater Treatment

    Article • October 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  29. Treatment of Olive Oil Mill Wastewater by UV-Light and UV/H2O2 System

    Article • International Journal of Green Technology, February 2018, International Journal of Green Technology

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  30. Possibility of utilizing natural coagulants (Trigonella foenum-graecum and Astragalus gossypinus) along with alum for the removal of turbidity

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  31. Combined Process for Olive Oil Mill Wastewater Treatment Based in Flocculation, Photolysis, Microfiltration and Microalgae Culture

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  32. Combined Process for Olive Oil Mill Wastewater Treatment Based on Flocculation and Heterogeneous Photocatalysis

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  33. Contributors

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  34. Relevance and Legal Frame in Novel Food Preservation Approaches for Improving Food Safety and Risks Assessment

    Article • January 2018, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  35. Real olive oil mill wastewater treatment by photo-Fenton system using artificial ultraviolet light lamps

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, September 2017, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  36. Evaluation of moving-bed biofilm sequencing batch reactor (MBSBR) in operating A2O process with emphasis on biological removal of nutrients existing in wastewater

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, May 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  37. Variation in Polyamine Content among 12 Pollinated Wheat Genotypes under Drought Stress Condition

    Article • Open Journal of Geology, January 2017, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc,

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa, Ombretta Paladino

  38. Technical set-up of a reverse osmosis membrane unit in continuous operation for final purification of two-phase olive oil mill wastewater

    Article • Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, September 2016, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  39. Oligosaccharides and sugars production from olive stones by autohydrolysis and enzymatic hydrolysis

    Article • Industrial Crops and Products, August 2015, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  40. Physicochemical analysis and adequation of olive oil mill wastewater after advanced oxidation process for reclamation by pressure-driven membrane technology

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2015, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  41. Iron removal from liquid effluents by olive stones on adsorption column: breakthrough curves

    Article • Ecological Engineering, December 2014, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  42. Final purification of synthetic olive oil mill wastewater treated by chemical oxidation using ion exchange: Study of operating parameters

    Article • Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, November 2014, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  43. Furfural removal from liquid effluents by adsorption onto commercial activated carbon in a batch heterogeneous reactor

    Article • Ecological Engineering, July 2014, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  44. Fouling control by threshold flux measurements in the treatment of different olive mill wastewater streams by membranes-in-series process

    Article • Desalination, June 2014, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  45. Ion exchange as an efficient pretreatment system for reduction of membrane fouling in the purification of model OMW

    Article • Desalination, June 2014, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  46. Permeate recirculation impact on concentration polarization and fouling on RO purification of olive mill wastewater

    Article • Desalination, June 2014, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  47. Threshold flux measurement of an ultrafiltration membrane module in the treatment of two-phase olive mill wastewater

    Article • Chemical Engineering Research and Design, April 2014, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  48. Effective treatment of olive mill effluents from two-phase and three-phase extraction processes by batch membranes in series operation upon threshold conditions

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, December 2013, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  49. Reuse of olive mill effluents from two-phase extraction process by integrated advanced oxidation and reverse osmosis treatment

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, December 2013, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  50. Performance Modeling and Cost Analysis of a Pilot-Scale Reverse Osmosis Process for the Final Purification of Olive Mill Wastewater

    Article • Membranes, October 2013, MDPI AG

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  51. Kinetic and thermodynamic parameters of iron adsorption onto olive stones

    Article • Industrial Crops and Products, August 2013, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  52. Biomass production of Scenedesmus obliquus from mixtures of urban and olive-oil mill wastewaters used as culture medium

    Article • Applied Energy, April 2013, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  53. Optimization of continuous reactor at pilot scale for olive-oil mill wastewater treatment by Fenton-like process

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, March 2013, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  54. A Novel Photocatalyst with Ferromagnetic Core Used for the Treatment of Olive Oil Mill Effluents from Two-Phase Production Process

    Article • The Scientific World JOURNAL, January 2013, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  55. Fouling inhibition upon Fenton-like oxidation pretreatment for olive mill wastewater reclamation by membrane process

    Article • Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, December 2012, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  56. Changes of the Wax Contents in Mixtures of Olive Oils as Determined by Gas Chromatography with a Flame Ionization Detector

    Article • Journal of AOAC International, November 2012, The Journal of AOAC International

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  57. Impacts of operating conditions on reverse osmosis performance of pretreated olive mill wastewater

    Article • Water Research, October 2012, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  58. Inhibitory effects of industrial olive-oil mill wastewater on biomass production of Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Ecological Engineering, May 2012, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  59. Flocculation-Sedimentation Combined with Chemical Oxidation Process

    Article • CLEAN - Soil Air Water, September 2011, Wiley

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  60. Degradation of organic matter in olive-oil mill wastewater through homogeneous Fenton-like reaction

    Article • Chemical Engineering Journal, September 2011, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  61. Industrial Plant for Olive Mill Wastewater from Two-Phase Treatment by Chemical Oxidation

    Article • Journal of Environmental Engineering, November 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  62. Adsorption of iron on crude olive stones

    Article • Industrial Crops and Products, November 2010, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  63. Influence of hydrodynamic stress in the growth of Scenedesmus obliquus using a culture medium based on olive-mill wastewater

    Article • Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, November 2010, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  64. Changes in phenolic compounds and Rancimat stability of olive oils from varieties of olives at different stages of ripeness

    Article • Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, July 2010, Wiley

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  65. Influence of temperature on growth of Scenedesmus obliquus in diluted olive mill wastewater as culture medium

    Article • Engineering in Life Sciences, June 2010, Wiley

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  66. Influence of pH on the culture of Scenedesmus obliquus in olive-mill wastewater

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, December 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  67. Growth of the microalga Botryococcus braunii in secondarily treated sewage

    Article • Desalination, September 2009, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  68. Elimination of pesticide residues from virgin olive oil by ultraviolet light: Preliminary results

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, August 2009, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  69. Adsorption of trypsin on commercial silica gel

    Article • Engineering in Life Sciences, August 2009, Wiley

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  70. Daily doses of light in relation to the growth of Scenedesmus obliquus in diluted three-phase olive mill wastewater

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, June 2009, Wiley

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  71. Treatment of olive-mill wastewater from a two-phase process by chemical oxidation on an industrial scale

    Article • Water Science & Technology, May 2009, IWA Publishing

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  72. Photodegradation of phytosanitary molecules present in virgin olive oil

    Article • Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry, March 2009, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  73. Use of industrial wastewater from olive-oil extraction for biomass production of Scenedesmus obliquus

    Article • Bioresource Technology, March 2008, Elsevier

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa

  74. Article • Journal of Applied Phycology, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Gassan Hodaifa, Francisco Espinola