CMET

Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology

Prof. dr. Ramon Ganigué

Heads the Bioprocess Engineering group at CMET.

Education

  • 2010: PhD in Environmental Engineering. “Partial Nitritation of landfill leachate in a SBR prior to an Anammox reactor: Operation and modelling”. University of Girona, Spain.
  • 2006: MSc. in Environmental technologies, University of Girona, Spain.
  • 2004: BSc. in Environmental Sciences, University of Girona, Spain.

Research interests

  • Treatment and valorization of industrial and municipal waste streams
  • Sewer corrosion and odours and its mitigation
  • Biological conversion of CO2 to added-value products: Syngas fermentation and microbial electrosynthesis

Professional & Research Activities

  • 2013-2015, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Girona (Spain). Scientific Supervisor: Dr. Jesus Colprim
  • 2010-2013, Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Queensland (Australia). Scientific Supervisor: Prof. Zhiguo Yuan

Scientific awards

  • Best Presentation Award, runner-up, 1st IWA Resource Recovery Conference, Gent, 2015, “Influence of initial pH and media buffering in product speciation of a syngas-fermenter natural mixed culture”
  • Global Project Innovation Award 2014 of the International Water Association for “SCORe: Sewer Corrosion and Odour Research” project.
  • Finalist of The University of Queensland 2012 Trailblazer for “Sustainable control of sewer corrosion”.
  • PhD Extraordinary award in the field of Engineering 2010, University of Girona (Spain).

Selected key publications

  • Ramió-Pujol, S.; Ganigué, R.; Bañeras, Ll.; Colprim, J. (2015) Incubation at 25 ºC prevents acid crash and enhances alcohol production in Clostridium carboxidivorans P7. Bioresource Technology. 192, 296-303.
  • Ganigué, R.; Puig, S.; Batlle-Vilanova, P., Balaguer, M.D.; Colprim, J. (2015). Microbial electrosynthesis of butyrate from carbon dioxide. Chemical Communications, 51, 3235-3238.
  • Ganigué, R.; Volcke, E.; Puig, S.; Balaguer, M.D. and Colprim, J. (2012) Impact of influent characteristics on a partial nitritation SBR treating high nitrogen loaded wastewater. Bioresource Technology, 111, 62-69.
  • Ganigué, R.; Gutierrez, O.; Rootsey, R. and Yuan, Z. (2011) Chemical dosing for sulfide control in Australia: an industry survey. Water Research, 45(19), 6564-6574
  • Ganigué, R., López, H., Balaguer, M.D., Colprim, J. (2007). Partial ammonium oxidation to nitrite of high ammonium content urban landfill leachates. Water Research, 41 (15), pp. 3317-3326.