List of works - Despo Fatta-Kassinos

A path to clean water

scientific article published on 01 July 2018

A study on the attitudes and behavioural influence of construction waste management in occupied Palestinian territory

scientific article

An alternative method for the treatment of waste produced at a dye and a metal-plating industry using natural and/or waste materials

scientific article published in August 2004

Anaerobic co-digestion of potato processing wastewater with pig slurry and abattoir wastewater

scientific article published in December 2008

Antibiotic resistance in urban aquatic environments: can it be controlled?

scientific article

Applications of advanced oxidation processes in wastewater treatment

scientific article published in September 2009

Assessing the potential of pharmaceuticals and their transformation products to cause mutagenic effects: Implications for gene expression profiling

scientific article published on 04 April 2016

Assessing the presence of enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin in piggery wastewater and their adsorption behaviour onto solid materials, with a newly developed chromatographic method.

scientific article

Assessment of long-term wastewater irrigation impacts on the soil geochemical properties and the bioaccumulation of heavy metals to the agricultural products

scientific article published in April 2014

Biodegradation potential of ofloxacin and its resulting transformation products during photolytic and photocatalytic treatment

scientific article published on 2 August 2012

COST Action ES1403: New and Emerging challenges and opportunities in wastewater REUSe (NEREUS)

scientific article (publication date: 11 March 2015)

Can the pharmaceutically active compounds released in agroecosystems be considered as emerging plant stressors?

scientific article published on 17 March 2018

Chronic ecotoxic effects to Pseudomonas putida and Vibrio fischeri, and cytostatic and genotoxic effects to the hepatoma cell line (HepG2) of ofloxacin photo(cata)lytically treated solutions.

scientific article

Degradation kinetics and mechanism of β-lactam antibiotics by the activation of H2O2 and Na2S2O8 under UV-254nm irradiation

scientific article published on 16 July 2014

Dental solid and hazardous waste management and safety practices in developing countries: Nablus district, Palestine

scientific article published on 11 September 2009

Development and validation of a UPLC-MS/MS method for studying the degradation kinetics of ofloxacin and trimethoprim during the application of solar Fenton process in secondary treated sewage

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Dissolved effluent organic matter: Characteristics and potential implications in wastewater treatment and reuse applications

scientific article published on 24 March 2015

Editorial. Emerging contaminants

scientific article published on 03 August 2010

Environmental side effects of pharmaceutical cocktails: what we know and what we should know.

scientific article

Erythromycin oxidation and ERY-resistant Escherichia coli inactivation in urban wastewater by sulfate radical-based oxidation process under UV-C irradiation.

scientific article published on 31 August 2015

Evaluation of chemical and biological contaminants of emerging concern in treated wastewater intended for agricultural reuse

scientific article published on 28 February 2020

Existence of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Tertiary Treated Urban Wastewater that is Utilized for Reuse Applications

scientific article

Experimental and Modeling Studies of the Degradation of Estrogen Hormones in Aqueous TiO2 Suspensions under Simulated Solar Radiation

scientific article published on 14 December 2012

Factors affecting diclofenac decomposition in water by UV-A/TiO2 photocatalysis

scientific article published in July 2010

Fast degradation of estrogen hormones in environmental matrices by photo-Fenton oxidation under simulated solar radiation

scientific article published in December 2011

High Throughput Analysis of Integron Gene Cassettes in Wastewater Environments

scientific article

Investigating the fate of iodinated X-ray contrast media iohexol and diatrizoate during microbial degradation in an MBBR system treating urban wastewater

scientific article

Investigation of the potential of a Membrane BioReactor followed by solar Fenton oxidation to remove antibiotic-related microcontaminants

article published in 2017

Is the evaluation of "traditional" physicochemical parameters sufficient to explain the potential toxicity of the treated wastewater at sewage treatment plants?

scientific article published on 27 March 2013

Kinetics of UV-A/TiO2 photocatalytic degradation and mineralization of the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole in aqueous matrices

scientific article published in March 2011

Light-induced catalytic transformation of ofloxacin by solar Fenton in various water matrices at a pilot plant: Mineralization and characterization of major intermediate products

article

Long-term wastewater irrigation of vegetables in real agricultural systems: Concentration of pharmaceuticals in soil, uptake and bioaccumulation in tomato fruits and human health risk assessment.

scientific article published on 10 November 2016

Making waves: The NORMAN antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes database (NORMAN ARB&ARG)–An invitation for collaboration to tackle antibiotic resistance

scientific chapter published on 15 June 2024

Mineralisation of the antibiotic amoxicillin in pure and surface waters by artificial UVA- and sunlight-induced Fenton oxidation

scientific article published in August 2009

Monitoring of the quality of winery influents/effluents and polishing of partially treated winery flows by homogeneous Fe(II) photo-oxidation

scientific article published in November 2009

Multi-year inter-laboratory exercises for the analysis of illicit drugs and metabolites in wastewater: Development of a quality control system

scholarly article by Alexander L.N. van Nuijs et al published June 2018 in Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Novel approach to fast determination of cholesterol oxidation products in Cypriot foodstuffs using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 3 September 2015

On the capacity of ozonation to remove antimicrobial compounds, resistant bacteria and toxicity from urban wastewater effluents

scientific article

Performance of secondary wastewater treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern implicated in crop uptake and antibiotic resistance spread: A review

scientific article published on 11 August 2018

Pharmaceutical residues in environmental waters and wastewater: current state of knowledge and future research

scientific article

Pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in wastewater samples in north-eastern Tunisia.

scientific article published on 7 April 2017

Photocatalytic (UV-A/TiO2) degradation of 17α-ethynylestradiol in environmental matrices: Experimental studies and artificial neural network modeling

scientific article published in July 2012

Photocatalytic degradation of 17α-ethynylestradiol in environmental samples by ZnO under simulated solar radiation

scientific article published on 13 February 2012

Proposed transformation pathway and evolution profile of diclofenac and ibuprofen transformation products during (sono)photocatalysis

scholarly article by I. Michael et al published April 2014 in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Reduction of clarithromycin and sulfamethoxazole-resistant Enterococcus by pilot-scale solar-driven Fenton oxidation.

scientific article published on 4 September 2013

Removal of residual pharmaceuticals from aqueous systems by advanced oxidation processes

scientific article published on 29 August 2008

Sequential coagulation–flocculation, solvent extraction and photo-Fenton oxidation for the valorization and treatment of olive mill effluent

scientific article published in May 2013

Significant role of UV and carbonate radical on the degradation of oxytetracycline in UV-AOPs: Kinetics and mechanism.

scientific article published on 9 March 2016

Solar Fenton and solar TiO2 catalytic treatment of ofloxacin in secondary treated effluents: evaluation of operational and kinetic parameters

scientific article published on 8 July 2010

Solar photo-Fenton process on the abatement of antibiotics at a pilot scale: Degradation kinetics, ecotoxicity and phytotoxicity assessment and removal of antibiotic resistant enterococci

scientific article published on 7 August 2012

Solar photocatalytic treatment of trimethoprim in four environmental matrices at a pilot scale: transformation products and ecotoxicity evaluation.

scientific article

Solar/TiO2 photocatalytic decomposition of β-blockers atenolol and propranolol in water and wastewater

scientific article published in September 2011

Sonochemical degradation of ofloxacin in aqueous solutions.

scientific article published in January 2010

Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in Europe quantified by wastewater analysis

scientific article

Spatio-temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 years of international wastewater monitoring

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

Stress-related phenomena and detoxification mechanisms induced by common pharmaceuticals in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) plants

scientific article published on 30 March 2016

Sunlight, iron and radicals to tackle the resistant leftovers of biotreated winery wastewater

scientific article published in April 2013

Superiority of solar Fenton oxidation over TiO2 photocatalysis for the degradation of trimethoprim in secondary treated effluents

scientific article published in January 2013

Tackling antibiotic resistance: the environmental framework

scientific article

The environmental footprint of a membrane bioreactor treatment process through Life Cycle Analysis.

scientific article published on 10 June 2016

The potential implications of reclaimed wastewater reuse for irrigation on the agricultural environment: The knowns and unknowns of the fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes - A review.

scientific article

The role of operating parameters and oxidative damage mechanisms of advanced chemical oxidation processes in the combat against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and resistance genes present in urban wastewater.

scientific article published on 27 October 2017

Transformation products and reaction pathways of carbamazepine during photocatalytic and sonophotocatalytic treatment.

scientific article published on 6 August 2013

Transformation products of pharmaceuticals in surface waters and wastewater formed during photolysis and advanced oxidation processes - degradation, elucidation of byproducts and assessment of their biological potency.

scientific article published on 10 August 2011

Treatment efficiency and economic feasibility of biological oxidation, membrane filtration and separation processes, and advanced oxidation for the purification and valorization of olive mill wastewater

scientific article published on 12 February 2017

Treatment of winery wastewater by physicochemical, biological and advanced processes: a review.

scientific article

Two important limitations relating to the spiking of environmental samples with contaminants of emerging concern: How close to the real analyte concentrations are the reported recovered values?

scientific article published on 18 May 2017

UV and simulated solar photodegradation of 17α-ethynylestradiol in secondary-treated wastewater by hydrogen peroxide or iron addition

scientific article published in September 2015

UV-A and Solar Photodegradation of Ibuprofen and Carbamazepine Catalyzed by TiO2

scientific article published on 9 July 2010

UV-A/TiO2 photocatalytic decomposition of erythromycin in water: Factors affecting mineralization and antibiotic activity

scientific article published in April 2010

Ultraviolet-activated persulfate oxidation of methyl orange: a comparison between artificial neural networks and factorial design for process modelling

scientific article published in March 2015

Uptake and bioaccumulation of three widely prescribed pharmaceutically active compounds in tomato fruits and mediated effects on fruit quality attributes

scientific article published on 07 August 2018

Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes spread into the environment: a review.

scientific article published on 07 February 2013

Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for the release of antibiotics in the environment: a review

scientific article

Utilizing solar energy for the purification of olive mill wastewater using a pilot-scale photocatalytic reactor after coagulation-flocculation

scientific article published on 28 April 2014

Wastewater reuse applications and contaminants of emerging concern

scientific article published on 24 April 2013

List of works by Despo Fatta-Kassinos

A path to clean water

A study on the attitudes and behavioural influence of construction waste management in occupied Palestinian territory

An alternative method for the treatment of waste produced at a dye and a metal-plating industry using natural and/or waste materials

Anaerobic co-digestion of potato processing wastewater with pig slurry and abattoir wastewater

Antibiotic resistance in urban aquatic environments: can it be controlled?

Applications of advanced oxidation processes in wastewater treatment

Assessing the potential of pharmaceuticals and their transformation products to cause mutagenic effects: Implications for gene expression profiling

Assessing the presence of enrofloxacin and ciprofloxacin in piggery wastewater and their adsorption behaviour onto solid materials, with a newly developed chromatographic method.

Assessment of long-term wastewater irrigation impacts on the soil geochemical properties and the bioaccumulation of heavy metals to the agricultural products

Biodegradation potential of ofloxacin and its resulting transformation products during photolytic and photocatalytic treatment

COST Action ES1403: New and Emerging challenges and opportunities in wastewater REUSe (NEREUS)

Can the pharmaceutically active compounds released in agroecosystems be considered as emerging plant stressors?

Chronic ecotoxic effects to Pseudomonas putida and Vibrio fischeri, and cytostatic and genotoxic effects to the hepatoma cell line (HepG2) of ofloxacin photo(cata)lytically treated solutions.

Degradation kinetics and mechanism of β-lactam antibiotics by the activation of H2O2 and Na2S2O8 under UV-254nm irradiation

Dental solid and hazardous waste management and safety practices in developing countries: Nablus district, Palestine

Development and validation of a UPLC-MS/MS method for studying the degradation kinetics of ofloxacin and trimethoprim during the application of solar Fenton process in secondary treated sewage

Dissolved effluent organic matter: Characteristics and potential implications in wastewater treatment and reuse applications

Editorial. Emerging contaminants

Environmental side effects of pharmaceutical cocktails: what we know and what we should know.

Erythromycin oxidation and ERY-resistant Escherichia coli inactivation in urban wastewater by sulfate radical-based oxidation process under UV-C irradiation.

Evaluation of chemical and biological contaminants of emerging concern in treated wastewater intended for agricultural reuse

Existence of Pharmaceutical Compounds in Tertiary Treated Urban Wastewater that is Utilized for Reuse Applications

Experimental and Modeling Studies of the Degradation of Estrogen Hormones in Aqueous TiO2 Suspensions under Simulated Solar Radiation

Factors affecting diclofenac decomposition in water by UV-A/TiO2 photocatalysis

Fast degradation of estrogen hormones in environmental matrices by photo-Fenton oxidation under simulated solar radiation

High Throughput Analysis of Integron Gene Cassettes in Wastewater Environments

Investigating the fate of iodinated X-ray contrast media iohexol and diatrizoate during microbial degradation in an MBBR system treating urban wastewater

Investigation of the potential of a Membrane BioReactor followed by solar Fenton oxidation to remove antibiotic-related microcontaminants

Is the evaluation of "traditional" physicochemical parameters sufficient to explain the potential toxicity of the treated wastewater at sewage treatment plants?

Kinetics of UV-A/TiO2 photocatalytic degradation and mineralization of the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole in aqueous matrices

Light-induced catalytic transformation of ofloxacin by solar Fenton in various water matrices at a pilot plant: Mineralization and characterization of major intermediate products

Long-term wastewater irrigation of vegetables in real agricultural systems: Concentration of pharmaceuticals in soil, uptake and bioaccumulation in tomato fruits and human health risk assessment.

Making waves: The NORMAN antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes database (NORMAN ARB&ARG)–An invitation for collaboration to tackle antibiotic resistance

Mineralisation of the antibiotic amoxicillin in pure and surface waters by artificial UVA- and sunlight-induced Fenton oxidation

Monitoring of the quality of winery influents/effluents and polishing of partially treated winery flows by homogeneous Fe(II) photo-oxidation

Multi-year inter-laboratory exercises for the analysis of illicit drugs and metabolites in wastewater: Development of a quality control system

Novel approach to fast determination of cholesterol oxidation products in Cypriot foodstuffs using ultra-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

On the capacity of ozonation to remove antimicrobial compounds, resistant bacteria and toxicity from urban wastewater effluents

Performance of secondary wastewater treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern implicated in crop uptake and antibiotic resistance spread: A review

Pharmaceutical residues in environmental waters and wastewater: current state of knowledge and future research

Pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in wastewater samples in north-eastern Tunisia.

Photocatalytic (UV-A/TiO2) degradation of 17α-ethynylestradiol in environmental matrices: Experimental studies and artificial neural network modeling

Photocatalytic degradation of 17α-ethynylestradiol in environmental samples by ZnO under simulated solar radiation

Proposed transformation pathway and evolution profile of diclofenac and ibuprofen transformation products during (sono)photocatalysis

Reduction of clarithromycin and sulfamethoxazole-resistant Enterococcus by pilot-scale solar-driven Fenton oxidation.

Removal of residual pharmaceuticals from aqueous systems by advanced oxidation processes

Sequential coagulation–flocculation, solvent extraction and photo-Fenton oxidation for the valorization and treatment of olive mill effluent

Significant role of UV and carbonate radical on the degradation of oxytetracycline in UV-AOPs: Kinetics and mechanism.

Solar Fenton and solar TiO2 catalytic treatment of ofloxacin in secondary treated effluents: evaluation of operational and kinetic parameters

Solar photo-Fenton process on the abatement of antibiotics at a pilot scale: Degradation kinetics, ecotoxicity and phytotoxicity assessment and removal of antibiotic resistant enterococci

Solar photocatalytic treatment of trimethoprim in four environmental matrices at a pilot scale: transformation products and ecotoxicity evaluation.

Solar/TiO2 photocatalytic decomposition of β-blockers atenolol and propranolol in water and wastewater

Sonochemical degradation of ofloxacin in aqueous solutions.

Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in Europe quantified by wastewater analysis

Spatio-temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 years of international wastewater monitoring

Stress-related phenomena and detoxification mechanisms induced by common pharmaceuticals in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) plants

Sunlight, iron and radicals to tackle the resistant leftovers of biotreated winery wastewater

Superiority of solar Fenton oxidation over TiO2 photocatalysis for the degradation of trimethoprim in secondary treated effluents

Tackling antibiotic resistance: the environmental framework

The environmental footprint of a membrane bioreactor treatment process through Life Cycle Analysis.

The potential implications of reclaimed wastewater reuse for irrigation on the agricultural environment: The knowns and unknowns of the fate of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes - A review.

The role of operating parameters and oxidative damage mechanisms of advanced chemical oxidation processes in the combat against antibiotic-resistant bacteria and resistance genes present in urban wastewater.

Transformation products and reaction pathways of carbamazepine during photocatalytic and sonophotocatalytic treatment.

Transformation products of pharmaceuticals in surface waters and wastewater formed during photolysis and advanced oxidation processes - degradation, elucidation of byproducts and assessment of their biological potency.

Treatment efficiency and economic feasibility of biological oxidation, membrane filtration and separation processes, and advanced oxidation for the purification and valorization of olive mill wastewater

Treatment of winery wastewater by physicochemical, biological and advanced processes: a review.

Two important limitations relating to the spiking of environmental samples with contaminants of emerging concern: How close to the real analyte concentrations are the reported recovered values?

UV and simulated solar photodegradation of 17α-ethynylestradiol in secondary-treated wastewater by hydrogen peroxide or iron addition

UV-A and Solar Photodegradation of Ibuprofen and Carbamazepine Catalyzed by TiO2

UV-A/TiO2 photocatalytic decomposition of erythromycin in water: Factors affecting mineralization and antibiotic activity

Ultraviolet-activated persulfate oxidation of methyl orange: a comparison between artificial neural networks and factorial design for process modelling

Uptake and bioaccumulation of three widely prescribed pharmaceutically active compounds in tomato fruits and mediated effects on fruit quality attributes

Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for antibiotic resistant bacteria and genes spread into the environment: a review.

Urban wastewater treatment plants as hotspots for the release of antibiotics in the environment: a review

Utilizing solar energy for the purification of olive mill wastewater using a pilot-scale photocatalytic reactor after coagulation-flocculation

Wastewater reuse applications and contaminants of emerging concern