Joan Dosta Parras

University Full professor

Researcher ID: L-8505-2014

Knowledge area: Enginyeria Química

Dr. Joan Dosta is full professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry at the University of Barcelona. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of ... + info

Research group: IP Biotecnologia Ambiental

Contact Information
Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry
C/ Martí i Franqués, 1
934020289
jdosta(a)ub.edu

Academic Training

ENGINYER QUÍMIC . UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA . 03/03/2003 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

MÀSTER EXPERIMENTAL EN ENGINYERIA QUÍMICA . UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA . 20/04/2005 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

DOCTOR ENGINYER QUÍMIC . UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA . 29/10/2007 . (Ph.D.)

Participation in Projects (last 10 years)

Producción de bio-plásticos a partir de la fracción orgánica de residuos municipales . 2016 - 2019 . Ref.CTM2016-76275-R . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Joan Mata Alvarez; Juan Llorens Llacuna

REsources from URban BIo-waSte (RES URBIS) . 2017 - 2019 . Ref.730349 . Unió Europea . PI: Joan Mata Alvarez

Innovative Secondary Wastewater Treatment with REsource REcovery (LIFE GREEN SEWER) . 2018 - 2021 . Ref.LIFE17 ENV/ES/000341 . Unió Europea . PI: Joan Mata Alvarez

Mejora de las estrategias de producción de ácidos grasos volátiles a partir de residuos orgánicos . 2020 - 2023 . Ref.PID2019-111284RB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades . PI: Joan Dosta Parras; Sergi Astals Garcia

Integración de membranas permeables al amoníaco y bioreactores anaeróbicos de membrana para producir fertilizantes y biogás a partir de aguas residuales de alta carga . 2022 - 2024 . Ref.TED2021-132422B-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación . PI: Joan Dosta Parras; Sergi Astals Garcia

Producción selectiva y concentración de ácidos grasos volátiles a partir de residuos orgánicos . 2023 - 2026 . Ref.PID2022-142023OB-I00 . Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación . PI: Joan Dosta Parras; Sergi Astals Garcia

Journal Publications (last 10 years)

Cardete, M.A.; Mata-Álvarez, J.; Dosta, J.; Nieto-Sánchez, R. (2017). Sludge settling enhancement in a pilot scale activated sludge process treating petrochemical wastewater by implementing aerobic or anoxic selectors. Journal Of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 5(4), pp. 3472 - 3482 . ISSN: 2213-3437

Cheah, Y.K.; Vidal-Antich, C.; Dosta, J.; Mata-Álvarez, J. (2019). Volatile fatty acid production from mesophilic acidogenic fermentation of organic fraction of municipal solid waste and food waste under acidic and alkaline pH. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(35), pp. 35509 - 35522 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0944-1344

Vinardell, S.; Astals, S.; Mata-Álvarez, J.; Dosta, J. (2019). Techno-economic analysis of combining forward osmosis-reverse osmosis and anaerobic membrane bioreactor technologies for municipal wastewater treatment and water production. Bioresource Technology, 297, p. 122395 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0960-8524

Vinardell, S.; Astals, S.; Peces, M.; Cardete, M.A.; Fernández, I.; Mata-Alvarez, J.; Dosta, J. (2020). Advances in anaerobic membrane bioreactor technology for municipal wastewater treatment: A 2020 updated review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 130, p. Article 109936 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1364-0321

Fernández-Domínguez, D.; Astals, S.; Peces, M.; Frison, N.; Bolzonella, D.; Mata-Alvarez, J.; Dosta, J. (2020). Volatile fatty acids production from biowaste at mechanical-biological treatment plants: Focusing on fermentation temperature. Bioresource Technology, 314, p. Article 123729 . ISSN: 0960-8524

Vidal-Antich, C.; Perez-Esteban, N.; Astals, S.; Peces, M.; Mata-Alvarez, J.; Dosta, J. (2021). Assessing the potential of waste activated sludge and food waste co-fermentation for carboxylic acids production. Science of the Total Environment, 757, p. Article 143763 . ISSN: 0048-9697

Battista, F.; Strazzera, G.; Valentino, F.; Gottardo, M.; Villano, M.; Matos, M.; Silva, F.; Reis, M.A.M.; Mata-Alvarez, J.; Astals, S.; Dosta, J.; Jones, R.J.; Massanet-Nicolau, J.; Guwy, A.; Pavan, P; Bolzonella, D.; Majone, M. (2022). New insights in food waste, sewage sludge and green waste anaerobic fermentation for short-chain volatile fatty acids production: a review. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(5) . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.108319 . ISSN: 2213-2929

Serra-Toro, A.; Vinardell, S.; Astals, S.; Madurga, S.; Llorens, J.; Mata-Álvareza, J.; Mas, F.; Dosta, J. (2022). Ammonia recovery from acidogenic fermentation effluents using a gas-permeable membrane contactor. Bioresource Technology, 356, p. 127273 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0960-8524

Peña-Picola, S.; Serra-Toro, A.; Da Silva, C.; Peces, M.; Jordán, M.; Vila, J.; Grifoll, M.; Valentino, F.; Astals, S.; Dosta, J. (2024). Acidogenic fermentation of biowaste coupled with nitrogen recovery using selective membranes to produce a VFA-rich liquid with a high C/N ratio. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12(2) . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.112352 . ISSN: 2213-2929

Pérez-Esteban, N.; Tully, R.; Peces, M.; Dosta, J.; Astals, S. (2025). Consistent acidogenic co-fermentation of waste activated sludge and food waste under thermophilic conditions. Water Research, 271 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122970 . ISSN: 0043-1354