Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

University of  Zagreb, Croatia

 

 

 

Prof. Ašperger is involved in removal of microplastics from synthetic water suspensions by membrane processes which include microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), reverse osmosis (RO), and application of membrane bioreactor (MBR). Prof. Ašperger is responsible for: (i) choosing the most effective type of membrane processes (MF, UF, NF, RO) for removal of different types of MP, (ii) developing an membrane bioreactor system (coupling a membrane filtration technology with biological processes) and (iii) investigating key process parameters by using response surface methodology.

Prof. Košutić as an expert in membrane technology is involved in: (i) determination of the most effective type of membrane process (MF, UF, NF, RO) for removal of different types of microplastics, (ii) developing an membrane filtration system, (iii) coupling of membrane bioreactor system with advanced Oxidation Processes in innovative reactor system, (iv) testing and designing a laboratory scale reactor prototype that combines AOP and MBR.

Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry (ASCR)

Czech Republic 

 

 

 

Faculty of Metallurgy

University of  Zagreb, Croatia

 

 

 

Assist. Prof. Vesna Ocelić Bulatović is involved in: (i) preparation of microplastics standards, (ii) biodegradation of microplastics in synthetic water suspensions, (iii) isolation and identification of microorganisms from different media containing microplastics, (iv) screening of the isolated microorganisms for microplastics degradation and selection of few most-efficient ones, (v) application of selected most-efficient microorganisms under different degradation conditions. 

Institute for Water Quality and Resource Management

University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

 

 

 

Prof. Matthias Zessner is involved in: (i)  kinetic modeling of microplastics biodegradation in synthetic water suspensions, (ii) kinetic modeling of Advanced Oxidation Processes used for microplastitcs degradation, (iii) determination of optimal process parameters in advanced oxidation processes, (iv) optimization of membrane bioreactor system, (v) development of reactor prototype that combines advanced oxidation processes and membrne bioreactor system. 

 

 

 

 

Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

University of  Zagreb, Croatia

 

 

 

Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

University of  Zagreb, Croatia

 

 

 

Ph. D. Marko Racar is involved in: (i) removal of MP from synthetic water suspensions using diffferent membrane processes (microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), reverse osmosis (RO), and application of membrane bioreactor (MBR)), (ii) determination of efficiency of membrane processes tested, (iii) choosing the most effective type of membrane processes (MF, UF, NF, RO) for removal of different types of MP,  (iv) coupling of membrane bioreactor system with advanced oxidation processes in innovative reactor system, (v) optimization of process parameters in a laboratory scale reactor prototype that combines AOP and MBR.

Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

University of  Zagreb, Croatia

 

 

 

M. Sc. Marinko Markić is involved in: (i) developing a new reactor that combines membrane bioreactor system with advanced oxidation processes for  removal of the microplastics from water, and (ii) optimizing the process parameters.

Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology

University of  Zagreb, Croatia

 

 

 

Martina Miloloža, mag. ing. oecing., is involved in: (i) preparation of microplastics standards, (ii) development of pattern recognition model for improvement of microplastics characterization by visual analysis method, (iii) development of LC-MS and GC-MS methods for determination of microplastics and related main degradation byproducts, (iv) biodegradation of microplastics in synthetic water suspensions, (v) isolation and identification of microorganisms from different media containing microplastics, (vi) screening of the isolated microorganisms for microplastics degradation and selection of few most-efficient ones, (vii) application of selected most-efficient microorganisms under different degradation conditions, (viii) process optimization using design of experiments (DoE) and response surface methodology (RSM), (ix) degradation of MP in synthetic water suspensions by AOPs.