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Jonathan Espindola

Dr. Jonathan Espíndola

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
    Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology
    Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
    76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen
    Germany

Dr. Jonathan Espíndola joined the Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology (IAMT) as a postdoc in January 2020 with a research focus on the design and evaluation of photocatalytic membrane reactors for micropollutants removal from water. He has more than 8 years of experience working with water and wastewater treatment technologies, especially membrane reactors. From membrane bioreactors to hybrid systems coupling NF/UF/MF with advanced oxidation processes, he has been dedicating his research to understand the fouling phenomenon and how to enhance the overall efficiency of membrane reactors.

 

Employment

  

Since 01/2020

PostDoc at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, Institute for Advanced Membrane Technology (IAMT)
07/2019 - 11/2019

Guest Researcher at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry and Industrial Design, Higher Technical School of Industrial Design and Engineering (ETSIDI), Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain

 

  

Education

  

04/2015 - 06/2019

Ph.D. Degree in Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

02/2009 - 06/2014

Bachelor Degree in Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil

 

  

Research Projects

  
 

Simulation of treated effluent reuse from a dairy industry using Water Pinch Software.

 

 

Design and evaluate several photochemical/photocatalytic reactors configurations for the degradation of micropollutants.

 

Synthesis of NiFe2O4-LDH compounds with high adsorption and photocatalytic activity for the degradation of micropollutants.

Publications

Jonathan C. Espíndola, Raquel O. Cristóvão, Adélio Mendes, Rui A. Boaventura, Vítor J.P. Vilar. Photocatalytic membrane reactor performance towards oxytetracycline removal from synthetic and real matrices: suspended vs immobilized TiO2-P25, Chemical Engineering Journal, 378 (2019) 122114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.122114 

Jonathan C. Espíndola, Raquel O. Cristóvão, Sara G.S. Santos, Rui A. Boaventura, Madalena M. Dias, José C.B. Lopes, Vítor J.P. Vilar. Intensification of heterogeneous TiO2 photocatalysis using the NETmix mili-photoreactor under microscale illumination for oxytetracycline oxidation, Science of The Total Environment, 681 (2019) 467-474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.066

Jonathan C. Espíndola, Raquel O. Cristóvão, Diego A. Mayer, Madalena M. Dias, José C.B. Lopes, Vítor J.P. Vilar. Overcoming limitations in photochemical UVC/H2O2 systems using a mili-photoreactor (NETmix): Oxytetracycline oxidation, Science of The Total Environment, 660 (2019) 982-992. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.012

Jonathan C. Espíndola, Raquel O. Cristóvão, Sara R.F. Araújo, Teresa Neuparth, Miguel M. Santos, Rosa Montese, José B. Quintana, Rosario Rodil, Rui A. Boaventura, Vítor J.P. Vilar. An innovative photoreactor, FluHelik, to promote UVC/H2O2 photochemical reactions: Tertiary treatment of an urban wastewater, Science of The Total Environment, 667 (2019) 197-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.335

Jonathan C. Espíndola, Kacper Szymanski, Raquel O. Cristóvão, Adélio Mendes, Vítor J.P. Vilar, Sylwia Mozia. Performance of hybrid systems coupling advanced oxidation processes and ultrafiltration for oxytetracycline removal, Catalysis Today, 328 (2019) 274-280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2018.12.040

Aida M. Díez, Francisca C. Moreira, Belisa A. Marinho, Jonathan C.A. Espíndola, Larissa O. Paulista, Maria A. Sanromán, Marta Pazos, Rui A.R. Boaventura, Vítor J.P. Vilar. A step forward in heterogeneous photocatalysis: Process intensification by using a static mixer as catalyst support, Chemical Engineering Journal, 343 (2018) 597-606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.041

Laura H. Andrade, Flávia D.S. Mendes, Naiara Cerqueira, Jonathan C. Espíndola, Míriam C.S. Amaral. Fouling evaluation in a MBR for dairy effluent treatment, Desalination and Water Treatment, 57 (2015) 11919-11930. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2015.1046941

Laura H. Andrade, Flávia D.S. Mendes, Jonathan C. Espíndola, Míriam C.S. Amaral. Reuse of Dairy Wastewater Treated by Membrane Bioreactor and Nanofiltration: Technical And Economic Feasibility, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 32 (2015) 735-747. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-6632.20150323s00003133

Laura H. Andrade, Flávia D.S. Mendes, Jonathan C. Espíndola, Míriam C.S. Amaral. Nanofiltration as tertiary treatment for the reuse of dairy wastewater treated by membrane bioreactor, Separation and Purification Technology, 126 (2014) 21-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2014.01.056

Laura H. Andrade, Flávia D.S. Mendes, Naiara Cerqueira, Jonathan C. Espíndola, Míriam C.S. Amaral. Distribuição de massa molar em um biorreator com membrana para tratamento de efluente de laticínios, Engenharia Sanitaria e Ambiental, 19 (2014) 325-334. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-41522014019000000639

Laura H. Andrade, Flávia D.S. Mendes, Jonathan C. Espíndola, Míriam C.S. Amaral. Internal versus external submerged membrane bioreactor configurations for dairy wastewater treatment, Desalination and Water Treatment, 1 (2013) 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2013.799048

Laura H. Andrade, Flávia D.S. Mendes, Jonathan C. Espíndola, Míriam C.S. Amaral, Lísete C. Lange, Matheus Machado. Nanofiltration as a Post-Treatmento to Membrane Bioreactor Effluent for Dairy Wastewater Reuse, Procedia Engineering, 44 (2012) 1956-1960. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2012.09.007