Despo Fatta‐Kassinos

Research interests

Publications

• MiDAS 4: A global catalogue of full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences and taxonomy for studies of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants

  Nature Communications · 2022 · 10.1038/s41467-022-29438-7

• Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113947119

• Antibiotic residues in final effluents of European wastewater treatment plants and their impact on the aquatic environment

  Environment International · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105733

• Antibiotic resistance in European wastewater treatment plants mirrors the pattern of clinical antibiotic resistance prevalence

  Science Advances · 2019 · 10.1126/sciadv.aau9124

• Best available technologies and treatment trains to address current challenges in urban wastewater reuse for irrigation of crops in EU countries

  The Science of The Total Environment · 2019 · 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136312

• Antibiotic resistance genes in treated wastewater and in the receiving water bodies: A pan-European survey of urban settings

  Water Research · 2019 · 10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.039

• Continuous ozonation of urban wastewater: Removal of antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli and antibiotic resistance genes and phytotoxicity

  Water Research · 2019 · 10.1016/j.watres.2019.05.025

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

  The Science of The Total Environment · 2018 · 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.130

• Consolidated vs new advanced treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern from urban wastewater

  The Science of The Total Environment · 2018 · 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.265

• Removal of antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their associated genes by graphene-based TiO2 composite photocatalysts under solar radiation in urban wastewaters

  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental · 2017 · 10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.11.020

• 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

  Water Research · 2017 · 10.1016/j.watres.2017.07.004

• 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

  Water Research · 2016 · 10.1016/j.watres.2016.11.033

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

  Water Research · 2016 · 10.1016/j.watres.2016.03.011

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

  Water Research · 2015 · 10.1016/j.watres.2015.03.011

• Tackling antibiotic resistance: the environmental framework

  Nature Reviews Microbiology · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro3439

• Kinetic and mechanism investigation on the photochemical degradation of atrazine with activated H2O2, S2O82− and HSO5−

  Chemical Engineering Journal · 2014 · 10.1016/j.cej.2014.04.104

• Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in E urope quantified by wastewater analysis

  Addiction · 2014 · 10.1111/add.12570

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

  The Science of The Total Environment · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.032

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

  Water Research · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.11.027

• 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

  Chemosphere · 2011 · 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.06.082

• Solid waste characterization, quantification and management practices in developing countries. A case study: Nablus district – Palestine

  Journal of Environmental Management · 2010 · 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.01.003

• The risks associated with wastewater reuse and xenobiotics in the agroecological environment

  The Science of The Total Environment · 2010 · 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.036

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

  Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry · 2010 · 10.1007/s00216-010-4300-9

• Removal of residual pharmaceuticals from aqueous systems by advanced oxidation processes

  Environment International · 2008 · 10.1016/j.envint.2008.07.009

• Occurrence patterns of pharmaceuticals in water and wastewater environments

  Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry · 2007 · 10.1007/s00216-006-1035-8

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