Associate Professor Gilda Carvalho
Associate Professor
School of Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology
+61 7 334 63219
Researcher biography
Gilda Carvalho is an Associate Professor at the ACWEB and the School of Chemical Engineering. Gilda is Group Leader of the Drinking and Recycled Water research group, and she also leads research in the area of Environmental Bioengineering, with particular focus on microbial processes for water/wastewater treatment and resource recovery. Her research interests include removal of Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CEC), Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR), biofilm systems, membrane processes for water/wastewater treatment and reuse, and resource recovery from waste/wastewater streams - acidogenesis and biopolymer production (namely polyhydroalkanoates). One area that Gilda has particularly developed across all these areas was the use of molecular tools to link microbial ecology/activity of biological systems to process performance. Gilda has published over 90 peer reviewed papers, and has participated in >40 research projects, a significant number of them being multinational and involving the participation of industrial partners. Gilda is strongly dedicated to teaching and learning, with extensive teaching experience in various areas of Chemical/Environmental/Bioprocess Engineering. Gilda is Coordinator of the Postgraduate Programs of Urban Water Engineering. She is also an experienced HDR supervisor (>20 PhD students).
Book Chapters
Akyol, Çağrı, Ozbayram, E. Gozde, Eusebi, Anna Laura, Foglia, Alessia, Cipolletta, Giulia, Frison, Nicola, Conca, Vincenzo, Da Ros, Cinzia, Wessels, Coos, Ganigué, Ramon, Pikaar, Ilje, Oehmen, Adrian, Carvalho, Gilda and Fatone, Francesco (2022). Upscaled and validated technologies for the production of bio-based materials from wastewater. Resource Recovery from Water. (pp. 197-222) edited by Ilje Pikaar, Jeremy Guest, Ramon Ganigué, Paul Jensen, Korneel Rabaey, Thomas Seviour, John Trimmer, Olaf van der Kolk, Céline Vaneeckhaute and Willy Verstraete. London, United Kingdom: IWA Publishing. doi: 10.2166/9781780409566_0197
Ostermeyer, Pieter, Capson-Tojo, Gabriel, Hülsen, Tim, Carvalho, Gilda, Oehmen, Adrian, Rabaey, Korneel and Pikaar, Ilje (2022). Resource recovery from municipal wastewater: what and how much is there?. Resource Recovery from Water. (pp. 1-19) edited by Ilje Pikaar, Jeremy Guest, Ramon Ganigué, Paul Jensen, Korneel Rabaey, Thomas Seviour, John Trimmer, Olaf van der Kolk, Céline Vaneeckhaute and Willy Verstraete. London, United Kingdom: IWA Publishing. doi: 10.2166/9781780409566_0001
Hülsen, Tim, Carvalho, Gilda, Egger, Felix, Cruz, Heidy, Vertstraete, Willy, Batstone, Damien J. and Pikaar, Ilje (2020). Production of single-cell proteins from organic matter and residual nitrogen. Wastewater treatment residues as resources for biorefinery products and biofuels. (pp. 355-389) edited by José Antonio Olivares, Daniel Puyol, Juan Antonio Melero and Javier Dufour. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-816204-0.00016-3
Mosquera-Corral, Anuska, Carvalho, Gilda, Fra-Vázquez, Andrea, Ntaikou, Ioanna, Oleskowicz-Popiel, Piotr, Palmeiro-Sánchez, Tania, Reis, Maria A. M. and Suárez-Ojeda, Ma Eugenia (2017). Recovery of organic added value products from wastewater. Innovative wastewater treatment and resource recovery technologies: impacts on energy, economy and environment. (pp. 399-420) edited by Juan M. Lema and Sonia Suarez. London, United Kingdom: IWA Publishing. doi: 10.2166/9781780407876_0399
Journal Articles
Rangel, Catarina, Lourenço, Nídia D., Reis, Maria A.M. and Carvalho, Gilda (2024). Dynamics in the profile of biopolymers produced by mixed microbial cultures from ethanol-rich feedstocks. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12 (3) 112609, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jece.2024.112609
Namonyo, Samuel, Weynberg, Karen D., Guo, Jianhua and Carvalho, Gilda (2023). The effectiveness and role of phages in the disruption and inactivation of clinical P. aeruginosa biofilms. Environmental Research, 234 116586, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116586
Nguyen, P.Y., Marques, Ricardo, Wang, Hongmin, Reis, Maria A. M., Carvalho, Gilda and Oehmen, Adrian (2023). The impact of pH on the anaerobic and aerobic metabolism of Tetrasphaera-enriched polyphosphate accumulating organisms. Water Research X, 19 100177, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2023.100177
Rangel, Catarina, Carvalho, Gilda, Oehmen, Adrian, Frison, Nicola, Lourenço, Nídia D. and Reis, Maria A. M. (2023). Polyhydroxyalkanoates production from ethanol- and lactate-rich fermentate of confectionary industry effluents. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 229, 713-723. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.12.268
Zhong, Jiexi, Ahmed, Yunus, Carvalho, Gilda, Wang, Zhiliang, Wang, Lianzhou, Mueller, Jochen F. and Guo, Jianhua (2023). Corrigendum to “Simultaneous removal of micropollutants, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes using graphitic carbon nitride under simulated solar irradiation” [Chem. Eng. J. 433 (2022) 133839] (Chemical Engineering Journal (2022) 433(P3), (S1385894721054127), (10.1016/j.cej.2021.133839)). Chemical Engineering Journal, 451 138528, 1-1. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.138528
Veciana, Mersabel, Bräunig, Jennifer, Farhat, Ali, Pype, Marie-Laure, Freguia, Stefano, Carvalho, Gilda, Keller, Jürg and Ledezma, Pablo (2022). Electrochemical oxidation processes for PFAS removal from contaminated water and wastewater: fundamentals, gaps and opportunities towards practical implementation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 434 128886, 128886. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128886
Zhong, Jiexi, Ahmed, Yunus, Carvalho, Gilda, Wang, Zhiliang, Wang, Lianzhou, Mueller, Jochen F. and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Simultaneous removal of micropollutants, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes using graphitic carbon nitride under simulated solar irradiation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 433 133839, 133839. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.133839
Almeida, Juliana R., Fradinho, Joana C., Carvalho, Gilda, Oehmen, Adrian and Reis, Maria A. M. (2022). Dynamics of microbial communities in phototrophic polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulating cultures. Microorganisms, 10 (2) 351, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10020351
Kolakovic, Srdana, Salgado, Ricardo, Freitas, Elisabete B., Bronze, Maria R., Sekulic, Maja Turk, Carvalho, Gilda, Reis, Maria A.M. and Oehmen, Adrian (2022). Diclofenac biotransformation in the enhanced biological phosphorus removal process. Science of the Total Environment, 806 (Pt 3) 151232, 151232. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151232
Namonyo, Samuel, Carvalho, Gilda, Guo, Jianhua and Weynberg, Karen D. (2022). Novel bacteriophages show activity against selected Australian clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microorganisms, 10 (2) 210, 210. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10020210
Silva, Fernando, Matos, Mariana, Pereira, Bruno, Ralo, Cláudia, Pequito, Daniela, Marques, Nuno, Carvalho, Gilda and Reis, Maria A. M. (2022). An integrated process for mixed culture production of 3-hydroxyhexanoate-rich polyhydroxyalkanoates from fruit waste. Chemical Engineering Journal, 427 131908, 131908. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.131908
Matos, Mariana, Cruz, Rafaela A. P., Cardoso, Pedro, Silva, Fernando, Freitas, Elisabete B., Carvalho, Gilda and Reis, Maria A. M. (2021). Sludge retention time impacts on polyhydroxyalkanoate productivity in uncoupled storage/growth processes. Science of the Total Environment, 799 149363, 149363. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149363
Bu, Hao, Carvalho, Gilda, Huang, Casey, Sharma, Keshab R., Yuan, Zhiguo, Song, Yarong, Bond, Philip, Keller, Jurg, Yu, Miao and Jiang, Guangming (2021). Evaluation of continuous and intermittent trickling strategies for the removal of hydrogen sulfide in a biotrickling filter. Chemosphere, 291 (Pt 1) 132723, 132723. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132723
Close, Kylie, Marques, Ricardo, Carvalho, Virginia C.F., Freitas, Elisabete B., Reis, Maria A.M., Carvalho, Gilda and Oehmen, Adrian (2021). The storage compounds associated with Tetrasphaera PAO metabolism and the relationship between diversity and P removal. Water Research, 204 117621, 117621. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117621
Bu, Hao, Carvalho, Gilda, Yuan, Zhiguo, Bond, Philip and Jiang, Guangming (2021). Biotrickling filter for the removal of volatile sulfur compounds from sewers: a review. Chemosphere, 277 130333, 130333. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130333
Lu, Xuanyu, Duan, Haoran, Oehmen, Adrian, Carvalho, Gilda, Yuan, Zhiguo and Ye, Liu (2021). Achieving combined biological short-cut nitrogen and phosphorus removal in a one sludge system with side-stream sludge treatment. Water Research, 203 117563, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117563
Kolakovic, Srdana, Freitas, Elisabete B., Reis, Maria A.M., Carvalho, Gilda and Oehmen, Adrian (2021). Accumulibacter diversity at the sub-clade level impacts enhanced biological phosphorus removal performance. Water Research, 199 117210, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117210
Nguyen, P.Y., Carvalho, Gilda, Reis, Maria A.M. and Oehmen, Adrian (2021). A review of the biotransformations of priority pharmaceuticals in biological wastewater treatment processes. Water Research, 188 116446, 1-24. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116446
Matos, Mariana, Cruz, Rafaela A. P., Cardoso, Pedro, Silva, Fernando, Freitas, Elisabete B., Carvalho, Gilda and Reis, Maria A. M. (2021). Combined strategies to boost polyhydroxyalkanoate production from fruit waste in a three-stage pilot plant. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 9 (24), 8270-8279. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c02432
Wang, Xiaofei, Oehmen, Adrian, Carvalho, Gilda and Reis, Maria A.M. (2020). Community profile governs substrate competition in polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)-producing mixed cultures. New Biotechnology, 58, 32-37. doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2020.03.003
Franca, Rita Dias Guardão, Vieira, Anabela, Carvalho, Gilda, Oehmen, Adrian, Pinheiro, Helena Maria, Barreto Crespo, Maria Teresa and Lourenço, Nídia Dana (2019). Oerskovia paurometabola can efficiently decolorize azo dye Acid Red 14 and remove its recalcitrant metabolite. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 191 110007, 110007. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.110007
Vieira, Anabela, Marques, Ricardo, Galinha, Claudia, Povoa, Pedro, Carvalho, Gilda and Oehmen, Adrian (2019). Nitrous oxide emissions from a full-scale biological aerated filter (BAF) subject to seawater infiltration. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26 (20), 20939-20948. doi: 10.1007/s11356-019-05470-x
Maurício, Rita, Rolim, Marta, Amaral, Leonor, Coelho, Pedro, Carvalho, Gilda, Reis, Maria A. and Santana, Fernando (2019). Biofilms in RBC with constant ages and thicknesses. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 145 (6) 04019022, 04019022. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001527
Wang, Xiaofei, Bengtsson, Simon, Oehmen, Adrian, Carvalho, Gilda, Werker, Alan and Reis, Maria A.M. (2019). Application of dissolved oxygen (DO) level control for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) accumulation with concurrent nitrification in surplus municipal activated sludge. New Biotechnology, 50, 37-43. doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2019.01.003
Vieira, A., Galinha, C. F., Oehmen, A. and Carvalho, G. (2019). The link between nitrous oxide emissions, microbial community profile and function from three full-scale WWTPs. Science of the Total Environment, 651 (Pt 2), 2460-2472. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.132
Nguyen, P.Y., Silva, Ana F., Reis, Ana C., Nunes, Olga C., Rodrigues, Alexandre M., Rodrigues, João E., Cardoso, Vitor Vale, Benoliel, Maria J., Reis, Maria A.M., Oehmen, Adrian and Carvalho, Gilda (2019). Bioaugmentation of membrane bioreactor with Achromobacter denitrificans strain PR1 for enhanced sulfamethoxazole removal in wastewater. Science of The Total Environment, 648, 44-55. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.100
Lanham, Ana B., Oehmen, Adrian, Carvalho, Gilda, Saunders, Aaron M., Nielsen, Per H. and Reis, Maria A M (2018). Denitrification activity of polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs) in full-scale wastewater treatment plants. Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research, 78 (12), 2449-2458. doi: 10.2166/wst.2018.517
Nguyen, P. Y., Carvalho, G., Polesel, Fabio, Torresi, Elena, Rodrigues, Alexandre M., Rodrigues, Joao E., Cardoso, Vitor Vale, Benoliel, Maria Joao, Plosz, Benedek Gy., Reis, M. A. M. and Oehmen, A. (2018). Bioaugmentation of activated sludge with Achromobacter denitrificans PR1 for enhancing the biotransformation of sulfamethoxazole and its human conjugates in real wastewater: kinetic tests and modelling. Chemical Engineering Journal, 352, 79-89. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2018.07.011
Oliveira, Catarina S. S., Silva, Marisa O. D., Silva, Carlos E., Carvalho, Gilda and Reis, Maria A. M. (2018). Assessment of protein-rich cheese whey waste stream as a nutrients source for low-cost mixed microbial PHA production. Applied Sciences, 8 (10) 1817, 1817. doi: 10.3390/app8101817
Wang, Xiaofei, Carvalho, Gilda, Reis, Maria A.M. and Oehmen, Adrian (2018). Metabolic modeling of the substrate competition among multiple VFAs for PHA production by mixed microbial cultures. Journal of Biotechnology, 280, 62-69. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2018.06.342
Carvalheira, Mónica, Cassidy, Joana, Ribeiro, João M., Oliveira, Bruno A., Freitas, Elisabete B., Roca, Christophe, Carvalho, Gilda, Oehmen, Adrian and Reis, Maria A.M. (2018). Performance of a two-stage anaerobic digestion system treating fruit pulp waste: the impact of substrate shift and operational conditions. Waste Management, 78, 434-445. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.06.013
Vieira, A., Ribera-Guardia, A., Marques, R., Barreto Crespo, M. T., Oehmen, A. and Carvalho, G. (2018). The link between the microbial ecology, gene expression, and biokinetics of denitrifying polyphosphate-accumulating systems under different electron acceptor combinations. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 102 (15), 6725-6737. doi: 10.1007/s00253-018-9077-3
Salgado, Ricado, Brito, Dulce, Noronha, Joao P., Almeida, Babara, Bronze, R. Maria, Oehmen, Adrian, Carvalho, Gilda and Barreto Crespo, Mario T. (2018). Metabolite identification of ibuprofen biodegradation by Patulibacter medicamentivorans under aerobic conditions. Environmental Technology, 41 (4), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2018.1502362
Marques, Ricardo, Ribera-Guardia, Anna, Santos, Jorge, Carvalho, Gilda, Reis, Maria A.M., Pijuan, Maite and Oehmen, Adrian (2018). Denitrifying capabilities of Tetrasphaera and their contribution towards nitrous oxide production in enhanced biological phosphorus removal processes. Water Research, 137, 262-272. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.03.010
Carvalho, Gilda, Pedras, Inês, Karst, Soren M., Oliveira, Catarina S. S., Duque, Anouk F., Nielsen, Per H. and Reis, Maria A. M. (2018). Functional redundancy ensures performance robustness in 3-stage PHA-producing mixed cultures under variable feed operation. New Biotechnology, 40, 207-217. doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2017.08.007
Abbondanzi, F., Biscaro, G., Carvalho, G., Favaro, L., Lemos, P., Paglione, M., Samori, C. and Torri, C. (2017). Fast method for the determination of short-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoates (scl-PHAs) in bacterial samples by In Vial-Thermolysis (IVT). New Biotechnology, 39 (Part A), 29-35. doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2017.05.012
Vaz-Moreira, Ivone, Narciso-da-Rocha, Carlos, Lopes, Ana Rita, Carvalho, Gilda, Lobo-da-Cunha, Alexandre, Whitman, William B., Snauwaert, Cindy, Vandamme, Peter, Manaia, Celia M. and Nunes, Olga C. (2017). Oryzisolibacter propanilivorax gen. Nov., sp. nov., a propanildegrading bacterium. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 67 (10) 002184, 3752-3758. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002184
Marques, Ricardo, Santos, Jorge, Hien Nguyen, Carvalho, Gilda, Noronha, J. P., Nielsen, Per Halkjaer, Reis, Maria A. M. and Oehmen, Adrian (2017). Metabolism and ecological niche of Tetrasphaera and Ca. Accumulibacter in enhanced biological phosphorus removal. Water Research, 122, 159-171. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.04.072
Oliveira, Catarina S. S., Silva, Carlos E., Carvalho, Gilda and Reis, Maria A. (2017). Strategies for efficiently selecting PHA producing mixed microbial cultures using complex feedstocks: feast and famine regime and uncoupled carbon and nitrogen availabilities. New Biotechnology, 37 (Part A), 69-79. doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2016.10.008
Gouveia, Ana R., Freitas, Elisabete B., Galinha, Claudia F., Carvalho, Gilda, Duque, Anouk F. and Reis, Maria A. M. (2017). Dynamic change of pH in acidogenic fermentation of cheese whey towards polyhydroxyalkanoates production: impact on performance and microbial population. New Biotechnology, 37 (Part A), 108-116. doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2016.07.001
Nguyen, P. Y., Carvalho, Gilda, Reis, A. C., Nunes, O. C., Reis, M. A. M. and Oehmen, A. (2017). Impact of biogenic substrates on sulfamethoxazole biodegradation kinetics by Achromobacter denitrificans strain PR1. Biodegradation, 28 (2-3), 205-217. doi: 10.1007/s10532-017-9789-6
Castanheira, Nadia L., Dourado, Ana Catarina, Pais, Isabel, Semedo, Jose, Scotti-Campos, Paula, Borges, Nuno, Carvalho, Gilda, Barreto Crespo, Maria Teresa and Fareleira, Paula (2017). Colonization and beneficial effects on annual ryegrass by mixed inoculation with plant growth promoting bacteria. Microbiological Research, 198, 47-55. doi: 10.1016/j.micres.2017.01.009
Wang, Xiaofei, Oehmen, Adrian, Freitas, Elisabete B., Carvalho, Gilda and Reis, Maria A. M. (2017). The link of feast-phase dissolved oxygen (DO) with substrate competition and microbial selection in PHA production. Water Research, 112, 269-278. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.01.064
Silva, Ana F., Antunes, Silvia, Freitas, Filomena, Carvalho, Gilda, Reis, Maria A. M. and Barreto Crespo, Maria T. (2017). Impact of sludge retention time on MBR fouling: role of extracellular polymeric substances determined through membrane autopsy. Biofouling, 33 (7), 556-566. doi: 10.1080/08927014.2017.1333112
Silva, Ana F., Antunes, Sílvia, Saunders, Aaron, Freitas, Filomena, Vieira, Anabela, Galinha, Claudia F., Nielsen, Per H., Barreto Crespo, Maria Teresa and Carvalho, Gilda (2016). Impact of sludge retention time on the fine composition of the microbial community and extracellular polymeric substances in a membrane bioreactor. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 100 (19), 8507-8521. doi: 10.1007/s00253-016-7617-2
Castanheira, N., Dourado, A. C., Kruz, S., Alves, P. I. L., Delgado-Rodriguez, A. I., Pais, I., Semedo, J., Scotti-Campos, P., Sanchez, C., Borges, N., Carvalho, G., Barreto Crespo, M. T. and Fareleira, P. (2016). Plant growth-promoting Burkholderia species isolated from annual ryegrass in Portuguese soils. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 120 (3), 724-739. doi: 10.1111/jam.13025
Franca, Rita D. G., Vieira, Anabela, Mata, Ana M. T., Carvalho, Gilda S., Pinheiro, Helena M. and Lourenco, Nidia D. (2015). Effect of an azo dye on the performance of an aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactor treating a simulated textile wastewater. Water Research, 85, 327-336. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.08.043
Marques, Ricardo, Oehmen, Adrian, Carvalho, Gilda and Reis, Maria A. M. (2015). Modelling the biodegradation kinetics of the herbicide propanil and its metabolite 3,4-dichloroaniline. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22 (9), 6687-6695. doi: 10.1007/s11356-014-3870-z
Diniz, M. S., Salgado, R., Pereira, V. J., Carvalho, G., Oehmen, A., Reis, M. A. M. and Noronha, J. P. (2015). Ecotoxicity of ketoprofen, diclofenac, atenolol and their photolysis byproducts in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Science of the Total Environment, 505, 282-289. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.014.09.103
Carvalheira, Monica, Oehmen, Adrian, Carvalho, Gilda, Eusebio, Mario and Reis, Maria A. M. (2014). The impact of aeration on the competition between polyphosphate accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms. Water Research, 66, 296-307. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.08.033
Carvalheira, Monica, Oehmen, Adrian, Carvalho, Gilda and Reis, Maria A.M. (2014). The effect of substrate competition on the metabolism of polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs). Water Research, 64, 149-159. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.07.004
Lanham, Ana B., Oehmen, Adrian, Saunders, Aaron M., Carvalho, Gilda, Nielsen, Per H. and Reis, Maria A.M. (2014). Metabolic modelling of full-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal sludge. Water Research, 66, 283-295. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.08.036
Carvalheira, M., Oehmen, A., Carvalho, G. and Reis, M. A. M. (2014). Survival strategies of polyphosphate accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms under conditions of low organic loading. Bioresource Technology, 172, 290-296. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.059
Carvalho, Gilda, Oehmen, Adrian, Albuquerque, Maria G.E. and Reis, Maria A.M. (2014). The relationship between mixed microbial culture composition and PHA production performance from fermented molasses. New Biotechnology, 31 (4), 257-263. doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2013.08.010
Lanham, Ana B., Oehmen, Adrian, Saunders, Aaron M., Carvalho, Gilda, Nielsen, Per H. and Reis, Maria A. M. (2013). Metabolic versatility in full-scale wastewater treatment plants performing enhanced biological phosphorus removal. Water Research, 47 (19), 7032-7041. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.042
Lanham, Ana B., Ricardo, Ana Rita, Albuquerque, Maria G. E., Pardelha, Filipa, Carvalheira, Monica, Coma, Marta, Fradinho, Joana, Carvalho, Gilda, Oehmen, Adrian and Reis, Maria A. M. (2013). Determination of the extraction kinetics for the quantification of polyhydroxyalkanoate monomers in mixed microbial systems. Process Biochemistry, 48 (11), 1626-1634. doi: 10.1016/j.procbio.2013.07.023
Almeida, B., Kjeldal, H., Lolas, I., Knudsen, A. D., Carvalho, G., Nielsen, K. L., Barreto Crespo, M. T., Stensballe, A. and Nielsen, J. L. (2013). Quantitative proteomic analysis of ibuprofen-degrading Patulibacter sp strain I11. Biodegradation, 24 (5), 615-630. doi: 10.1007/s10532-012-9610-5
Pardelha, F., Albuquerque, M. G. E., Carvalho, G., Reis, M. A. M., Dias, J. M. L. and Oliveira, R. (2013). Segregated flux balance analysis constrained by population structure/function data: the case of PHA production by mixed microbial cultures. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 110 (8), 2267-2276. doi: 10.1002/bit.24894
Almeida, Barbara, Vaz-Moreira, Krone, Schumann, Peter, Nunes, Olga C., Carvalho, Gilda and Barreto Crespo, Maria T. (2013). Patulibacter medicamentivorans sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge of a wastewater treatment plant. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 63 (PART7), 2588-2593. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.047522-0
Galinha, Claudia F., Guglielmi, Giuseppe, Carvalho, Gilda, Portugal, Carla A. M., Crespo, Joao G. and Reis, Maria A. M. (2013). Development of a hybrid model strategy for monitoring membrane bioreactors. Journal of Biotechnology, 164 (3), 386-395. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.06.026
Almeida, B., Oehmen, A., Marques, R., Brito, D., Carvalho, G. and Barreto Crespo, M. T. (2013). Modelling the biodegradation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) by activated sludge and a pure culture. Bioresource Technology, 133, 31-37. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.01.035
Fradinho, J. C., Domingos, J. M. B., Carvalho, G., Oehmen, A. and Reis, M. A. M. (2013). Polyhydroxyalkanoates production by a mixed photosynthetic consortium of bacteria and algae. Bioresource Technology, 132, 146-153. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.01.050
Salgado, R., Pereira, V. J., Carvalho, G., Soeiro, R., Gaffney, V., Almeida, C., Vale Cardoso, V., Ferreira, E., Benoliel, M. J., Ternes, T. A., Oehmen, A., Reis, M. A. M. and Noronha, J. P. (2013). Photodegradation kinetics and transformation products of ketoprofen, diclofenac and atenolol in pure water and treated wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 244-245, 516-527. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.10.039
Albuquerque, Maria G. E., Carvalho, Gilda, Kragelund, Caroline, Silva, Ana F., Barreto Crespo, Maria T., Reis, Maria A. M. and Nielsen, Per H. (2013). Link between microbial composition and carbon substrate-uptake preferences in a PHA-storing community. ISME Journal, 7 (1), 1-12. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2012.74
Oehmen, A., Marques, R., Noronha, J. P., Carvalho, G. and Reis M. A. M. (2013). Propionate addition enhances the biodegradation of the xenobiotic herbicide propanil and its metabolite. Bioresource Technology, 127, 195-201. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.09.120
Salgado R., Oehmen A., Carvalho G., Noronha J. P. and Reis M. A. M. (2012). Biodegradation of clofibric acid and identification of its metabolites. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 241-242, 182-189. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.09.029
Ricardo, Ana R., Carvalho, Gilda, Velizarov, Svetlozar, Crespo, Joao G. and Reis, Maria A. M. (2012). Kinetics of nitrate and perchlorate removal and biofilm stratification in an ion exchange membrane bioreactor. Water Research, 46 (14), 4556-4568. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.045
Silva, Ana F., Carvalho, Gilda, Soares, Renata, Coelho, Ana V. and Barreto Crespo, M. Teresa (2012). Step-by-step strategy for protein enrichment and proteome characterisation of extracellular polymeric substances in wastewater treatment systems. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 95 (3), 767-776. doi: 10.1007/s00253-012-4157-2
Lanham, Ana B., Ricardo, Ana R., Coma, Marta, Fradinho, Joana, Carvalheira, Monica, Oehmen, Adrian, Carvalho, Gilda and Reis, Maria A. M. (2012). Optimisation of glycogen quantification in mixed microbial cultures. Bioresource Technology, 118, 518-525. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.087
Galinha, Claudia F., Carvalho, Gilda, Portugal, Carla A. M., Guglielmi, Giuseppe, Reis, Maria A. M. and Crespo, Joao G. (2012). Multivariate statistically-based modelling of a membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment using 2D fluorescence monitoring data. Water Research, 46 (11), 3623-3636. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.04.010
Salgado, R., Marques, R., Noronha, J. P., Carvalho, G., Oehmen, A. and Reis, M. A. M. (2012). Assessing the removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in a full-scale activated sludge plant. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 19 (5), 1818-1827. doi: 10.1007/s11356-011-0693-z
Acevedo, B., Oehmen, A., Carvalho, G., Seco, A., Borras, L. and Barat, R. (2012). Metabolic shift of polyphosphate-accumulating organisms with different levels of polyphosphate storage. Water Research, 46 (6), 1889-1900. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.01.003
Silva, A. F., Carvalho, G., Oehmen, A., Lousada-Ferreira, M., Van Nieuwenhuijzen, A., Reis, M. A. M. and Crespo, M. T. B. (2011). Microbial population analysis of nutrient removal-related organisms in membrane bioreactors. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 93 (5), 2171-2180. doi: 10.1007/s00253-011-3499-5
Salgado, R., Marques, R., Noronha, J. P., Mexia, J. T., Carvalho, G., Oehmen, A. and Reis, M. A. M. (2011). Assessing the diurnal variability of pharmaceutical and personal care products in a full-scale activated sludge plant. Environmental Pollution, 159 (10), 2359-2367. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.07.004
Galinha, Claudia F., Carvalho, Gilda, Portugal, Carla A. M., Guglielmi, Giuseppe, Reis, Maria A. M. and Crespo, Joao G. (2011). Two-dimensional fluorescence as a fingerprinting tool for monitoring wastewater treatment systems. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 86 (7), 985-992. doi: 10.1002/jctb.2613
Galinha, C. F., Carvalho, G., Portugal, C. A. M., Guglielmi, G., Oliveira, R., Crespo, J. G. and Reis, M. A. M. (2011). Real-time monitoring of membrane bioreactors with 2D-fluorescence data and statistically based models. Water Science and Technology, 63 (7), 1381-1388. doi: 10.2166/wst.2011.195
Carvalho, G., Almeida, B., Fradinho, J., Oehmen, A., Reis, M. A. M. and Teresa Barreto Crespo, M. (2011). Microbial characterization of mercury-reducing mixed cultures enriched with different carbon sources. Microbes and Environments, 26 (4), 293-300. doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME11112
Salgado, R., Noronha, J. P., Oehmen, A., Carvalho, G. and Reis, M. A. M. (2010). Analysis of 65 pharmaceuticals and personal care products in 5 wastewater treatment plants in Portugal using a simplified analytical methodology. Water Science and Technology, 62 (12), 2862-2871. doi: 10.2166/wst.2010.985
Carvalho, G., Marques, R., Lopes, A. R., Faria, C., Noronha, J. P., Oehmen, A., Nunes, O. C. and Reis, M. A. M. (2010). Biological treatment of propanil and 3,4-dichloroaniline: kinetic and microbiological characterisation. Water Research, 44 (17), 4980-4991. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.08.006
Pereira, V. J., Fernandes, D., Carvalho, G., Benoliel, M. J., San Romao, M. V. and Barreto Crespo, M. T. (2010). Assessment of the presence and dynamics of fungi in drinking water sources using cultural and molecular methods. Water Research, 44 (17), 4850-4859. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.018
Oehmen, A., Carvalho, G., Lopez-Vazquez, C.M., van Loosdrecht, M.C.M. and Reis, M.A.M. (2010). Incorporating microbial ecology into the metabolic modelling of polyphosphate accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms. Water Research, 44 (17), 4992-5004. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.071
Oehmen, A., Lopez-Vazquez, C. M., Carvalho, G., Reis, M. A. M. and van Loosdrecht, M. C. M. (2010). Modelling the population dynamics and metabolic diversity of organisms relevant in anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic enhanced biological phosphorus removal processes. Water Research, 44 (15), 4473-4486. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.06.017
Oehmen, Adrian, Carvalho, Gilda, Freitas, Filomena and Reis, Maria A. M. (2010). Assessing the abundance and activity of denitrifying polyphosphate accumulating organisms through molecular and chemical techniques. Water Science and Technology, 61 (8), 2061-2068. doi: 10.2166/wst.2010.976
Oehmen, A., Fradinho, J., Serra, S., Carvalho, G., Capelo, J. L., Velizarov, S., Crespo, J. G. and Reis, M. A. M. (2009). The effect of carbon source on the biological reduction of ionic mercury. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 165 (1-3), 1040-1048. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2008.10.094
Freitas, Filomena, Temudo, Margarida F., Carvalho, Gilda, Oehmen, Adrian and Reis, Maria A. M. (2009). Robustness of sludge enriched with short SBR cycles for biological nutrient removal. Bioresource Technology, 100 (6), 1969-1976. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.10.031
Carvalho, Gilda, Lemos, Paulo C., Oehmen, Adrian and Reis, Maria A. M. (2007). Denitrifying phosphorus removal: linking the process performance with the microbial community structure. Water Research, 41 (19), 4383-4396. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.06.065
Ginige, M. P., Carvalho, G., Keller, J. and Blackall, L. L. (2007). Eco-physiological characterization of fluorescence in situ hybridization probe-targeted denitrifiers in activated sludge using culture-independent methods. Letters In Applied Microbiology, 44 (4), 399-405. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02089.x
Oehmen, A. M., Lemos, P. C., Carvalho, G., Yuan, Z., Keller, J., Blackall, L. L. and Reis, M. A. M. (2007). Advances in enhanced biological phosphorus removal: from micro to macro scale. Water Research, 41 (11), 2271-2300. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.02.030
de Sousa Carvalho, G., Meyer, R. L., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2006). Differential distribution of ammonia- and nitrite-oxidising bacteria in flocs and granules from a nitrifying/denitrifying sequencing batch reactor. Enzyme And Microbial Technology, 39 (7), 1392-1398. doi: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2006.03.024
Carvalho, G, Novais, JM, Pinheiro, HM and Vanrolleghem, PA (2004). Model development and application for surfactant biodegradation in an acclimatising activated sludge system. Chemosphere, 54 (10), 1495-1502. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.08.028
Carvalho, G, Novais, JM and Pinheiro, HM (2003). Activated sludge acclimatisation kinetics to non‐ionic surfactants. Environmental Technology, 24 (1), 109-114. doi: 10.1080/09593330309385541
Carvalho, G, Delee, W, Novais, JM and Pinheiro, HM (2002). A factorially-designed study of physico-chemical reactive dye colour removal from simulated cotton textile processing wastewaters. Coloration Technology, 118 (5), 215-219. doi: 10.1111/j.1478-4408.2002.tb00102.x
Carvalho, G, Novais, JM, Vanrolleghem, PA and Pinheiro, HM (2002). Optimal operation for timely adaptation of activated sludge plants to changes in the surfactant composition of wastewater. Water Science and Technology, 45 (4-5), 345-353.
Carvalho, G, Nopens, I, Novais, JM, Vanrolleghem, PA and Pinheiro, HM (2001). Modelling of activated sludge acclimisation to a non-ionic surfactant. Water Science and Technology, 43 (7), 9-17.
Carvalho, G, Paul, E, Novais, JM and Pinheiro, HM (2000). Studies on activated sludge response to variations in the composition of a synthetic surfactant-containing feed effluent. Water Science and Technology, 42 (5-6), 135-143.
Conference Papers
Lu, Xuanyu, Duan, Haoran, Oehmen, Adrian, Carvalho, Gilda, Yuan, Zhiguo and Ye, Liu (2020). Achieving combined partial nitrification and biological phosphorus removal in a side-stream sludge treatment system. IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery Conference, Helsinki, Finland, 8 - 12 June 2020. IWA.
Pype, Marie-Laure, Hester, Brian, Middleton, Duncan and Carvalho, Gilda (2019). Role-play learning tool to enhance student's view of industry operation complexity. 30th Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE 2019): Educators Becoming Agents of Change: Innovate, Integrate, Motivate, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 8-11 December 2019. doi: 10.3316/INFORMIT.068979278224308
Blackburne, R. J., de Sousa Carvalho, G., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2004). Selective production of nitrite using hydroxylamine as inhibitor of nitrite oxidation.. IWA Conference on Environmental Biotechnology: Advancement on Water and Wastewater Application in the Tropics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 9 -10 December 2003. London, United Kingdom: IWA Publishing.