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Natali Lazzari joins CRETUS as Marie Skłodowska-Curie researcher and reinforces the talent attraction program
One of the 9 projects of the Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 call awarded to the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, corresponds to CRETUS. This is the REVELSEA proposal (Operationalizing relational values for a more equitable marine...
Open call to join CRETUS Mentoring Program
CRETUS has already launched the 3rd Call of its Mentoring Program targeted to its PhD Students. Currently, the mentoring program has 20 researchers in the role of mentor and a total of 30 doctoral students have already join the program (15 have finished and the other...
The ERC EqualSea project is hiring 4 full time postdoctoral position
The Equalsea Lab, ERC Consolidator Grant project developed at CRETUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, is hiring 4 full time #postdoctoral positions:1 on social tipping points,1 on ocean equity indicators,1 on ownership and concentration of the...
CRETUS researchers participate as co-authors of the new Global Tipping Points Report
The Global Tipping Points Report, presented this morning at COP28 at Expo City in Dubai, was produced by an international team of more than 200 researchers, coordinated by the University of Exeter, in partnership with Bezos Earth Fund, in which two CRETUS researcher...
Our course on Sustainable Development Goals in the framework of a Circular economy, kicked off today
This morning at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Santiago de Compostela, the course 'An environmental approach to the objectives of sustainable development in the framework of the circular economy', organised by CRETUS under the coordination of professors...
Master’s Degree in Environmental Engineering achieves for the sixth time the 1st position in El Mundo’s Master’s Degree Ranking.
As every year, El Mundo journal publishes the ranking of the best master's degrees 2021/2022, where it gathers 250 master's degree programmes from different universities and business schools in 50 specialities. The Master in Environmental Engineering of the University...
RESEARCH AREAS
Methodology
DIAGNOSIS
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Organic microcontaminants
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Biological contamination
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Natural water physicochemistry
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Ecotoxicology
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Microbiology
TECHNOLOGIES
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Water treatment
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Waste treatment
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Air quality
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Recovery of contaminated soils
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Post-treatment and disinfection
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Biorefining and resource valuation
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Sustainable production
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Environmental modeling
IMPACTS
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Environmental impact
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Life Cycle Analysis
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Economic viability
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Environmental risk
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Circular economy
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Energy efficiency
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Territorial planning
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Carbon sinks
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Social perception and acceptance
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Legal aspects
Actividade financiada polo Convenio de Colaboración entre a Consellería de Cultura, Educación e a USC para o desenvolvemento de accións estratéxicas de I+D+i.