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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...
Summer scholarships for research initiation
CRETUS launches for the first time a call for Summer Scholarships targeted to master students who want to start a research career in one of the areas of the CRETUS research agenda. A total of 8 scholarships with a duration of 3 months (from September to November 2021)...
A feasibility study for air quality measurement using radio frequency antennas
Los investigadores Aarón A. Salas , J. Antonio Rodríguez y Francisco J. Ares del departamento de Física Aplicada de la USC junto con Mª Elena López del de Ciencias Morfológicas acaban de publicar este reciente estudio sobre la...
On-demand technosols and reactive wetlands to recover hyperacid soils, water and ecosystems of uranium mine in Salamanca. TEKURA Project
A través del proyecto TEKURA, financiado por el CDTI, de enero 2018 a junio del 2020, con la participación de ENUSA, CIEMAT, ENGRISA y con investigadores de CRETUS por parte de la USC, ha sido posible la recuperación del hueco minero de la mina de uranio de Saelices...
Carmen García Jares and María Llompart Vizoso obtain the professorship on Analytical Chemistry. Congratulations!
The University of Santiago de Compostela and CRETUS have two new professors. Carmen García Jares, who coordinates the CRETUS Talent Committee and the research group "Laboratory for Research and Development of Analytical Solutions" (LIDSA), and María Llompart Vizoso,...
RESEARCH AREAS
Methodology
DIAGNOSIS
– Organic microcontaminants
– Biological contamination
– Natural water physicochemistry
– Ecotoxicology
– Microbiology
TECHNOLOGIES
– Water treatment
– Waste treatment
– Air quality
– Recovery of contaminated soils
– Post-treatment and disinfection
– Biorefining and resource valuation
– Sustainable production
– Environmental modeling
IMPACTS
– Environmental impact
– Life Cycle Analysis
– Economic viability
– Environmental risk
– Circular economy
– Energy efficiency
– Territorial planning
– Carbon sinks
– Social perception and acceptance
– Legal aspects
