SHORT SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC LIFE

Dr. David Gabriel (Barcelona, 1971) is full-professor at UAB since 2019 at the Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering (DEQBA) in the GENOCOV research group. I joined DEQBA after his graduate in Industrial Chemistry (1994). His PhD thesis (July 2000) was developed in the field of monitoring and control of WWTP using deterministic models. In 2001-2002 I enjoyed a postdoctoral contract at the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering of the University of California under the supervision of Prof. Marc A. Deshusses. In 2002, David Gabriel started a new research line at DEQBA focused on the design, characterization, monitoring and control of bioreactors for the treatment of gaseous emissions.

My research activities and interests focus on the development, design, optimization, monitoring, control and modeling of biological processes, especially the intensification of gaseous streams and wastewaters treatment and resources recovery processes.

I have participated in over 20 national R&D projects within the field of environmental engineering. Specially, I have been PI or coordinator in 10 competitive R&D national plans including Explora and Ministry of Environment calls. Totally, the granted amount has been 1.4 M€. I participated in 6 EU projects and he is currently coordinator of RECYCLES (872053), a H2020 MSCA-RISE 8-partners project granted with 1.2 M€. He participates in EU projects VIVALDI (101000441) and NIMBUS (LIFE19 ENV/ES/000191). These 3 EU projects address the recovery of resources from gaseous streams including biomethanation, CO₂ recovery as added-value chemicals and integration of the C, N and S cycles to develop optimum bioprocesses. International collaborations have led me to establish an important, and very active network with researchers worldwide that also help to promote the career development of early stage researchers.

I have published over 130 SCI articles, 2 books, and 26 book chapters and participated in over 120 presentations in conferences, mostly oral presentations in international events. His works have received over 4000 citations (peaking up to 421 in 2021) and his h-index is 39 according to Scopus. In addition to all these records, I have supervised 18 PhD thesis since 2007 including fellows from Chinese Science Council. 

TOP TEN PUBLICATIONS

1. X. Zhou, AD. Dorado, J. Lafuente, X. Gamisans, D. Gabriel (2022) Mechanistic modeling of glycerol fermenting and sulfate-reducing processes by granular sludge under sulfidogenic conditions. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10 (1), 107937
2. Zhou X., Fernández-Palacios E., Dorado A.D., Gamisans X., Gabriel D. (2022) Assessing the main mechanism and process rates of granular sulfidogenic biomass fed with glycerol under non-methanogenic conditions. Chemosphere, 286, 131649
3. Sulonen M.L.K., Baeza J.A., Gabriel D., Guisasola A. (2021) Optimisation of the operational parameters for a comprehensive bioelectrochemical treatment of acid mine drainage, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 409, 124944
4. Guimerà X., Mora M., López L. R., Gabriel G., Dorado A. D., Lafuente J., Gamisans X., Gabriel D. (2020) Coupling dissolved oxygen microsensors measurements and heterogeneous respirometry for monitoring and modeling microbial activity within sulfide-oxidizing biofilms, Chemical Engineering Journal, 400, 125846
5. Mora M., Fernández-Palacios E., Guimerà X., Lafuente J., Gamisans X., Gabriel D. (2020) Feasibility of S-rich streams valorization through a two-step biosulfur production process Chemosphere, 253, 126734
6. González D., Colón J., Sánchez A., Gabriel D. (2019) A systematic study on the VOCs characterization and odour emissions in a full-scale sewage sludge composting plant, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 373, 733-740
7. Fernández E., Mora M., Lafuente J., Gabriel D. (2019) Exploring the performance limits of a sulfidogenic UASB during the long-term use of crude glycerol as electron donor. Science of the Total Environment, 688, 1184-1192
8. D. González, N. Guerra, J. Colón, D. Gabriel, S. Ponsá, A. Sánchez (2019).Filling in sewage sludge biodrying gaps: Greenhouse gases, volatile organic compounds and odour emissions. Bioresource Technology, 291, 121857
9. Blázquez E., Gabriel D., Baeza J.A., Guisasola A. (2016) Treatment of high-strength sulfate wastewater using an autotrophic biocathode in view of elemental sulfur recovery, Water Research, 105, 395-405.
10. Pol R., Céspedes F., Gabriel D., Baeza M. (2017) Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip platforms for environmental monitoring. Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 95, 62 - 68. 

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