Green Adsorbents for Pollutant Removal

Dr. Grégorio CRINI, 52, is researcher at University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UMR Chrono-environnement, Besançon, France. His current interests focus on the design of novel polymer networks and the environmental aspects of polysaccharide chemistry. He published over 180 papers in international journals and books, and he is a highly cited researcher. The total citation of his publications is over 7500 according to ISI Web of Science, h-index: 32Eric Lichtfouse, 58, is a biogeochemist at the University of Aix-Marseille, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France. He got a PhD in organic geochemistry at the University of Strasbourg in 1989 for the discovery of new fossil steroids in sediments and petroleum. He has invented the 13C-dating method allowing to measure the dynamics of soil organic molecules. He is Chief Editor of the journal Environmental Chemistry Letters and former Chief Editor of the journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development. He has published thebook Scientific Writing for Impact Factor Journal, describing the micro-article, a new tool to identify the novelty of experimental results. He has published 85 research papers, with an h index of 23, and edited more than 50 books. He got the Analytical Chemistry Prize of the French Chemical Society, the Grand University Prize of Nancy University and a Journal Citation Award by the Essential Science Indicators.

• 1. Wastewater treatment: An overview.- 2. Adsorption-oriented processes using conventional and non-conventional adsorbents for wastewater treatment.- 3. A systematic analysis and review of the fundamental acid-base properties of biosorbents.- 4. Fractal-like kinetic models for fluid-solid adsorption.- 5. Carbonaceous porous materials for the adsorption of heavy metals: Chemical characterization of oxidized activated carbons.- 6. Thermodynamic properties of heavy metal ions adsorption by green adsorbents.- 7. Biosorption and biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by microalgae.- 8. Adsorption and oxidation techniques to remove organic pollutants from water.- 9. Surface engineered magnetic biosorbents for water treatment.- 10. Remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using nanomaterials.