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Congratulations to our researcher Rebecca Dhawle for her published paper on the electrochemical oxidation of anastrozole!

Read the paper here:

Electrochemical Oxidation of Anastrozole over a BDD Electrode: Role of Operating Parameters and Water Matrix The electrochemical oxidation (EO) of the breast-cancer drug anastrozole (ANZ) is studied in this work. The role of various operating parameters, such as current density (6.25 and 12.5 mA cm−2), pH (3–10), ANZ concentration (0.5–2 mg L−1), nature of supporting electrolytes, w...

, Rebecca Dhawle presented her work with the ETN InnovEOX project at the 11th European conference on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis : Environmental Applications in Turin, Italy.


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InnovEOX at the 11th European Conference on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications, Turin, Italy - InnovEOX The 11th SPEA conference was organized from the 6th -10th June, 2022 in the historic city of Turin, Italy. Through plenary and keynote lectures, oral presentations, poster talks and poster sessions, the aim of the four-day SPEA11 conference was to report on the most advanced research progresses in e...

Our ESR8- Izba Ali shares her secondment experience at Agilent Technologies!
Like any other ESR in MSCA-ITN, I also had to join another partner/beneficiary organization for the sake of secondment. In my case, I went to Waldbronn, Germany to complete my 3 months long secondment at Agilent Technologies from January to April 2022. It was a wonderful and enriching experience.
Before moving, I was living in Belgium (which has predominantly a flat topography) as compared to Waldbronn in Germany (which is a rather hilly terrain). This was a very pleasant transformation since the scenery and landscape in neighbourhood was really admirable. Agilent Technologies was located uphill therefore the views from its office windows were commendable, which fills the workplace with a refreshing atmosphere. My accommodation was arranged in Boardinghouse Waldbronn, a very comfy place to live and within the walking distance from Agilent, thus the daily commute was not that difficult. On a regular basis, I and my colleagues ESR10 were exploring different kinds of cheesecakes (a specialty from that area) from different bakeries, so no doubt an additional delicious experience. On the weekends, it was a pleasure to walk on the trails of a quiet little forest, that I will probably miss from Waldbronn.
Right from the first day, I was able to start the work in the lab, thanks to the host company’s arrangements and facilities. During my secondment, I had the opportunity to work along with ESR10 (Allisson Barros de Souza), who is working at Agilent. We shared the knowledge and skills from our respective field of research. I gained valuable theoretical knowledge and practical understanding while working on the HPLC-UV and LC-QTOF. Along with ESR10, we developed LC-UV and LC-MS methods to analyze the degradation of various pollutants of concern (listed in the Watch List 2020) using electrochemical advanced oxidation processes and also tried to identify the degradation/transformation products formed as a result of the treatment.
Overall, I believe that the secondments are an excellent opportunity to get out of your own lab, take a refreshing start at another lab, learn new techniques and aspects, and enrich you mind with new ideas from collaboration so that you and your project can grow collectively. A limited time of the secondment makes you learn how to stand for the best of your interests and make most use of your time. Now, as my secondment has come to an end, I am packing my luggage and samples, with a mind full of ideas and motivation to work further in my own lab.
Finally, I would like to express my gratitude for the help and support I got from Tom Van de Goor, Allisson Barros de Souza, and Konstantin Choikhet which enabled me to produce some valuable results.

ESR15- Gema Amaya shares her experience at Chemical Engineering 3MT and Poster Competition at UCL!
Hi everyone! I am happy to get back to you to keep you posted on what is going on during my PhD. First of all a small recap: I’m Gema, PhD student and ESR 15 of the MCSA ITN InnovEOX project. My thesis is aimed to perform the Life Cycle Assessment and Cost analysis of the emerging technologies that are being developed within the InnovEOX consortium. The outcome of this study will give us, at the end of the project, the opportunity to devise what is the best and most sustainable strategy to implement eAOP to efficiently degrade resistant micropollutants from wastewater. Was that clear? (this is something I always wonder when talking about what I do).

For a PhD student, and for a researcher in general, it is always challenging to explain what you do in a few sentences, or to explain it to the general public, or people who, despite they are familiar with research, science or even your field, they are not experts in what you do. On the other side, we are so familiar and so self-focused in our work, that we forget that the message we deliver might not be as clear as we think it is.
Because of that, I think it is always a good opportunity to participate in dissemination and outreach activities and interact with non-experts in your field and let them know what you are doing. Personally, I think that being able to communicate effectively what you do is key, if you want to be a good researcher. As Einstein would say: “You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother”, and I could not agree more.
For this reason, I am really grateful to InnovEOX, because it encourages us to become excellent cutting-edge researchers, and keep up with our communications skills by participating in social media and outreach activities. This time, I took part in the 3MT (3 Minutes Thesis) and poster competition contest organized by the Chemical Engineering department at UCL (my hosting institution). Basically, all the PhD have the opportunity to explain in 3 minutes what their thesis is about, and/or can show it graphically in a poster. I did both. It was a great experience, very enriching since it also gave me a first-hand view on how I shall communicate my research to my peers, it was a good training also for the upcoming conferences. And guess what? People loved my poster and I won one of the prizes for the best poster presentation!
I am definitely going to keep up with the communication and dissemination activities, because I find them really rewarding, useful and even fun! So special thanks to InnovEOX for encouraging us!

ESR15- Gema Amaya shares her secondment experience at Nijhuis Saur Industries!
Hi everyone! This is Gema Amaya, PhD student and ESR 15 of the MCSA ITN InnovEOX project. The subject of my thesis is to perform the Life Cycle Assessment and Cost Analysis of the emerging technologies that are being developed within the InnovEOX consortium to efficiently degrade resistant micropollutants from wastewater. One of the things I am enjoying the most about this PhD experience under this program is the opportunity I have to interact with the rest of my PhD colleagues (other 14 ESRs) and exchange info and knowledge with them.
This European project encourages the interaction between PhD students and the Industry, to broaden our skills, so they won’t limit only to an academic experience. With such purpose, all of us need to perform secondments – short term research stays, in some of the partner organizations in which we have the opportunity to get hands on experience while developing our research. As you might imagine, COVID-19 did not make it easy for us, since we all started during pandemic times. Fortunately, as things have been turning back to “normal” and restrictions for traveling are being lifting, we are all getting to benefit from this knowledge exchange experience.
I wanted to share with you the amazing time I had during one of my secondments at Nijhuis Saur Industries (Netherlands), a wastewater treatment company that provides solutions for sustainable water use all over the world.
During my stay there, I had the opportunity to work with lab and commercial scale wastewater treatment technologies using advance oxidation for micropollutant removal. Although my work is mainly computational, I also could perform some hands-on lab work (which I loved!). At Nijhuis Saur Industries, I had the chance to meet incredibly amazing and talented people, who made my stay at the company very enjoyable. Especial thanks to Nadine Boelee who made it happen!

Today, our Nadia Gadi had the great opportunity to present her research work that focuses on removal from water. This, during the 7th edition of the Young Water Professionals conference held in Delft.
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Last week, our Sara Feijoo Moreira had the opportunity to explain our research to high school students of the International Baccalaureate at the IES Plurilingüe Rosalía de Castro (Santiago de Compostela, Spain).
It was a pleasure to inspire the younger generations and tell them more about becoming a researcher working on innovation in wastewater treatment!

How can we purify water in a sustainable way using sunlight and electricity? Check our latest blog by ESR06 Rebecca Dhawle:

PHOTOELECTROCATALYSIS: A sustainable way forward?
https://innoveox.eu/photoelectrocatalysis-a-sustainable-way-forward/

PHOTOELECTROCATALYSIS: A sustainable way forward? - InnovEOX With rising water quality standards, it is of great importance to develop processes that can efficiently remove recalcitrant pollutants which are resistant to conventional water treatment methods. While developing such processes, the energy efficiency and the economy of the process plays a key role....

How many female scientists can you name? Check our latest blog: Six Female Scientists Who Helped to Change the World. https://innoveox.eu/six-female-scientists-who-helped-to-change-the-world/

We wish women who are interested in science to listen to their hearts, be firm in their convictions and pursue their dreams bravely!

Six Female Scientists Who Helped to Change the World - InnovEOX Stereotypes and prejudice have been the biggest barriers to women in science since time immemorial. The road to science may be bumpy, but generations of women scientists never gave up, breaking through numerous obstacles to prove themselves, winning the respect of the world, and gradually improving....

In our latest blog, Sara Feijoo Moreira, ESR 01, talks about how we could do our bit in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goal #6 -Clean Water and Sanitation. Read the full blog here: https://innoveox.eu/contributing-to-the-un-sustainable-development-goal-6-clean-water-and-sanitation/

Contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goal #6 - Clean Water and Sanitation - InnovEOX In this day and age, billions of people are still unacceptably lacking access to sufficient and safe water resources, including not only water needed for sanitation and hygiene services, but also drinking water. If we take a look at the numbers for 2020, 2 billion people lacked safely managed drinki...

The combined used of photocatalysis and e-AOPs could enhance the removal of contaminants from wastewater streams. Listen to our second podcast where the members of InnovEOX Work Package 2 discuss about the future and challenges of such integrated processes.

The podcast is now available on Spotify and Anchor!! https://lnkd.in/gyqZ-EKS.

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InnovEOX podcast - episode 2 - InnovEOX InnovEOX Podcast #2: InnovEOX Work Package 2 is about integrating photo-catalytic systems in eAOPs Hosts: Rebecca Dhawle and Agha Zeeshan Ali Guests: Prof. Jan Peter van der Hoek, Prof. Henri Spanjers and Prof. Dionissios Mantzavinos Thank you for listening, and please don’t forget to subscribe!

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InnovEOX podcast - episode 1 - InnovEOX InnovEOX Podcast #1: Introduction to InnovEOX Hosts: Ardiana Kajtazi and Rafael Reis Guests: prof. Raf Dewil and prof. Deirdre Cabooter Thank you for listening, and please don’t forget to subscribe!

InnovEOX 4th Network Wide Event

The 4th Network Wide Event (NWE) of MSCA ETN InnovEOX project was held in Leuven, Belgium from 13/09/2021 to 17/09/2021, which was also the first physical plenary meeting since the COVID-19 crisis started, and 22 months after the recruitment event in November 2019. By following all Belgium government measures, having the full vaccination and/or COVID-19 test together with adhering careful sanitary measures, the majority of project members successfully met in Leuven and spent a wonderful week together !

Check more details on https://innoveox.eu/innoveox-4th-network-wide-event/

Do you know about BIOCHAR?
Read our latest blog by ESR 6 Rebecca Dhawle on BIOCHAR that is an eco-friendly and cost effective material for water treatment applications.


Link to the blog: https://innoveox.eu/biochar-a-sustainable-material-for-aops/

BIOCHAR: A sustainable material for AOPs - InnovEOX We are always looking for cheaper and sustainable materials irrespective of the industry or sector we work for, to develop new processes which are as cost-effective as possible. I am Rebecca Dhawle, a chemical engineer and ESR 06 based in University of Patras, Greece. And while digging through loads...

Happy World Environment day. 🌍
Check out our website at www.innoveox.eu to know more how AOPs help us having a better Environment.

Want to know more about water contaminants and methods to analyse them? 🤔 Check ESR 11-Elena Bandini's blog to find out more.
https://innoveox.eu/the-challenge-of-wastewater-analysis-how-to-reliably-monitor-water-contaminants/

The challenge of wastewater analysis: how to reliably monitor water contaminants - InnovEOX My name is Elena Bandini and I am a PhD student at the University of Ghent, part of the European H2020 MSCA-ETN InnovEOX Project. In this blog, I would like to clarify why research on analytical techniques is fundamental to ensure safe and clean water. The first question that arises is what does mea...

Don't miss our latest blog about the development of advanced wastewater treatment technologies by ESR9 – Quynh-Khoa Pham.

https://innoveox.eu/why-the-development-of-advanced-waste-water-treatment-technologies-is-indispensable/

Why the development of advanced waste water treatment technologies is indispensable - InnovEOX I am Pham Quynh Khoa, being one of the early stage researchers of the InnovEOX project. The InnovEOX project, funded by the European Union, gathers researchers with a background in chemical engineering and analytical chemistry in academia and industry. The aim of this project is to develop advanced....

As Mahatma Gandhi said, “Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.”
This Earth Day (22 April 2021) let’s follow the three R’s (reduce, reuse and recycle) to conserve natural resources.

We are delighted to announce that one of our researchers – Rebecca Dhawle has published a paper in the Chemical Engineering Journal Advances. The topic of the paper is “Production of hydrogen peroxide with a photocatalytic fuel cell and its application to UV/H2O2 degradation of dyes”. Congratulations to the authors of the paper. More details regarding the paper can be found at https://innoveox.eu/production-of-hydrogen-peroxide-with-a-photocatalytic-fuel-cell-and-its-application-to-uv-h2o2-degradation-of-dyes/

Access to clean water is a fundamental human right. However, according to WHO, 1 in 3 people globally do not have access to clean drinking water.

The theme of World Water Day 2021 is valuing water. Today, on , let’s come together and share how we .

The purpose of our InnovEOX project explained in only 60 seconds! Check out our video at: https://youtu.be/RqhjznPj7Qc

InnovEOX explained in 60 seconds MSCA ETN InnovEOX project explained in 60 secondsInnovEOX deals with a topic of growing worldwide societal concern: the contamination of natural water resour...

Our new EEA-Eionet Strategy for 2021-2030 is now online. Delivering data and knowledge to achieve Europe’s & ambitions.

find out more here: https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/eea-eionet-strategy-2021-2030

Cleaner drinking water for all! 💧

EU citizens started a European citizens’ initiative to make sure drinking water is safe and of good quality for everyone. They gathered more than one million signatures from across the EU. 👍

As a direct response, we changed the rules to make this happen! Vulnerable groups will have better access to clean water and we will tackle pollutants and microplastics.

Have you seen our Innoveox project poster? Do you want to know more about what is behind the research of each of our ESRs? Then check out our project presentation at: https://innoveox.eu/project-innoveox/

Innoveox is an interdisciplinary project that deals with a topic of growing worldwide impact: the contamination of water resources with compounds of emerging concern. More specifically, we are focused on developing pioneering electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Processes (eAOPs), which stand out as a promising, sustainable and effective degradation route for recalcitrant pollutants. In addition, we will couple technology advances with economic, environmental and toxicity assessments to validate the feasibility of a future implementation.

If you want to know more about our overarching project at a glance, check out our poster at: https://innoveox.eu/project-innoveox/

In our latest blog, ESR Agha Zeeshan Ali explains the importance of for , with a focus on energy in electrochemical advanced oxidation processes for treatment . Check out the full article at: https://innoveox.eu/renewables-for-sustainable-growth-wastewater-treatment/

Renewables for Sustainable Growth & Wastewater Treatment - InnovEOX Energy transition, CO2 emission, sustainable development, circular economy, renewables are some of the main buzz words which we have heard very often during the last decade. Ever wondered why these words are important and how they are related to our daily life chores? Let’s try to dissect this bro...

At Innoveox project we are happy to share that we are entering the new year with a full team! Together we will work on innovative technological developments in electrochemical oxidation techniques, advanced analytical chemistry and toxicity assessment for wastewater treatment. Stay tuned!

“Despite the few days remaining until the long-awaited end of this unprecedented year, we unfortunately know that there is no magic spell that will make the disappear when the clock strikes midnight. We are now busy waiting for an effective worldwide vaccination campaign that will allow us to go back to our daily routines - what we used to call “normality”-, while governments continue to contend with a relentless spread of the virus and its harsh impact on society. But, since the 2019 novel coronavirus has come to stay, it got me thinking: what will happen next?”

This is how the latest blog from one of our ESRs begins. In it, Sara Feijoo explains recent evidence on the presence of in . If you want to know more about it, you can continue reading here:
https://innoveox.eu/covid-19-in-wastewater-a-new-frontier-for-research/

COVID-19 in Wastewater: A new frontier for research - InnovEOX Despite the few days remaining until the long-awaited end of this unprecedented year, we unfortunately know that there is no magic spell that will make the COVID-19 pandemic disappear when the clock strikes midnight. We are now busy waiting for an effective worldwide vaccination campaign that will a...