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Environmental Bioengineering


  Group Leader

Photo Dr. Serge Guiot

Dr. Serge Guiot
Tel.: (514) 496-6181
Fax: (514) 496-6265
E-mail: serge.guiot@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca
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  Group Overview

The Environmental Bioengineering group develops effective treatment solutions for a wide range of contaminants of groundwater and polluted wastewater, which enhance the degradation of pollutants and transform organic waste. The group is active in the development and optimization of bioprocess technologies based on multifunctional biofilms for treatment of wastewaters and contaminated groundwaters, including micro-engineering (namely using microencapsulation) of microbial consortia and the molecular ecology of biofilms. The research team also develops control tools and strategies for anaerobic digestion instrumentation and automation and works on bioprocesses for the conversion of organic wastes in green energy carriers (methane, hydrogen, and bioelectricity). The group's solutions-oriented approach has resulted in the development of innovative bioprocesses, real-time tools for on-line monitoring and an understanding of the functionality of diverse microbial consortia, which may be used to treat targeted contaminants. The group has patented innovative bioprocesses for the biotreatment of toxic compounds including organochlorines as well as the immobilization of bacteria (which can then be used as underground biobarriers and aboveground bioreactors designed for bioremediation of waters contaminated with chlorinated solvents). Another patented bioprocess treats nitrate-contaminated groundwater. The group offers a wide range of services for the assessment, monitoring, treatment and decontamination of polluted sites and effluents.

  Scientific Highlights

Tresse O, Mounien F, Lévesque MJ, Guiot SR (2005) Comparison of the Microbial Population Dynamics and Phylogenetic Characterization of a CANOXIS Reactor and a UASB Reactor Degrading the Trichloroethene. J. Appl. Microbiol. 8: 440-449.

Morel E, Santamaria K, Perrier M, Guiot SR, Tartakovsky B (2004) Application of Multi-wavelength Fluorometry for On-Line Monitoring of an Anaerobic Digestion Process. Water Res. 38: 3287-3296.

Tartakovsky B, Manuel MF, Guiot SR (2003) Trichloroethylene Degradation in a Coupled Anaerobic/aerobic Reactor Oxygenated using Hydrogen Peroxide. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37: 5823-5828.

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