SOLAR TREATMENT OF WATER UNIT

Dra. Samira Nahim

Researcher
Telephone: +34950387800 Ext.803
Email: samira.nahim@psa.es

ORCID: 0000-0002-8354-9685

Water Solar Treatment Unit
Plataforma Solar de Almería
Carretera de Senés, km 4
Tabernas, E-04200 Almería
Spain

Research interest

Dra. Samira Nahim scientific career is focused in the application of advanced oxidation and photocatalytic processes for the simultaneous disinfection and decontamination of industrial/urban wastewater and the assessment of their subsequent reuse for vegetables irrigation studying the translocation of the microbiological and chemical pollutants to the irrigated crops.

Track record

Multidisciplinary education: Degree in Chemistry, Master in Advanced Chemistry (extraordinary award and RSEQ award), Master in Quality Management and Safety in the Agro-food sector and PhD in Biotechnology and Industrial Bioprocesses Applied to Agrifood and Environment (extraordinary award, IPS-AOP award and Water in Agriculture, Irrigation and Agri-food sector award-UAL).
Her professional activity began in 2015 in the field of Green Chemistry. After that, her research activity in the University of Almería-Plataforma Solar of Almería is focused in the treatment and reuse of wastewater. Samira Nahim is author of 22 publications in indexed international journals, 11 technical publications, 2 book chapter and 1 patent. She has been involved in 12 International and 8 National R&D Projects and has more than 80 contributions to different International Congress and Symposiums. Scopus h-index: 15.

SCI PUBLICATIONS SINCE 2020 UP TO DATE:

  1. L.C.Ferreira, M. Castro-Alférez, S. Nahim-Granados, M. I. Polo-López, M. S. Lucas, G .Li Puma, P. Fernández-Ibáñez. Inactivation of water pathogens with solar photo-activated persulfate oxidation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 381, 122275, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=9.13 (2/53 Environ. Eng.) Q1
  2. S.Nahim-Granados, G.Rivas-Ibáñez, J.A.Sánchez-Pérez, I.Oller, S.Malato, M.I.Polo-López. Fresh-cut wastewater disinfection and decontamination by ozonation at pilot scale. Water Research, 170, 115304, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=9.13 (3/53 Environ. Eng) Q1
  3. S.G. Michael, I. Michael-Kordatou, S. Nahim-Granados, M.I. Polo-López, J. Rocha, A.B. Martínez-Piernas, P.Fernández-Ibáñez, A.Agüera, C.M.Manaia, D.Fatta- Kassinos. Investigating the impact of UV-C/H2O2 and sunlight/H2O2 on the removal of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance determinants and toxicity present in urban wastewater. Chemical Engineering Journal, 388,124383,2020. JCR 2020: IF=9.13 (2/53 Environ. Eng.) Q1
  4. S. Nahim-Granados, G. Rivas-Ibáñez, J.A. Sánchez-Pérez, I. Oller, S. Malato, M.I. Polo-López. Fresh-cut wastewater reclamation: techno-economical assessment of solar driven processes at pilot plant scale. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 278, 119334, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=16.68 (1/53 Environ. Eng.) Q1
  5. Marano and Fernandes et. al including S.Nahim-Granados (84/56). A global multinational survey of cefotaxime-resistant coliforms in urban wastewater treatment plants. Environmental International, 144, 106035, 2020. JCR 2020: IF=7.943 (10/352 Environ. Sci.) Q1
  6. S. Nahim-Granados, A. B. Martínez-Piernas, G. Rivas-Ibáñez, P. Plaza-Bolaños, I. Oller, S. Malato, M. I. Polo-López. Solar processes and ozonation for fresh-cut wastewater reclamation and reuse: Assessment of chemical, microbiological and chlorosis risks of raw-eaten crops. Water Research, 203, 117532, 2021. JCR 2020:  IF=11.236 (3/53 Environ. Eng.) Q1
  7. G. Maniakova, I. Salmerón, S. Nahim-Granados, S. Malato, I. Oller, L. Rizzo, M.I. Polo-López. Sunlight advanced oxidation processes vs ozonation for wastewater disinfection and safe reclamation. Science of The Total Environment, 787, 147531, 2021. JCR 2020: IF= 7.963 (25/274 Environ. Sci.) Q1
  8. I. Berruti, S. Nahim-Granados, M.J. Abeledo-Lameiro, I. Oller, M.I. Polo-López. UV-C peroxymonosulfate activation for wastewater regeneration: Simultaneous inactivation of pathogens and degradation of contaminants of emerging concern. Molecules, 26, 4890, 2021. JCR 2020: IF= 4.412 (63/178 Chem. Multidiscip.) Q2
  9. I. Berruti, S. Nahim-Granados, M.J. Abeledo-Lameiro, I. Oller, M.I. Polo-López. Recent advances in solar photochemical processes for water and wastewater disinfection. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 10, 100248, 2022. JCR 2022: No IF.
  10. I. Berruti, S. Nahim-Granados, M.J. Abeledo-Lameiro, I. Oller, M.I. Polo-López. Peroxymonosulfate/Solar process for urban wastewater purification at a pilot plant scale: A techno-economic assessment. Science of The Total Environment. 881, 163407, 2023, JCR 2023: IF= 8.2 (31/358 Environmental Sciences) Q1
  11. A. Martínez-García, S. Nahim-Granados, I. Berruti, I. Oller, M.I. Polo-López. Assessment of solar water disinfection enhancement with H2O2 and dissolved oxygen on inactivating different waterborne pathogens. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11, 111145. 2023. JCR 2023: IF= 7.4 (18/170 Engineering, Chemical) Q1
  12. S. Nahim-Granados, I. Berruti, I. Oller, M.I. Polo-López M.I., S. Malato. Assessment of a commercial biodegradable iron fertilizer (Fe3+-IDS) for water treatment by solar photo-Fenton at near-neutral pH. Catalysis Today. 434, 114699, 2023. JCR 2023: IF= 5.2 (13/74 Applied chemistry) Q1
  13. C. Monteserín, M. Blanco, A. Juarros, A.M. Goitandia, H. Zarrabe, I. Azpitarte, E. Aranzabe, I. Espinoza-Pavón, S. Nahim-Granados, I. Berruti, M.I. Polo-López. Solar-assisted stainless steel TiO2-based coatings for water disinfection and decontamination. Catalysis Today. 434, 114673, 2024. JCR 2023: IF= 5.2 (13/74 Applied chemistry) Q1
  14. S. Nahim-Granados, H. Quon, M.I. Polo-López, I. Oller, A. Agüera, S Jiang. Assessment of antibiotic-resistant infection risks associated with reclaimed wastewater irrigation in intensive tomato cultivation Water Research, 254, 2024, 121437, JCR 2023: IF=13.400 (Eng, Environ 6/54) Q1