Publications
Keywords: wastewater treatment, bioprocesses and nitrous oxide
Publications
(*stands for the corresponding author
26. Leachate – A key to unlocking the chain of recirculating PFAS forever?
-> Sabba, F.*, Kassar, C., McNamara, P., Hunter, G.
-> Water Online, 2023,
*going live in Jan 2023
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26. Enhancing resource recovery via cranberry syrup waste at the Wisconsin Rapids WRRF: an experimental and modeling study
-> Sabba, F.*, Farmer, M., Barnard, J., Dunlap, P., Marroquin, S., Giefer, R., Budberg, D., Downing L.
-> Journal of Environmental Management, 2022,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116190
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25. Impact of operational strategies on a sidestream enhanced biological phosphorus removal (S2EBPR) reactor in a carbon limited wastewater plant
-> Sabba, F.*, Farmer, M., Jia, Z., Di Capua, F., Dunlap, P., Barnard, J., Dongqi Qin, C., Kozak, J.A., Wells, G., Downing, L.
-> Science of the Total Environment, 2023,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159280
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24. Simultaneous nitrification–denitrification in biofilm systems for wastewater treatment: Key factors, potential routes, and engineered applications
-> Di Capua, F, Iannacone, F., Sabba, F., Esposito, G.*
-> Bioresource Technology, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127702
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23. Lab-scale data and microbial community structure suggest shortcut nitrogen removal as the predominant nitrogen removal mechanism in post-aerobic digestion (PAD)
-> Sabba, F.*, McNamara, P., Redmond, E., Ruff, C., Young, M., Downing, L.
-> Environmental Science: Advances, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.10762
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22. Post aerobic digestion (PAD) is a solids sidestream nutrient removal process that utilizes native carbon: performance and key operational parameters from two full-scale PAD reactors
-> McNamara, P., Sabba, F., Redmond, E., Dunlap, P., Worley-Morse, T., Marks, C., Downing, L.*
-> Environmental Science: Advances, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2VA00045H
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21. Integrated experimental and modeling evaluation of removal efficiency and energy consumption for an autotrophic denitrifying biocathode
-> Cecconet, D., Sabba, F., Anastasi, V., Bolognesi, S., Callegari, A., He, Z., Capodaglio, A.*
-> Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2EW00165A
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20. Layered Viscoelastic Properties of Granular Biofilms
->Liou, H-C., Sabba, F., Wang, Z., Wells, G., Balogun, O.*
-> Water Research, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117394
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19. Plant-wide Systems Microbiology for the Wastewater Industry
-> Cerruti, M., Guo, B., Delatolla, R., de Jonge, N., de Vos van Steenwijk, A. H., Kadota, P., Lawson, C. E., Mao, T., Oosterkamp, M. J., Sabba, F., Stokholm-Bjerregaard, M., Watson, I., Frigon, D., Weissbrodt, D. G.*
-> Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EW00231G
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18. Functionalizing a Polyelectrolite Complex with Chitosan Derivatives to Tailor Membrane Surface Properties
-> Won, Y., Stein, G., Sadman, K., Sabba, F., Shull, K., Gray, A.K.*
-> Langmuir, 2020, 36 (43): 12784–12794
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17. Pushing the Limits of Solids Retention Time for Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal: Process Characteristics and Accumulibacter Population Structure
-> Roots, P., Rosenthal, A., Wang, Y., Sabba, F., Jia, Z., Yang, F., Zhang, H., Kozak, J., Wells, G.*
–> Water Science & Technology 2020, 82 (8): 1614–1627
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16. In situ Groundwater Treatment with BES: a Critical Review and Future Perspectives
-> Cecconet, D., Sabba, F., Devecseri, M., Callegari, A., Capodaglio, A.G.*
-> Environment International, 2020,Apr;137:105550
<Link> <ResearchGate>



15. Differential Kinetics of Nitrogen Oxides Reduction Leads to Elevated N2O Production by a Nitrite Fed Granular Denitrifying EBPR Bioreactor
-> Gao, H., Zhao, H., Zhou, L., Sabba, F., Wells, G.F.*
-> Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2020, 6 (4), 1028-1043
<Link> <ResearchGate>



14. Integrated Shortcut Nitrogen and Biological Phosphorus Removal from Mainstream Wastewater: Process Operation and Modeling
-> Roots, P., Sabba, F., Rosenthal, F. A., Wang, Y., Yang, F., Kozak, A. J., Zhang, H., Wells, G.*
-> Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2020, 6:566-580
<Link> <ResearchGate>



13. Towards Mechanical Characterization of Granular Biofilms by Optical Coherence Elastography Measurements of Circumferential Elastic Waves
-> Liou, H.-C., Sabba, F., Packman, A., Rosenthal, A., Wells, G., Balogun, O.*
-> Soft Matter, 2019, 15(28): 5562-5573
<Link> <ResearchGate>



12. Using Kinetics and Modeling to Predict Denitrification Fluxes in Elemental Sulfur (So) Based Biofilms
->Wang, Y., Sabba, F., Bott, C., Nerenberg, R.*
->Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2019, 116(10):2698-2709
<Link> <ResearchGate>



11. Comammox Nitrospira are the Dominant Ammonia Oxidizers in a Mainstream Low Dissolved Oxygen Nitrification Reactor
-> Roots, P.; Wang, Y., Rosenthal, A., Griffin, J., Sabba, F., Petrovich, M., Yang, F., Kozak, J., Zhang, H., Wells, G.*
-> Water Research, 2019, 157(15):396-405
<Link> <ResearchGate>



10. A Serial Biofiltration System for Effective Removal of Low-concentration Nitrous Oxide in Oxic Gas Streams: Mathematical Modelling of Reactor Performance and Experimental Validation
-> Yoon, H., Joon Song, M., Kim, D. D., Sabba. F., Yoon, S.*
-> Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, 19;53(4):2063-2074
<Link> <ResearchGate>



09. Nondestructive Characterization of Soft Materials and Biofilms by Measurement of Guided Elastic Wave Propagation Using Optical Coherence Elastography
-> Liou, H.-C., Sabba, F., Packman, A., Wells, G., Balogun, O.*
-> Soft Matter, 2019, 15(4):575-586
<Link> <ResearchGate>



08. Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Biofilm Processes for Wastewater Treatment
-> Sabba, F., Terada, A. Wells, G., Nerenberg, R.*
-> Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2018, 102(22):9815–9829
<Link> <ResearchGate>



07. Detection of Wastewater Treatment Process Disturbances in Bioreactors Using the e-nose Technology
-> Łagód, G.*, Guz, Ł., Sabba, F., Sobczuk, H.
-> Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S., 2018, 25(3):405-418
<Link> <ResearchGate>



06. Mechanisms of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Formation and Reduction in Denitrifying Biofilms
-> Sabba, F., Picioreanu, C., Nerenberg, R.*
-> Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2017, 114(12):2753-2761
<Link> <ResearchGate>



05. Potential Use of Sulfite as a Supplemental Electron Donor for Water and Wastewater Denitrification
-> Sabba, F., DeVries, A., Druschel, G., Bott C., Nerenberg R.*
-> Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, 2016, 15(4):563-572
<Link> <ResearchGate>



04. Kinetics of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Reduction by Paracoccus pantotrophus
-> Read-Daily, B.L., Sabba, F., Pavissich, J.P., Nerenberg, R.*
-> Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Express, 2016, 6(1):85
<Link> <ResearchGate>



03. Predicting N2O Emissions from Nitrifying and Denitrifying Biofilms: A Modeling Study
-> Sabba, F., Picioreanu, C., Boltz, J.P., Nerenberg, R.*
-> Water Science & Technology¸ 2016, 75(3):530-538
<Link> <ResearchGate>



02. Bioaugmentation of a Sequencing Batch Reactor with Archaea for the Treatment of Reject Water
-> Szaja, A., Łagód, G.*, Drewnowski, J., Sabba, F.
-> Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology, 2016, 38(4):238-243
<Link> <ResearchGate>



01. Hydroxylamine Diffusion Can Enhance N2O Emissions in Nitrifying Biofilms: A Modeling Study
-> Sabba, F., Picioreanu, C., Perez, J., Nerenberg, R.*
-> Environmental Science & Technology, 2015, 49(3):1486–1494
<Link> <ResearchGate>



PROCEEDINGS
09. Use of Hotelling test to evaluate the impacts of treated wastewater discharge on river water quality
-> Majerek, D., Łagód, G., Szeląg, B., Sabba, F.
-> Journal of Physics: Conference Series 1736 (1), 012041, MATEC Web of Conferences, 2021
08. Comparison of external carbon sources for a polishing partial denitrification/ anammox MBBR
-> Campolong, C., Klaus, S., Rosenthal, A., Sabba, F., Baidme, M., Wells, G., Wett, B., De Clippeleir, H., Chandran, K., Bott, C.*
-> Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC 2020, Chicago, IL (USA), vol. 8, pp. 56-63
07. Using kinetics and modeling to predict denitrification fluxes in elemental sulfur-based biofilms,
-> Nerenberg, R.*, Wang, Y., Sabba, F., Bott, C.
-> Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC 2019, Chicago, IL (USA)
06. Mechanical Characterization of Biofilms by Optical Coherence Elastography (OCE) Measurements of Elastic Waves
-> Liou, H.-C., Sabba, F., Wells, G., Balogun, O.*
-> IEEE IUS International Ultrasonics Symposium, 2019 Glasgow, Scotland
05. Bench-scale comparison of a new mobile biofilm process and traditional IFAS technology
-> Sabba, F.*, Calhoun, J.
-> Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 254th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC (USA)
04. Treating Refinery Waste with a Novel Mobile Biofilm Process
-> Sabba, F.*, Calhoun, J.
-> Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 2017, 254th ACS National Meeting, Washington, DC (USA)
03. Modeling Mechanisms of Formation of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) in Nitrifying and Denitrifying Biofilms
-> Sabba F., Picioreanu C., Perez J., Nerenberg R.*
-> Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC 2015, vol. (6), pp. 4898-4904
02. Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Reduction by Denitrifying Bacteria: Relating Kinetics and Gene Expression
-> Pavissich, J.P., Read-Daily, B.L., Sandberg, K., Sabba F., Nerenberg R.*
-> Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC 2012, New Orleans, LA (USA)
01. Elemental Sulfur (So) as a Supplemental Electron Donor for Wastewater Denitrification
-> Wang Y., Pavissich J.P., Sabba F., Bott C., Nerenberg R.*
-> Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC 2011, vol. (8), pp. 1590-1597(8)
BOOK CHAPTER
Applications of Mobile Carrier Biofilm Modelling for Wastewater Treatment Processes,
Sabba, F., Calhoun, J., Johnson, B.R., Daigger, G.T., Kovács, R., Takács, I., Boltz J.
Frontiers International Conference on Wastewater Treatment and Modelling, 2017, pp 508-512 Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol 4. Springer
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