Cigdem Eskicioglu
Professor
cigdem.eskicioglu@ubc.ca
Home department: UBCO School of Engineering – Civil
Website: Bioreactor Technology Group
Research Interests
- Wastewater and Sludge Treatment
- Pretreatment Technologies for Enhanced Biomethane and Biohydrogen Production from Organic Waste
- Side-stream Nutrient Removal
- Fate and Transformation of Micropollutants during Biological Treatment Processes
- Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Biological Wastewater/Sludge Treatment Processes
- Waste Minimization and Resource Recovery
Current Research Projects
- Thermochemical sludge conversion through hydrothermal liquefaction
- Biochemical sludge conversion through bioaugmented anaerobic digestion
- Nutrient removal/recovery from sludge treatment processes
- Impact of sludge treatment technologies on fate of emerging contaminants
- Biodegradability assessment of bioplastics