Adria Sunyer Caldu
@aces.su.se
Postdoctoral fellow
ACESx, Stockholm University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Analytical chemistry, liquid chromatography (LC), gas chromatography (GC), high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), non-target screening, environmental pollution, human exposure, exposome
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Camilla Guerrini, Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Ruben Gil-Solsona, Joaquín Escribano, Maria Vinaixa, Pablo Gago-Ferrero, and Noelia Ramírez
Elsevier BV
Sònia Jou-Claus, Paula Rodríguez-Escales, Lurdes Martínez-Landa, M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz, Jesús Carrera, Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Gerard Quintana, and Cristina Valhondo
American Chemical Society (ACS)
The fate of selected UV filters (UVFs) was investigated in two soil aquifer treatment (SAT) systems, one supplemented with a reactive barrier containing clay and vegetable compost and the other as a traditional SAT reference system. We monitored benzophenone-3 (BP-3) and its transformation products (TPs), including benzophenone-1 (BP-1), 4,4'-dihydroxybenzophenone (4DHB), 4-hydroxybenzophenone (4HB), and 2,2'-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone (DHMB), along with benzophenone-4 (BP-4) and avobenzone (AVO) in all involved compartments (water, aquifer sediments, and biofilm). The reactive barrier, which enhances biochemical activity and biofilm development, improved the removal of all detected UVFs in water samples. Among monitored UVFs, only 4HB, BP-4, and AVO were detected in sediment and biofilm samples. But the overall retained amounts were several orders of magnitude larger than those dissolved. These amounts were quantitatively reproduced with a specifically developed simple analytical model that consists of a mobile compartment and an immobile compartment. Retention and degradation are restricted to the immobile water compartment, where biofilm absorption was simulated with well-known compound-specific Kow values. The fact that the model reproduced observations, including metabolites detected in the biofilm but not in the (mobile) water samples, supports its validity. The results imply that accumulation ensures significant biodegradation even if the degradation rates are very low and suggest that our experimental findings for UVFs and TPs can be extended to other hydrophobic compounds. Biofilms act as accumulators and biodegraders of hydrophobic compounds.
Claudia Sanz, Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Marta Casado, Sylvia Mansilla, Lurdes Martinez-Landa, Cristina Valhondo, Ruben Gil-Solsona, Pablo Gago-Ferrero, Jose Portugal, M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz,et al.
Elsevier BV
Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Gerard Quintana, and M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz
Elsevier BV
Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Barbara Benedetti, Cristina Valhondo, Lurdes Martínez-Landa, Jesús Carrera, Marina Di Carro, Emanuele Magi, and M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz
Elsevier BV
Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Amelia Peiró, Marta Díaz, Lourdes Ibáñez, Ruben Gil-Solsona, Pablo Gago-Ferrero, and M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz
Elsevier BV
Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Oksana Golovko, Michał Kaczmarek, Håkan Asp, Karl-Johan Bergstrand, Rubén Gil-Solsona, Pablo Gago-Ferrero, M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz, Lutz Ahrens, and Malin Hultberg
Elsevier BV
Karina Lotz Soares, Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Ednei Gilberto Primel, Gilberto Fillmann, and M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz
Elsevier BV
Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Paola Sepúlveda-Ruiz, Miquel Salgot, Montserrat Folch-Sánchez, Damia Barcelo, and M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz
Elsevier BV
Ferdaws Fenni, Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Hedi Ben Mansour, and M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz
Elsevier BV
Nona S.R. Agawin, Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz, Aida Frank-Comas, Manuela Gertrudis García-Márquez, and Antonio Tovar-Sánchez
Elsevier BV
C.A. Downs, Elizabeth Bishop, M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz, S. Abbas Haghshenas, Didier Stien, Alice M.S. Rodrigues, Cheryl M. Woodley, Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Shadan Nasseri Doust, William Espero,et al.
Elsevier BV
Adrià Sunyer-Caldú and M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz
Elsevier BV
Wendy Calzadilla, L. Carolina Espinoza, M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz, Adrià Sunyer, Mario Aranda, Carlos Peña-Farfal, and Ricardo Salazar
Elsevier BV
Karina Lotz Soares, Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Sergiane Caldas Barbosa, Ednei Gilberto Primel, Gilberto Fillmann, and M. Silvia Diaz Cruz
Elsevier BV
Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Amelia Peiró, Marta Díaz, Lourdes Ibáñez, Pablo Gago-Ferrero, and M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz
Elsevier BV
R. Gil-Solsona, S. Rodriguez-Mozaz, M.S. Diaz-Cruz, A. Sunyer-Caldú, T. Luarte, J. Höfer, C. Galbán-Malagón, and P. Gago-Ferrero
Elsevier BV
Lucas Vassalle, Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, Enrica Uggetti, Rubén Díez-Montero, M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz, Joan García, and M. Jesús García-Galán
Elsevier BV
Lucas Vassalle, Adrià Sunyer-Caldú, M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz, Larissa Terumi Arashiro, Ivet Ferrer, Marianna Garfí, and Mª Jesús García-Galán
MDPI AG
The present study evaluated the efficiency of a high rate algal pond (HRAP) at pilot scale to remove pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) from urban wastewater, including UV-filters and parabens (10), benzotriazoles (4), antibiotics (15), anti-inflammatories (3) and other pharmaceuticals (3). A total of 35 compounds were targeted, of which 21 were detected in the influent wastewater to the HRAP. Removals (RE%) for pharmaceuticals were variable, with efficient eliminations for atenolol (84%) and sulfathiazole (100%), whereas the anti-inflammatories naproxen and ketoprofen were only partially removed <50%. Benzotriazoles showed elimination rates similar to those of conventional WWTPs, with RE% ranging from no elimination to 51% for the UV filter benzophenone-3 (BP3) and 100% for 4-methylbenzilidenecamphor (4MBC). Hazard quotients (HQs) were estimated for those compounds not fully eliminated in the HRAP, as well as the cumulative ecotoxicity in the resulting effluent. The majority of the compounds yielded HQs < 0.1, meaning that no environmental risk would be derived from their discharge. Overall, these results clearly indicate that HRAPs are a reliable, green and cost-effective alternative to intensive wastewater treatment, yielding promising results removing these contaminants.
Adrià Sunyer, Ainoa González-Navarro, M. Pau Serra-Roig, Núria Serrano, M. Silvia Díaz-Cruz, and José Manuel Díaz-Cruz
Elsevier BV