Dominic Frigon
Group:
Full Member
Department:
Civil Engineering
Area(s):
Sustainable Industrial Processes & Manufacturing
Current research:
Prof. Frigon’s research interests encompass several aspects of environmental biotechnology with a focus on microbial community engineering. His research aims at constructing mathematical models describing the dynamics and activity of microbial populations present in wastewater treatment systems.
Areas of interest:
Sustainable Infrastructure and Urban Development
- Microbial community structures and dynamics in activated sludge wastewater treatment systems
- Minimization and sanitation of biosolids by physico-chemical treatments and anaerobic digestion
- Genome-scale metabolic modeling: Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 and others
- Antimicrobial resistance genes removal during wastewater resource recovery
- Biological processes for the Wastewater-to-Energy nexus
Stream:
SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-Being
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation