NATURAL SCIENCES

- CO2 sequestration.
- Carbonation of alkaline solid waste.
- Application of mathematical models for the joint management of surface and groundwater.
- Inland water quality and pollution.
- Remote sensing applied to hydrology.
- Aerial and terrestrial photogrammetry applied to hydrology.
- Functioning of detrital Neogene and Quaternary aquifers and karst systems. Aquifer recharge.
- Surface and groundwater hydrology: monitoring networks, isotope hydrology, system modelling and water resources assessment.
- Paleoceanography.

Biodesulphurization and biofiltration of effluents gases.
Production of value-added compounds by biological processes.
Bioremediation of contaminated soils and/or sludges with heavy metals.
Biological Process Technologies. Kinetics, Optimization and control of Fermentative
Processes.

Organic/inorganic hybrids aerogels with mechanical applications
Hybrids silica/biopolymer aerogels for bone regeneration

The active research lines focused to specific materials at the CIM-UCA group, at this moment, are:

- Purification of industrial wastes  by oxidation in sub- and supercritical water.

DISINFECTION WITH UV LIGHT OF WASTEWATER
RENEWABLE ENERGY
EVALUATION OF THE QUALITY OF RIVER, COASTAL, CONSUMPTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF WASTE WATER (URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL) AND SOLID WASTE (URBAN AND INDUSTRIAL).
EVALUATION AND CONTROL OF MICROPLASTICS AND OTHER EMERGING POLLUTANTS
ENVIRONMENTAL FICOTECHNOLOGY
HYDROTHERMAL OXIDATION OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE
ANAEROBIC BIOLOGICAL PRETREATMENTS AND TREATMENTS OF SOLID WASTE
PRODUCTION OF BIOPLASTIC PRECURSORS (PHA) THROUGH BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES
WATER REUSE AND SUSTAINABLE DESALINATION