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Research interests

• Biological treatment of air pollution, biofilters and trickling filters
• Elimination of odors and hydrocarbons and gaseous alcohols, fungal biofilters
• Treatment of sulfides in liquids and air
• Partial oxidation for sulfur accumulation
• Extremophiles

Profile

Professor Sergio Revah studied the degree in Chemical Engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) which concluded in 1975 and a master's degree in Food Science and Technology at the University of California at Davis, sponsored by the Organization of American States (OAS) which concluded in 1978. He traveled to France to study for a Ph.D. in Bioprocesses at the Université de Technologie de Compiégne, which ended in 1983. He carried out projects in the Advanced Studies Program in Sustainable Development of El Colegio de México from 1992 to 1994.

In 1976 he began his teaching career at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa Campus (UAM). He is currently a Professor at the Cuajimalpa Campus.

He has researched the area of environmental biotechnology working on projects on the biological treatment of polluted air, biofilters and biofilms, elimination of odors and hydrocarbons, fungal biofilters, and treatment of sulfides in liquids and air. To support his research, he has obtained the support of national academic institutions such as Conacyt, IMP, INE and ICyTDF, and international institutions such as the IAEA, the OAS, the EU, the AECDI (Spain), Conicyt (Chile), among others. He was an advisor to the Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo.

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Research interests

• Biological treatment of air pollution, biofilters and trickling filters
• Elimination of odors and hydrocarbons and gaseous alcohols, fungal biofilters
• Treatment of sulfides in liquids and air
• Partial oxidation for sulfur accumulation
• Extremophiles

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Open Access	References	UN SDGs
	Ruiz-Ruiz, P., Gómez-Borraz, T.L., Saldivar, A. and 3 more (...) (2024).Diluted methane mitigation by a co-culture of alkaliphilic methanotrophs and the microalgae Scenedesmus obtusiusculus towards carbon neutrality. Biochemical Engineering Journal,203	\| 13 \|
	de Jesús Montoya-Rosales, J., Núñez-Valenzuela, P., Ontiveros-Valencia, A. and 3 more (...) (2023).From Syngas Fermentation to Chain Elongation: the Role of Key Microorganisms and Multi-omics Analysis. Bioenergy Research,
	Portillo, F.V.-L., Sierra-Ibarra, E., Vera-Estrella, R. and 4 more (...) (2022).Growth and phycocyanin production with Galdieria sulphuraria UTEX 2919 using xylose, glucose, and corn stover hydrolysates under heterotrophy and mixotrophy. Algal Research,65
	Gorry, P.-L., Ángeles, R., Revah, S. and 1 more (...) (2022).Effect of nitrogen feast–famine cycles and semi-continuous cultivation on the productivity of energy-rich compounds by Scenedesmus obtusiusculus AT-UAM. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology,97(6) 1506-1516
	Maya-Yescas, M.E., Revah, S., Le Borgne, S. and 4 more (...) (2021).Growth of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus Möller (Singer) and production of key enzymes in submerged and solid-state cultures with lignocellulosic substrates. Biotechnology Letters,43(4) 845-854
	Sánchez-García, L., Cabello, J., Jiménez-García, L.F. and 2 more (...) (2020).Enhancing the lipid content of Scenedesmus obtusiusculus AT-UAM by controlled acidification under indoor and outdoor conditions. Algal Research,51
OA	Ruiz-Ruiz, P., Gómez-Borraz, T.L., Revah, S. and 1 more (...) (2020).Methanotroph-microalgae co-culture for greenhouse gas mitigation: Effect of initial biomass ratio and methane concentration. Chemosphere,259	\| 13 \|
	García-Pérez, T., Hernández-Jiménez, S., Revah, S. (2020).Operational parameters in H2S biofiltration under extreme acid conditions: performance, biomass control, and CO2 consumption. Environmental Science and Pollution Research,27(4) 4502-4508
OA	Velasco, A., Franco-Morgado, M., Revah, S. and 3 more (...) (2019).Desulfurization of biogas from a closed landfill under acidic conditions deploying an iron-redox biological process. ChemEngineering,3(3) 1-9	\| 7 \|
OA	Rojas-Flores, C., Ventura-Aguilar, R.I., Bautista-Baños, S. and 2 more (...) (2019).Estimating CO2 and VOCs production of Colletotrichum fragariae and Rhizopus stolonifer grown in cold stored strawberry fruit. Microbiological Research,228
OA	Muñoz, R., Soto, C., Zuñiga, C. and 1 more (...) (2018).A systematic comparison of two empirical gas-liquid mass transfer determination methodologies to characterize methane biodegradation in stirred tank bioreactors. Journal of Environmental Management,217247-252
	Arellano-García, L., Le Borgne, S., Revah, S. (2018).Simultaneous treatment of dimethyl disulfide and hydrogen sulfide in an alkaline biotrickling filter. Chemosphere,191809-816
	Morales, M., Sánchez, L., Revah, S. (2018).The impact of environmental factors on carbon dioxide fixation by microalgae. FEMS Microbiology Letters,365(3)
OA	García-Pérez, T., López, J.C., Passos, F. and 3 more (...) (2018).Simultaneous methane abatement and PHB production by Methylocystis hirsuta in a novel gas-recycling bubble column bioreactor. Chemical Engineering Journal,334691-697	\| 12 \|
	Vergara-Fernández, A., Revah, S., Moreno-Casas, P. and 1 more (...) (2018).Biofiltration of volatile organic compounds using fungi and its conceptual and mathematical modeling. Biotechnology Advances,36(4) 1079-1093
	Saucedo-Lucero, J.O., Revah, S. (2018).Monitoring key organic indoor pollutants and their elimination in a biotrickling biofilter. Environmental Science and Pollution Research,25(10) 9806-9816
	García-Pérez, T., López, J.C., Passos, F. and 3 more (...) (2018).Optimization of CH4 removal from diluted emissions and continuous PHB production by methylocystis hirsuta: Towards GHG biorefineries. Chemical Engineering Transactions,68439-444	\| 13 \|
	Vigueras, G., Paredes-Hernández, D., Revah, S. and 3 more (...) (2017).Growth and enzymatic activity of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, a mutualistic fungus isolated from the leaf-cutting ant Atta mexicana, on cellulose and lignocellulosic biomass. Letters in Applied Microbiology,65(2) 173-181
	Montiel Corona, V., Le Borgne, S., Revah, S. and 1 more (...) (2017).Effect of light-dark cycles on hydrogen and poly-β-hydroxybutyrate production by a photoheterotrophic culture and Rhodobacter capsulatus using a dark fermentation effluent as substrate. Bioresource Technology,226238-246	\| 7 \|
OA	Steffani-Vallejo, J.L., Zuñiga, C., Cruz-Morales, P. and 5 more (...) (2017).Draft genome sequence of sphingobacterium sp. CZ-UAM, isolated from a methanotrophic consortium. Genome Announcements,5(33)
	Velasco, A., Aburto-Medina, A., Shahsavari, E. and 2 more (...) (2017).Degradation mechanisms of DDX induced by the addition of toluene and glycerol as cosubstrates in a zero-valent iron pretreated soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials,321681-689
	Gómez-Borraz, T.L., González-Sánchez, A., Bonilla-Blancas, W. and 2 more (...) (2017).Characterization of the biofiltration of methane emissions from municipal anaerobic effluents. Process Biochemistry,63204-213	\| 13 \|
	Cabello, J., Morales, M., Revah, S. (2017).Carbon dioxide consumption of the microalga Scenedesmus obtusiusculus under transient inlet CO2 concentration variations. Science of the Total Environment,584-5851310-1316
	León-Santiesteban, H.H., Wrobel, K., Revah, S. and 1 more (...) (2016).Pentachlorophenol removal by Rhizopus oryzae CDBB-H-1877 using sorption and degradation mechanisms. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology,91(1) 65-71
	García-Pérez, T., Le Borgne, S., Revah, S. (2016).Ozone and hydrogen peroxide as strategies to control biomass in a trickling filter to treat methanol and hydrogen sulfide under acidic conditions. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,100(24) 10637-10647
	Montiel-Corona, V., Revah, S., Morales, M. (2015).Hydrogen production by an enriched photoheterotrophic culture using dark fermentation effluent as substrate: Effect of flushing method, bicarbonate addition, and outdoor-indoor conditions. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,40(30) 9096-9105	\| 7 \|
	Cabello, J., Toledo-Cervantes, A., Sánchez, L. and 2 more (...) (2015).Effect of the temperature, pH and irradiance on the photosynthetic activity by Scenedesmus obtusiusculus under nitrogen replete and deplete conditions. Bioresource Technology,181128-135
OA	Arellano-García, L., Dorado, A.D., Morales-Guadarrama, A. and 3 more (...) (2015).Modeling the effects of biomass accumulation on the performance of a biotrickling filter packed with PUF support for the alkaline biotreatment of dimethyl disulfide vapors in air. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,99(1) 97-107
	Morales, M., Revah, S., Cabello, J. (2015).Gas balances and growth in algal cultures. Algal Biorefineries: Volume 2: Products and Refinery Design,263-314
OA	Bonilla-Blancas, W., Mora, M., Revah, S. and 5 more (...) (2015).Application of a novel respirometric methodology to characterize mass transfer and activity of H2S-oxidizing biofilms in biotrickling filter beds. Biochemical Engineering Journal,9924-34
OA	Arellano-García, L., Dorado, A.D., Morales-Guadarrama, A. and 3 more (...) (2015).Erratum to Modeling the effects of biomass accumulation on the performance of a biotrickling filter packed with PUF support for the alkaline biotreatment of dimethyl disulfide vapors in air (Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, DOI 10.1007/s00253-014-5929-7). Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,99(5)
	Vigueras, G., Shirai, K., Hernández-Guerrero, M. and 2 more (...) (2014).Growth of the fungus Paecilomyces lilacinus with n-hexadecane in submerged and solid-state cultures and recovery of hydrophobin proteins. Process Biochemistry,49(10) 1606-1611
	González Sánchez, A., Flores Márquez, T.E., Revah, S. and 1 more (...) (2014).Enrichment and cultivation of a sulfide-oxidizing bacteria consortium for its deploying in full-scale biogas desulfurization. Biomass and Bioenergy,66460-464	\| 6 \|
	Cabello, J., Morales, M., Revah, S. (2014).Dynamic photosynthetic response of the microalga Scenedesmus obtusiusculus to light intensity perturbations. Chemical Engineering Journal,252104-111	\| 7 \|
OA	González-Sánchez, A., Arellano-García, L., Bonilla-Blancas, W. and 4 more (...) (2014).Kinetic characterization by respirometry of volatile organic compound-degrading biofilms from gas-phase biological filters. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research,53(50) 19405-19415
	León-Santiesteban, H.H., Wrobel, K., García, L.A. and 2 more (...) (2014).Pentachlorophenol sorption by Rhizopus oryzae ENHE: pH and temperature effects. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution,225(5)
	Rocha-Pino, Z., Del Carmen Marín-Cervantes, M., Martínez-Archundia, M. and 3 more (...) (2013).Morphological changes, chitinolytic enzymes and hydrophobin-like proteins as responses of Lecanicillium lecanii during growth with hydrocarbon. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering,36(5) 531-539
	Baquerizo, G., Chaneac, A., Arellano-García, L. and 2 more (...) (2013).Biological Removal of High Loads of Thiosulfate Using a Trickling Filter Under Alkaline Conditions. Mine Water and the Environment,32(4) 278-284	\| 6 \|
	Zuñiga, C., Morales, M., Revah, S. (2013).Polyhydroxyalkanoates accumulation by Methylobacterium organophilum CZ-2 during methane degradation using citrate or propionate as cosubstrates. Bioresource Technology,129686-689
	Rocha-Rios, J., Kraakman, N.J.R., Kleerebezem, R. and 3 more (...) (2013).A capillary bioreactor to increase methane transfer and oxidation through Taylor flow formation and transfer vector addition. Chemical Engineering Journal,21791-98
	Estrada, J.M., Hernández, S., Muñoz, R. and 1 more (...) (2013).A comparative study of fungal and bacterial biofiltration treating a VOC mixture. Journal of Hazardous Materials,250-251190-197
	Ortíz, I., Velasco, A., Le Borgne, S. and 1 more (...) (2013).Biodegradation of DDT by stimulation of indigenous microbial populations in soil with cosubstrates. Biodegradation,24(2) 215-225
	Toledo-Cervantes, A., Morales, M., Novelo, E. and 1 more (...) (2013).Carbon dioxide fixation and lipid storage by Scenedesmus obtusiusculus. Bioresource Technology,130652-658	\| 7 \|

Courses offered

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Num.	Trim.	Course Name	Level
1	23O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral VI	Posgrado
2	23P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral V	Posgrado
3	23I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral IV	Posgrado
4	22O	Proyecto de Investigación III	Posgrado
5	22O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral III	Posgrado
6	22P	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
7	22P	Seminario III	Posgrado
8	22P	Proyecto de Investigación II	Posgrado
9	22P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral II	Posgrado
10	22I	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
11	22I	Seminario II	Posgrado
12	22I	Proyecto de Investigación I	Posgrado
13	22I	Temas Selectos I	Posgrado
14	22I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral I	Posgrado
15	21O	Seminario I	Posgrado
16	21O	Seminario Doctoral IV	Posgrado
17	21O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral XII	Posgrado
18	21P	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral XI	Posgrado
19	21I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
20	21I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
21	21I	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
22	21I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral X	Posgrado
23	20O	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
24	20O	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
25	20O	Proyecto Terminal I	Licenciatura
26	20O	Proyecto Terminal II	Licenciatura
27	20O	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral IX	Posgrado
28	20I	Seminario en Ingeniería en Alimentos	Licenciatura
29	20I	Seminario III	Posgrado
30	20I	Proyecto de Investigación III	Posgrado
31	20I	Proyecto de Investigación Doctoral VII	Posgrado

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