Sustainable Development Goals
Research interests
• Biological processes for wastewater purification
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Aerobic/anaerobic biological processes coupling in hybrid systems
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Physiological microbial consortiums for wastewater purification
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Anaerobic systems for wastewater treatment
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Wastewater treatment using wetland systems
Profile
Professor Ricardo Beristain Cardoso is a graduate in Industrial Biochemical Engineering from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM) Iztapalapa Campus. He received his Master's degree in Biotechnology from UAM in 2004. He obtained his Ph.D. in Biotechnology from UAM in 2007 and was awarded the University Merit Medal.
He was an associate professor in the Biotechnology Department of the Iztapalapa Campus of the UAM from 2007 to 2008. From August 2008 to July 2009, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Bioprocesses at the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. After returning from Europe, he joined the UAM with a repatriation project approved by CONACyT, Mexico. Subsequently, he was awarded the Divisional Chair "Alfredo Sánchez Marroquí" by the Division of Biological and Health Sciences, Iztapalapa Campus.
He is currently a Professor at the Department of Earth Resources, Division of Basic Sciences and Engineering (DCBI), Lerma Campus. He has been a National System of Researchers member since 2008; he is currently Level I. He is also a member of the CONACYT registry of accredited evaluators since 2008, for graduate studies abroad. He was head of the Department of Land Resources of the DCBI of Lerma Campus, from 2015-2017. He was distinguished with the Teaching Award 2015, by the same Institution.
He has made national and international stays: in the Department of Molecular Biology of IPICyT (SLP, Mexico), in the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Arizona (USA), and in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Bioprocesses of the University of Santiago de Compostela (SC, Spain).
He has collaborated in research projects related to the metabolic aspects of microbial consortia with application to wastewater treatment, funded by CONACYT, SEP, and UAM. He also has experience at the industrial level; in fermentation processes, and industrial hygiene, as well as services and consultancy to PEMEX refinery. He is a consultant for wastewater treatment plants nationwide. He is a pioneer in research lines related to the coupling of biological processes in hybrid systems to treat municipal and/or industrial wastewater.
He has published more than 30 works, indexed scientific articles, international arbitration, divulgation articles, in-extensive articles, and book chapters. He has more than 550 citations (without self-citations) registered in Scopus. In addition, he is a consulted referee in more than ten international journals, such as Biodegradation, Water Science and Technology, Bioresource Technology, and Water Research, among others.
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