Irina Levchuk Golubtsova
Visiting Researcher
Postdoctoral Researcher, Fine Particle and Aerosol Technology Laboratory (FINE), Kuopio
Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
My research is mainly dealing with Advanced Oxidation Processes (photocatalysis, UV/H2O2, catalytic wet peroxide oxidation, etc.) for decomposition of persistents organic pollutants, contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and inactivation of pathogens in industrial and urban wastewater.
Publications
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Challenges of synthesizing graphene-like and graphitic structures from biomass-based lignocellulosic wastes and its applications
Levchuk, Irina; Lähde, Anna; Meščeriakovas, Arūnas; Meščeriakovė, Sara Maaria; Moreno-Andrés, Javier; Murashko, Kirill. Teoksessa: Hussain, Chaudhery Mustansar; Srivastav, Ajeet Kumar; Tiwary, Chandra Sekhar; Tour, James M(toim.) , 2023. Graphene Extraction from Waste: A Sustainable Synthesis Approach for Graphene and Its Derivatives. s. 173-212. Elsevier B2 Book section -
Ion exchange
Sillanpää, Mika; Levchuk, Irina; Park, Yuri. Teoksessa: Sillanpää, Mika; Park, Yuri(toim.) , 2023. Natural Organic Matter in Water: Characterization, Treatment Methods, and Climate Change Impact. s. 291-328. Elsevier B2 Book section -
Solar disinfection – An appropriate water treatment method to inactivate faecal bacteria in cold climates
Juvakoski, Anni; Singhal, Gaurav; Manzano, Manuel A.; Moriñigo, Miguel Ángel; Vahala, Riku; Levchuk, Irina. 2022. Science of the total environment. 827: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
UVA and solar driven photocatalysis with rGO/TiO2/polysiloxane for inactivation of pathogens in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) streams
Levchuk, Irina; Homola, Tomáš; Singhal, Gaurav; Rueda-Márquez, Juan José; Vida, Július; Souček, Pavel; Svoboda, Tomáš; Villar-Navarro, Elena; Levchuk, Olga; Dzik, Petr; Lähde, Anna; Moreno-Andrés, Javier. 2022. Chemical engineering journal advances. 10: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Inactivation of simulated aquaculture stream bacteria at low temperature using advanced UVA- and solar-based oxidation methods
Villar-Navarro, Elena; Levchuk, Irina; Rueda-Márquez, Juan José; Homola, Tomá¨; Moriñigo, Miguel Ángel; Vahala, Riku; Manzano, Manuel. 2021. Solar energy. 227: 477-489 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Post-treatment of real municipal wastewater effluents by means of granular activated carbon (GAC) based catalytic processes: A focus on abatement of pharmaceutically active compounds
Rueda-Márquez, Juan José; Moreno-Andrés, Javier; Rey, Ana; Corada-Fernández, Carmen; Mikola, Anna; Manzano, Manuel A.; Levchuk, Irina. 2021. Water research. 192: 116833 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in urban wastewater treatment plants effluents under controlled and natural solar irradiation using immobilized TiO2
Rueda-Márquez, Juan José; Palacios-Villarreal, Cassandra; Manzano, Manuel; Blanco, Eduardo; Ramírez del Sola, Mila; Levchuk, Irina. 2020. Solar energy. 208: 480-492 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Removal of pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) and bacteria inactivation from urban wastewater effluents by UVA-LED photocatalysis with Gd3+ doped BiVO4
Orona-Návar, Carolina; Levchuk, Irina; Moreno-Andrés, Javier; Park, Yuri; Mikola, Anna; Mahlknecht, Jürgen; Sillanpää, Mika; Ornelas-Soto, Nancy. 2020. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 8: 104540 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research