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
irina.levchuk.golubtsova@uef.fi
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 -
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 -
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: -
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: -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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