Dominic Frigon
Faculty
Civil Engineering
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Professor Frigon’s research interests encompass several aspects of environmental biotechnology with a focus on microbial community engineering. His research aims at constructing mathematical models describing the dynamics and activity of microbial populations present in wastewater resource recovery systems. These models are then validated in laboratory-scale and full-scale experiments using molecular (DNA-based and RNA-based) microbiology and genomic techniques.
Research Interest
1.Microbial community structures and dynamics in activated sludge wastewater treatment systems 2.Minimization and sanitation of biosolids by physico-chemical treatments and anaerobic digestion 3.Genome-scale metabolic modeling: Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 and others 4.Antimicrobial resistance genes removal during wastewater resource recovery 5.Biological processes for the Wastewater-to-Energy nexus
Publications
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Isazadeh, S., Urbina Rivas, L.E., Ozcer, P. and Frigon, D. (2015) Reduction of waste biosolids by RAS-ozonation: Model validation and sensitivity analysis for biosolids reduction and nitrification, Environmental Modelling & Software, 65:41-49.
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Navab Daneshmand, T., Beton, R., Hill, R. and Frigon, D. (2015) Impact of joule heating and pH on biosolids electro-dewatering, Environmental Science and Technology, 49 (9): 5417-5424.
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Tajparast, M. and Frigon, D. (2015) Genome-scale metabolic model of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 (iMT1154) to study the accumulation of storage compounds during nitrogen limitation, BMC System Biology, 9:43.
