Barth F. Smets
Professor
Environment
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark
Biography
Barth F. Smets am Professor of Environmental Microbiology. The central tenet in all we do is Microbial Resource Management and Engineering: the bridge between environmental engineering and microbial ecology. My research group uses both advanced experimental (microscopic, molecular, - omic) tools as well as computational (agent and continuum models) approaches to study fundamental and applied microbial ecological questions, with a focus on mixed microbial communities within environmental engineering application.
Research Interest
New biotechnological processes for water purification and used water treatment; the engineered nitrogen cycle: applications and fundamentals with focus on autotrophic processes, laughing gas, anammox processes; link between community dynamics and system performance and stability; bacterial adhesion & biofilm formation; bioelectrochemical systems, horizontal gene transfer in microbial communities and the fate of ARGs; mathematical modelling of microbial processes and interactions; new biofilm/bioaggregate based reactors; the new wastewater management paradigm.
