Rate My Professor Gilda Carvalho

Gilda has published over 90 peer-reviewed papers and has participated in more than 40 research projects, a significant number of which are multinational and involve industrial partners. Key publications include 'Editorial: Unlocking the value of wastewater: innovative biotechnologies and bioprocesses for resource recovery in a circular economy approach' (2025), 'Polyhydroxyalkanoates production from ethanol- and lactate-rich fermentate of confectionary industry effluents' (2023), 'The impact of pH on the anaerobic and aerobic metabolism of Tetrasphaera-enriched polyphosphate accumulating organisms' (2023), 'Electrochemical oxidation processes for PFAS removal from contaminated water and wastewater: fundamentals, gaps and opportunities towards practical implementation' (2022), and 'Sludge retention time impacts on polyhydroxyalkanoate productivity in uncoupled storage/growth processes' (2021). She is Coordinator of the Postgraduate Programs of Urban Water Engineering, with extensive teaching experience in Chemical, Environmental, and Bioprocess Engineering, and has supervised more than 20 PhD students. Current projects include the ARC Training Centre for Climate-Resilient Water (2025-2030) and a biofilm-based solution for cost-effective high-quality drinking water (2024-2027).