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Rania Hamza
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Research
Latest papers
Legislative and precautionary approaches to managing pharmaceutical contaminants in Canadian freshwaters.
Water research · 2025
Strength under pressure: Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) dynamics in sequencing batch reactors exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Journal of hazardous materials · 2025 · senior author
Accumulation of antibiotics in the environment: Have appropriate measures been taken to protect Canadian human and ecological health?
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2024
Latest funding
- $120,000
Developing and Optimizing Fouling Control Based on Microbial Aggregate Structure, Extracellular Polymeric Substances, and Flux in Membrane Bioreactors
NSERC · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $144,884
Integrated Biological Activity and Gas Chromatography Analyzer System (IBAGC-AS)
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $45,000
Advancing Anaerobic Digestion: Coupling Magnetic Nanoparticles and Granular Sludge for Enhanced Biogas Production
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
5 publications.
Legislative and precautionary approaches to managing pharmaceutical contaminants in Canadian freshwaters.
Aladekoyi OJ, Hania P, Hamza R, Gilbride KA
Strength under pressure: Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) dynamics in sequencing batch reactors exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Ilieva Z, Salehi R, Aqeel H, Li Y, Suehring R, Liss SN, Hamza R
Accumulation of antibiotics in the environment: Have appropriate measures been taken to protect Canadian human and ecological health?
Aladekoyi O, Siddiqui S, Hania P, Hamza R, Gilbride K
Impact of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) on secondary sludge microorganisms: removal, potential toxicity, and their implications on existing wastewater treatment regulations in Canada.
Ilieva Z, Hania P, Suehring R, Gilbride K, Hamza R
Energy and reliability analysis of wastewater treatment plants in small communities in Ontario.
Hamza R, Hamoda MF, Elassar M
Developing and Optimizing Fouling Control Based on Microbial Aggregate Structure, Extracellular Polymeric Substances, and Flux in Membrane Bioreactors
Principal investigators: Hamza, Rania
Keywords: Water; Engineering
Integrated Biological Activity and Gas Chromatography Analyzer System (IBAGC-AS)
Principal investigators: Hamza, Rania
Keywords: environmental monitoring; gas chromatography; respirometry and biological activity analysis; greenhouse gas emissions; wastewater treatment; sustainable technologies; process optimization; green aviation; gad composition analysis; biodegradability and microbial kinetics
Advancing Anaerobic Digestion: Coupling Magnetic Nanoparticles and Granular Sludge for Enhanced Biogas Production
Principal investigators: Hamza, Rania RA
Keywords: aerobic granular sludge; anaerobic digestion; biogas production; magnetic field induction; magnetic nanoparticles; microbial activity; process kinetics; sustainable waste management; treatment efficiency; waste-to-energy
Advancing Wastewater Treatment: Enhancing Efficiency and Sustainability with Continuous Flow Reactors for Aerobic Granular Sludge Cultivation
Principal investigators: Hamza, Rania RA
Keywords: aerobic granular sludge; computational fluid dynamics; continuous flow reactors; energy efficiency; life cycle assessment; nutrient removal; process optimization; Reactor design; resource recovery; wastewater treatment
Fully Automated Simultaneous Photometric and Electrochemical Discrete Analyzer
Principal investigators: Hamza, Rania
Towards a circular economy: Exploring resource recovery from waste streams
Principal investigators: Hamza, Rania RA
Wastewater Biorefinery: Treatment and Resource Mining
Principal investigators: Hamza, Rania
Keywords: aerobic granular sludge; biofilm processes; biological nutrient removal; biopolymer production; contaminants of emerging concern; extracellular polymeric substances; phosphorus recovery; water quality; value-added products
Wastewater Biorefinery: Treatment and Resource Mining
Principal investigators: Hamza, Rania
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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