Peter Vanrolleghem

• Centre de recherche sur l’eau
• Institut en environnement, développement et société (Institut EDS)

Financements des 2 dernières années

• Catherine Vaillancourt, Maîtrise en génie des eaux - avec mémoire
• Coline Milhau, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Coralie Santerre, Maîtrise en génie des eaux - avec mémoire
• Daniel Andres Mendoza Grubert, Maîtrise en génie des eaux - avec mémoire
• Enrique Vega Sanchez, Maîtrise en génie des eaux - avec mémoire
• Fatemeh Mousavi, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Laleh Razeh, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Louis-Philippe Noël, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Louis-Philippe Noël, Maîtrise en génie des eaux - avec mémoire
• Neda Eisazadehotaghsaraei, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Nicholas Badillo, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Riley Doyle, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Yanlin Tan, Doctorat en génie des eaux

Encadrements des 5 dernières années

• Andreia Neves Do Amaral, Stage postdoctoral en génie des eaux
• Christophe Boisvert, Maîtrise en génie des eaux - avec mémoire
• David-Alexandre Desrosiers, Maîtrise en génie chimique - avec mémoire
• Feiyi Li, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Gamze Kirim, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Jean-David Therrien, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Jean-Michel Perron, Maîtrise en génie des eaux - avec mémoire
• Jeffrey Allen Sparks, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Kamilia Haboub, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Karen Mesta Ortega, Maîtrise en génie des eaux - avec mémoire
• Kester McCullough, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Laura Lunita Lopez Vega, Stage postdoctoral en génie civil
• Martijn Kuller, Stage postdoctoral en génie civil
• Morgane Bousquet, Doctorat en génie des eaux
• Nathalia Soares Covre, Maîtrise en génie des eaux - avec mémoire
• Niels Nicolaï, Stage postdoctoral en génie des eaux
• Oumayma Touahria, Maîtrise en génie des eaux - avec mémoire
• Sanaz Mohebali, Maîtrise en génie des eaux - avec mémoire
• Sovanna Tik, Stage postdoctoral en génie des eaux

Travaux de recherche des 5 dernières années

From standard to data-driven flow-based design of urban drainage and wastewater management systems: integrating variability, open data, and standardization Water Science & Technology, 2026. Marcello Serrao, Natalia Duque Villarreal, Thibaud Maruejouls, Simon Delmas, Tijana Jovanovic, Robin Maes-Prior, Feiyi Li, Dirk Muschalla, Jean-Luc Bertrand-Krajewski, Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Wolfgang Rauch. DOI 10.2166/wst.2026.360

Optimization of anaerobic digestion conditions for methane production from waste activated sludge and elucidation of process mechanisms based on a calibrated ADM1 Journal of Cleaner Production, 2026. Wenjie Guo, Dunjie Li, Rongrong Mo, Ruyi Wang, Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Yongmei Li. DOI 10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.149267

Expanding the PHES-ODM: A Comprehensive, Open-Source Data Model for the Future of Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Microorganisms, 2026. Mathew Thomson, Jean-David Therrien, Nikho Hizon, Janet Ting-mei Lin, Martin Wellman, Eugen-Sorin Sion, Carol Bennett, Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Douglas Manuel. DOI 10.3390/microorganisms14061267

metEAUdata: a framework for automatic metadata generation for environmental time series preprocessing Water Science & Technology, 2026. Jean-David Therrien, Peter A. Vanrolleghem. DOI 10.2166/wst.2026.255

Ammonia oxidizer adaptation to low dissolved oxygen concentrations for biological nutrient removal – a review on oxygen affinity, dual-substrate limitation, and decay Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2026. Kester McCullough, Charles B. Bott, Peter A. Vanrolleghem. DOI 10.1039/D5EW00844A

Multicriteria decision analysis for nature-based solutions evaluation: Findings from three different continents 2026. Morgane Bousquet, Irène Abi-Zeid, Roxane Lavoie, Françoise Bichai, Peter A. Vanrolleghem. DOI 10.2139/ssrn.6664085

Assessment of the ASM2d two-step nitrification model across different seasons: Parameter calibration, microbial analysis, and model validation Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025. Shiyu Wang, Peng Mei, Hanying Liang, Peipei Shang, Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Yongmei Li. DOI 10.1016/j.jece.2025.117521

Design considerations for a Digital Twin built to improve nitrification performance at a water resource recovery facility Water Science & Technology, 2025. Jeffrey Sparks, Charles B. Bott, Peter A. Vanrolleghem. DOI 10.2166/wst.2025.106

Machine learning in wastewater: opportunities and challenges — “not everything is a nail!” Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2025. Peter A Vanrolleghem, Mostafa Khalil, Marcello Serrao, Jeff Sparks, Jean-David Therrien. DOI 10.1016/j.copbio.2025.103271

Elucidating the impact of low DO on enhanced biological phosphorus removal under aerobic and anoxic conditions at full-scale Water Research, 2025. Riley Doyle, Alexandria Gagnon, Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Charles Bott. DOI 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123098

Combining Short- and Long-Read Sequencing Technologies to Identify SARS-CoV-2 Variants in Wastewater Viruses, 2024. Gabrielle Jayme, Ju-Ling Liu, Jose Hector Galvez, Sarah Julia Reiling, Sukriye Celikkol, Arnaud N’Guessan, Sally Lee, Shu-Huang Chen, Alexandra Tsitouras, Fernando Sanchez-Quete, Thomas Maere, Eyerusalem Goitom, Mounia Hachad, Elisabeth Mercier, Stephanie Katharine Loeb, Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Sarah Dorner, Robert Delatolla, B. Jesse Shapiro, Dominic Frigon, Jiannis Ragoussis, Terrance P. Snutch. DOI 10.3390/v16091495

Towards a modelling framework for nature-based solutions in wastewater treatment Water Science & Technology, 2024. Alireza Dehghani Tafti, Dwight Houweling, Jean-Michel Perron, Daniel Bencsik, Tom Johnson, Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Yves Comeau. DOI 10.2166/wst.2024.235

Towards good modelling practice for parallel hybrid models for wastewater treatment processes Water Science & Technology, 2024. Loes Verhaeghe, Jan Verwaeren, Gamze Kirim, Saba Daneshgar, Peter A. Vanrolleghem, Elena Torfs. DOI 10.2166/wst.2024.159

A comprehensive, open-source data model for wastewater-based epidemiology Water Science & Technology, 2024. Jean-David Therrien, Mathew Thomson, Eugen-Sorin Sion, Ivan Lee, Thomas Maere, Niels Nicolaï, Douglas G. Manuel, Peter A. Vanrolleghem. DOI 10.2166/wst.2023.409

Machine learning for modeling N2O emissions from wastewater treatment plants: Aligning model performance, complexity, and interpretability Water Research, 2023. Mostafa Khalil, Ahmed AlSayed, Yang Liu, Peter A. Vanrolleghem. DOI 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120667

Assessing the equivalence of WRRF regulations using dynamic model simulations Water Science & Technology, 2023. Thomas Maere, Christophe Boisvert, Daniel Andres Mendoza Grubert, Peter A. Vanrolleghem. DOI 10.2166/wst.2023.271

Gustaf Olsson and me: mentorship at its best Celebrating passion for Water, Science and Technology, 2022. Peter A. Vanrolleghem. DOI 10.2166/9781789063370_0055

An essential tool for WRRF modelling: a realistic and complete influent generator for flow rate and water quality based on data-driven methods Water Science and Technology, 2022. Feiyi Li, Peter A. Vanrolleghem. DOI 10.2166/wst.2022.095

An influent generator for WRRF design and operation based on a recurrent neural network with multi-objective optimization using a genetic algorithm Water Science and Technology, 2022. Feiyi Li, Peter A. Vanrolleghem. DOI 10.2166/wst.2022.048

Decarbonization policies and water sector opportunities Pathways to Water Sector Decarbonization, Carbon Capture and Utilization, 2022. Jason A. Turgeon, Steven A. Conrad, Peter A. Vanrolleghem. DOI 10.2166/9781789061796_0303

The transition of WRRF models to digital twin applications Water Science and Technology, 2022. Torfs, E., Nicolaï, N., Daneshgar, S., Copp, J.B., Haimi, H., Ikumi, D., Johnson, B., Plosz, B.B., Snowling, S., Townley, L.R., Valverde-Pérez, B., Vanrolleghem, P.A., Vezzaro, L., Nopens, I.. DOI 10.2166/wst.2022.107

Influence of MBBR carrier geometrical properties and biofilm thickness restraint on biofilm properties, effluent particle size distribution, settling velocity distribution, and settling behaviour Journal of Environmental Sciences (China), 2022. Arabgol, R., Vanrolleghem, P.A., Delatolla, R.. DOI 10.1016/j.jes.2021.09.029

Artificial intelligence techniques in electrochemical processes for water and wastewater treatment: a review Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering, 2022. Shirkoohi, M.G., Tyagi, R.D., Vanrolleghem, P.A., Drogui, P.. DOI 10.1007/s40201-022-00835-w

Including snowmelt in influent generation for cold climate WRRFs: comparison of data-driven and phenomenological approaches Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 2022. Li, F., Vanrolleghem, P.A.. DOI 10.1039/d1ew00646k

Modelling and optimization of psychoactive pharmaceutical caffeine removal by electrochemical oxidation process: A comparative study between response surface methodology (RSM) and adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) Separation and Purification Technology, 2022. Gholami Shirkoohi, M., Tyagi, R.D., Vanrolleghem, P.A., Drogui, P.. DOI 10.1016/j.seppur.2022.120902

Detection of prevalent SARS-CoV-2 variant lineages in wastewater and clinical sequences from cities in Québec, Canada medRxiv, 2022. N'Guessan, A., Tsitouras, A., Sanchez-Quete, F., Goitom, E., Reiling, S.J., Galvez, J.H., Nguyen, T.L., Nguyen, H.T.L., Visentin, F., Hachad, M., Krylova, K., Matthews, S., Kraemer, S.A., Stretenowich, P., Bourgey, M., Djambazian, H., Chen, S.-H., Roy, A.-M., Brookes, B., Lee, S., Simon, M.-M., Maere, T., Vanrolleghem, P.A., Labelle, M.-A., Moreira, S., Levade, I., Bourque, G., Ragoussis, J., Dorner, S., Frigon, D., Jesse Shapiro, B.. DOI 10.1101/2022.02.01.22270170

Mainstream short-cut N removal modelling: current status and perspectives Water Science and Technology, 2022. Kirim, G., McCullough, K., Bressani-Ribeiro, T., Domingo-Félez, C., Duan, H., Al-Omari, A., De Clippeleir, H., Jimenez, J., Klaus, S., Ladipo-Obasa, M., Mehrani, M.-J., Regmi, P., Torfs, E., Volcke, E.I.P., Vanrolleghem, P.A.. DOI 10.2166/wst.2022.131

Uncertainty in Wastewater Treatment Design and Operation 2021. DOI 10.2166/9781780401034

Carbonaceous vs. total biochemical oxygen demand as a basis for WRRF design and performance monitoring Water Environment Research, 2021. James C. Young, Peter A. Vanrolleghem. DOI 10.1002/wer.1541

Effects of ferric-phosphate forms on phosphorus release and the performance of anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge Bioresource Technology, 2021. Zhang, Z., Ping, Q., Gao, D., Vanrolleghem, P.A., Li, Y.. DOI 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124622

Editorial Important news about this journal Water Policy, 2021. Ingildsen, P., Liu, S., Giustolisi, O., Kumar, D.N., Ashbolt, N., Evans, B., Howard, G., Priscoli, J.D., Vanrolleghem, P., Zamyadi, A., Rauch, W., Djordjevic, S.. DOI 10.2166/wp.2021.000

Sars-cov-2 known and unknowns, implications for the water sector and wastewater-based epidemiology to support national responses worldwide: Early review of global experiences with the covid-19 pandemic Water Quality Research Journal, 2021. Hill, K., Zamyadi, A., Deere, D., Vanrolleghem, P.A., Crosbie, N.D.. DOI 10.2166/wqrj.2020.100

Artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms: An efficient modelling and optimization methodology for active chlorine production using the electrolysis process Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2021. Gholami Shirkoohi, M., D. Tyagi, R., Vanrolleghem, P.A., Drogui, P.. DOI 10.1002/cjce.24036

Embracing the Uncertain: Fundamentals and Applications of Uncertainty Analysis at Water Resource Recovery Facilities 94th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2021, 2021. Vanrolleghem, P.A., Redmond, E., Belia, L., Benedetti, L., Johnson, B., Fitzgerald, C., Qualls, N., Angelotti, B..

Nitrification in a biofilm-enhanced highly loaded aerated lagoon Water Environment Research, 2021. Patry, B., Lessard, P., Vanrolleghem, P.A.. DOI 10.1002/wer.1234

Editorial: Important news about this journal Journal of Water and Health, 2021. Ingildsen, P., Liu, S., Giustolisi, O., Ashbolt, N., Evans, B., Kumar, D.N., Priscoli, J.D., Vanrolleghem, P., Zamyadi, A., Rauch, W., Djordjevic, S.. DOI 10.2166/wh.2021.000