Peter Clauwaert

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Peter Clauwaert is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Clauwaert has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Environmental Engineering, 18 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 15 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Peter Clauwaert's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (32 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (15 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (15 papers). Peter Clauwaert is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (32 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (15 papers) and Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (15 papers). Peter Clauwaert collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Australia and Spain. Peter Clauwaert's co-authors include Willy Verstraete, Korneel Rabaey, Peter Aelterman, Nico Boon, Liesje De Schamphelaire, Hai Pham‐The, Pascal Boeckx, Siegfried E. Vlaeminck, Marc Verhaege and David van der Ha and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Peter Clauwaert

53 papers receiving 4.8k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Biological Denitrification in Microbial Fuel Cells

2007 652 citations Peter Clauwaert, Korneel Rabaey et al. profile →
Tubular Microbial Fuel Cells for Efficient Electricity Generation

2005 519 citations Korneel Rabaey, Peter Clauwaert et al. profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Clauwaert Belgium	30	4.1k	2.8k	1.5k	1.0k	901	54	5.0k
Annemiek ter Heijne Netherlands	44	4.4k 1.1×	2.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.1×	849 0.8×	1.5k 1.7×	115	5.8k
Tom Sleutels Netherlands	34	3.9k 1.0×	2.4k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	889 0.9×	1.6k 1.8×	82	5.0k
César I. Torres United States	40	5.2k 1.3×	3.6k 1.3×	1.9k 1.2×	805 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	91	6.2k
Sunil A. Patil India	37	4.0k 1.0×	2.6k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	440 0.4×	721 0.8×	81	4.9k
Gunda Mohanakrishna India	42	3.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 0.8×	703 0.7×	1.1k 1.2×	79	4.6k
Guangli Liu China	40	2.8k 0.7×	1.8k 0.7×	910 0.6×	674 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	151	4.7k
Benjamin Erable France	31	3.5k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	428 0.4×	520 0.6×	101	4.4k
Bernardino Virdis Australia	31	2.5k 0.6×	1.2k 0.4×	581 0.4×	1.1k 1.1×	667 0.7×	62	3.5k
Liesje De Schamphelaire Belgium	12	2.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.6×	840 0.6×	479 0.5×	488 0.5×	12	2.6k
Antonin Prévoteau Belgium	27	1.4k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	532 0.4×	275 0.3×	537 0.6×	44	2.5k

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Zhang, Dongdong, Amanda Luther, Peter Clauwaert, P. Ciccioli, & Frederik Ronsse. (2020). Assessment of carbon recovery from solid organic wastes by supercritical water oxidation for a regenerative life support system. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(8). 8260–8270. 5 indexed citations

Mastroleo, Felice, Marlies Christiaens, Ralph E.F. Lindeboom, et al.. (2019). Reactivation of Microbial Strains and Synthetic Communities After a Spaceflight to the International Space Station: Corroborating the Feasibility of Essential Conversions in the MELiSSA Loop. Astrobiology. 19(9). 1167–1176. 12 indexed citations

Defoirdt, Tom, et al.. (2019). Media Optimization, Strain Compatibility, and Low-Shear Modeled Microgravity Exposure of Synthetic Microbial Communities for Urine Nitrification in Regenerative Life-Support Systems. Astrobiology. 19(11). 1353–1362. 13 indexed citations

Prévoteau, Antonin, Peter Clauwaert, Frederiek‐Maarten Kerckhof, & Korneel Rabaey. (2019). Oxygen-reducing microbial cathodes monitoring toxic shocks in tap water. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 132. 115–121. 62 indexed citations

Clauwaert, Peter, Jolien De Paepe, Bernabé Alonso‐Fariñas, et al.. (2019). Electrochemical tap water softening: A zero chemical input approach. Water Research. 169. 115263–115263. 56 indexed citations

Christiaens, Marlies, Jolien De Paepe, Jo De Vrieze, et al.. (2019). Urine nitrification with a synthetic microbial community. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 42(6). 126021–126021. 12 indexed citations

Luther, Amanda, et al.. (2018). Bio-electrochemical oxidation for CO2 recovery in regenerative life support systems. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2 indexed citations

Paepe, Jolien De, Siegfried E. Vlaeminck, Korneel Rabaey, Francesc Gòdia, & Peter Clauwaert. (2018). Bio-electrochemical pre-treatment and membrane aeration to intensify full nitrogen recovery for Spaceflight urine nitrification. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

Leroy, Baptiste, et al.. (2018). Metabolic and Proteomic Responses to Salinity in Synthetic Nitrifying Communities of Nitrosomonas spp. and Nitrobacter spp.. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2914–2914. 22 indexed citations

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Lindeboom, Ralph E.F., José M. Carvajal‐Arroyo, Ilse Coninx, et al.. (2018). Nitrogen cycle microorganisms can be reactivated after Space exposure. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 13783–13783. 15 indexed citations

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Clauwaert, Peter, et al.. (2017). Electrochemical anion removal and softening of tap water. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Christiaens, Marlies, et al.. (2016). Can nitrification bring us to Mars? The role of microbial interactions on nitrogen recovery in life support systems. 41. 1 indexed citations

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Lindeboom, Ralph E.F., Peter Clauwaert, Marlies Christiaens, et al.. (2016). Water Treatment Unit Breadboard: Ground test facility for the recycling of urine and shower water for one astronaut. cosp. 41. 1 indexed citations

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Desloover, Joachim, Siegfried E. Vlaeminck, Peter Clauwaert, Willy Verstraete, & Nico Boon. (2012). Strategies to mitigate N2O emissions from biological nitrogen removal systems. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 23(3). 474–482. 151 indexed citations

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Wrighton, Kelly, Bernardino Virdis, Peter Clauwaert, et al.. (2010). Bacterial community structure corresponds to performance during cathodic nitrate reduction. The ISME Journal. 4(11). 1443–1455. 135 indexed citations

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Hennebel, Tom, Jessica Benner, Peter Clauwaert, et al.. (2010). Dehalogenation of environmental pollutants in microbial electrolysis cells with biogenic palladium nanoparticles. Biotechnology Letters. 33(1). 89–95. 35 indexed citations

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Clauwaert, Peter, David van der Ha, & Willy Verstraete. (2008). Energy recovery from energy rich vegetable products with microbial fuel cells. Biotechnology Letters. 30(11). 1947–1951. 34 indexed citations

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Pham, Hai The, Nico Boon, Peter Aelterman, et al.. (2008). High shear enrichment improves the performance of the anodophilic microbial consortium in a microbial fuel cell. Microbial Biotechnology. 1(6). 487–496. 116 indexed citations

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Clauwaert, Peter, Peter Aelterman, Hai Pham‐The, et al.. (2008). Minimizing losses in bio-electrochemical systems: the road to applications. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 79(6). 901–913. 340 indexed citations

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Pham‐The, Hai, Nico Boon, Peter Aelterman, et al.. (2007). Metabolites produced by Pseudomonas sp. enable a Gram-positive bacterium to achieve extracellular electron transfer. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 77(5). 1119–1129. 236 indexed citations

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