We in University of Tartu are working on topics: wastewater treatment (nitrogen and phosphorus removal and valorizing), anaerobic ammonium oxidation process and denitrifying phosphorus removal bacteria for ammonium, phosphorus removal from municipal and sidestream wastewater, microbial fuel cell technology (anammox biocathode), peat usage as building material and humic substances valorizing in peat. Recent studies have guided us to recover metals from raw anaerobic sludge and compost from municipal wastewater treatment plants. Recovered metals would be Au, Ag, Cu, Zn, Fe, Pt, Pd, Cd, recovery will be done by using fungi and iodide oxidizing bacteria. Waste electronic equipment will also be used as a source of metal recovery. Assessment of waste treatment technologies efficiency has been done in several papers. The journals where works have been published are: Science of Total Environment, Environmental Microbiology, Frontiers in Marine Science, Journal of Water Process Engineering, Environmental Health Perspectives etc.

We in University of Tartu are working on topics: pharmaceuticals removal (CIP, NOR, OFL, DIC), water treatment (N, P removal and valorizing), Anammox process and denitrifying P removal bacteria for N, P removal from municipal and sidestream wastewater, microbial fuel cell technology (anammox biocathode), sludge/textile usage as material and nutrients, humic substances valorizing. Recent studies have guided us to recover nutrients, metals from anaerobic sludge, contact: Ivar Zekker: a31168@ut.ee
Founded in 1632 by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, the University of Tartu (UT) is one of the oldest and most prestigious higher education institutions in Northern and Eastern Europe. As Estonia’s national university, it serves as the country’s leading center for research, culture, and academic excellence. The University of Tartu is consistently ranked among the top 1% of the world's best universities (QS World University Rankings and THE World University Rankings). It is the only Baltic university member of the prestigious Coimbra Group and the Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities.