Course code:
415B1		 Course name:
Environmental Biotechnology

Academic year:

2019/2020.

Attendance requirements:

409A1

ECTS:

7

Study level:

basic academic studies

Study program:

Environmental Chemistry: 4. year, winter semester, compulsory course

Teacher:

Jelena Z. Radosavljević, Ph.D.
assistant professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistant:

Teodora P. Đukić

Hours of instruction:

Weekly: three hours of lectures + four hours of labwork (3+0+4)

Goals:

To introduce students to the fundamentals of biotechnology, its current applications and future potentials. Students will become familiar with the concepts of the bioassay and how they can be used both in monitoring and in the bioremediation of ecologically vulnerable systems.

Outcome:

Students are trained to independently study pollution problems, work on the protection of the environment and propose effective solutions for environmental protection using the modern microbiological remediation and phytoremediation techniques. Students are also prepared for scientific-research work.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, tutorials, experimental work and a term paper.

Extracurricular activities:

Drawing a pollution map of Serbia based on the pollution intensity and type.

Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

  • H-J. Jordening, J. Winter: Environmental biotechnology - concepts and applications, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2005.

Supplementary coursebooks:

  • C. Ratledge, B. Kristiansen (editors): Basic biotechnology, 3rd ed, Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Additional material:

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  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

10 points (3 hours a week)

Syllabus:

1-2. Fundamentals of microbiology and biotechnology.

3. Principles of biotechnological interventions in the environment.

4. Principles of biochemical engineering.

5-6. Biotechnological treatment of wastewaters with the organic load.

7. Biotechnological treatment of wastewaters with the inorganic load.

8. Biogeotechnology.

9. Biocorrosion.

10. Bioremediation of contaminated soils.

11. Phytoremediation biotechnology.

12. Aerobic and anaerobic biotechnological processing of solid waste.

13. Application of genetically modified organisms in environmental biotechnology.

14. Integrated environmental biotechnology.

15. Biotechnology and sustainable development.

Labwork:

10 points (4 hours a week)

Syllabus:

1-2. Fundamentals of working with microorganisms.

3-4. Aerobic degradation of organic pollutants.

5-6. Anaerobic degradation of organic pollutants.

7. Oxidation and precipitation of heavy metals in the bioreactor.

8. Enzyme-based removal of phenol from water.

9. Enzyme-based removal of urea from water.

10-11. Biohydrometallurgy.

12-14. Bioremediation of soil contaminated with oil and its derivatives.

15. Prevention of biofilm development.

Written exam:

50 points

Tutorial:

30 points

Remarks:

Doing research work on a topic which deals with the current application of biotechnology in the environment, including bioremediation, anaerobic and aerobic fermenters and products from waste raw materials (biogas, water purification, etc.).