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Anna Trego is currently a post-doctoral researcher at NUIG, where she recently completed her PhD investigating the development and life-cycle of granular biofilms with applications for both sustainable engineered wastewater treatment and for Microbial Ecology. Her post-doctoral work expands on biological applications for resource management, supporting projects centered on the sustainable treatment of industrial and municipal wastewater, and simultaneous production of energy, organic chemicals and biopolymers.
Education/Academic qualification
BSc, MSc, PhD
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Electroactive taxa stabilise a metal overdosed syntrophic propionate oxidising methanogenic consortia
Silveira, K. A., Trego, A. C., Ramiro-Garcia, J., Lawless, C., Collins, G., Fermoso, F. G. & O'Flaherty, V., 15 Nov 2025, In: Environmental Research. 285, 122580.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Size matters: Anaerobic granules exhibit distinct ecological and physico-chemical gradients across biofilm size
Trego, A., Morabito, C., Bourven, I., Guibaud, G., O'Flaherty, V., Collins, G. & Ijaz, U. Z., May 2025, In: Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. 25, 100561.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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First evidence for temperature’s influence on the enrichment, assembly, and activity of polyhydroxyalkanoate-synthesizing mixed microbial communities
Trego, A., Palmeiro-Sánchez, T., Graham, A., Ijaz, U. Z. & O’Flaherty, V., 2024, In: Frontiers in Systems Biology. 4, 1375472.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Individual methanogenic granules are whole-ecosystem replicates with reproducible responses to environmental cues
Trego, A., O’Sullivan, S., O’Flaherty, V., Collins, G. & Ijaz, U. Z., Dec 2024, In: Environmental Microbiome. 19, 1, 68.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Article › peer-review
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Unifying concepts in methanogenic, aerobic, and anammox sludge granulation
Mills, S., Trego, A. C., Prevedello, M., De Vrieze, J., O'Flaherty, V., Lens, P. N. L. & Collins, G., Jan 2024, In: Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. 17, 100310.Research output: Contribution to a Journal (Peer & Non Peer) › Review article › peer-review
Open Access38 Citations (Scopus)