WtERT Russia

Host institution: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)

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Prof. Anna I. Kurbatova

Council Member, WtERT-Russia

Associate Professor of the Department of Environmental Safety and Product Quality Management, Institute of Environmental Engineering Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba, Moscow, Russia

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Research Interests

The study of global and regional biospheric climate processes using mathematical models and remote sensing methods, the study of the sequestration capacity of plant communities in various regions of the world, the accumulation of carbon in the soil, the calculation of the carbon dioxide budget in the world.
Quality assessment of surface, groundwater. Ecological monitoring of water bodies. Development of an Environmental Monitoring System. Health risk assessment for drinking water.

Education:

• 2002 – graduated with honors from the master’s program of the Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Natural Sciences of RUDN University, specializing in chemistry, inorganic chemistry department, laboratory of analytical chemistry. Has a diploma with honours in English/Spanish translation.

• 2006 – completed postgraduate studies at the Department of Environmental Monitoring and Forecasting of the Faculty of Ecology of RUDN University and passed her Ph.D. thesis defense on the topic of: “Modeling the impact of emissions from non-ferrous metallurgy enterprises on forest biogeocoenose”, a candidate of biological sciences, specializing in ecology. The work was supported by the RFBR grant № 05-01-00649-а

• from 2007 to present – Associate Professor at the Department of Environmental Safety and Product Quality Management

• 2010 – was awarded the academic title of associate professor at the department • Visiting Professor at the University of Granada (Spain), Jordan University of Science and Technology (Jordan).

• Expert on GHG Validation and Verification, GHG Validation and Verification Body of the Institute of Environmental Engineering Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba

• Member of the consortium “Circular Economy” REO (Russian Environmental Operator)

• Member of the Secondary Resources Committee, Business Russia

• Head of the Joint Educational Program with Tomsk State University “Environmental Quality Assessment: management and modeling”. • Head of the personnel training and skills enhancement program “Ensuring environmental safety when working with hazardous waste”.

• Head of bachelor’s and master’s degrees programs “Energy and resource-saving processes in chemical technology, petrochemistry and biotechnology” (master’s program “Bioengineering of OS)

• Member of the International Waste Working Group (IWWG), member of the Extended Producer Responsibility Headquarters for Business Russia

• Co-editor of the scientific journal “Sustainability”, special issue “Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Local Issue With Global Impacts ”

• Head of the Laboratory of the Institute of Ecology of RUDN University “Green Growth Technologies”

 Publications (2021-2023)

  1. Abu-Qdais, H.A.; Kurbatova, A.I. Editorial: Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Local Issue with Global Impacts. Sustainability 2022, 14, 11438. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811438
  2. Afreen Parveen, Pooja Bhatnagar, Bhawna Bisht, Sanjay Kumar, Saloni Joshi, Pankaj Gautam, Vinod Kumar, Adarchenko Irina A, Kurbatova Anna I. Algal nanobionics to enhance value added products – A review,Current Research in Biotechnology,Volume 5,2023,
  3. Bhawna Bisht, Prateek Gururani, Junaid Aman, Mikhail S. Vlaskin, Kurbatova Anna I, Adarchenko Irina A, Saloni Joshi, Sanjay Kumar, Vinod Kumar,A review on holistic approaches for fruits and vegetables biowastes valorization,Materials Today: Proceedings,Volume 73, Part 1,2023,Pages 54-63
  4. Kurbatova, A.; Abu-Qdais, H.A. Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to Select Waste to Energy Technology for a Mega City: The Case of Moscow. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9828. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12239828.
  5. Abu-Qdais, H.A.; Kurbatova, A.I. The Role of Eco-Industrial Parks in Promoting Circular Economy in Russia: A Life Cycle Approach. Sustainability 2022, 14, 3893. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14073893
  6. Buryakovskaya, O.A.; Kurbatova, A.I.; Vlaskin, M.S.; Valyano, G.E.; Grigorenko, A.V.; Ambaryan, G.N.; Dudoladov, A.O. Waste to Hydrogen: Elaboration of Hydroreactive Materials from Magnesium-Aluminum Scrap. Sustainability 2022, 14, 4496. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14084496
  7. Krishna Kumar Jaiswal, Vinod Kumar, Prateek Gururani, Mikhail S. Vlaskin, Afreen Parveen, Manisha Nanda, Anna Kurbatova, Pankaj Gautam, Anatoly V. Grigorenko,Bio-flocculation of oleaginous microalgae integrated with municipal wastewater treatment and its hydrothermal liquefaction for biofuel production, Environmental Technology & Innovation, Volume 26, 2022, 102340, ISSN 2352-1864, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2022.102340
  8. Vinod Kumar,,,.PrateekGururani,,Mahipal SinghTomar,,ManishaNanda, Makhail S.Vlaskin, SanjayKumar, Anna Kurbatova. The potential of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in metabolomics and lipidomics of microalgae- a review, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics.Volume 710, 15 October 2021, 108987, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.abb.2021.108987
  9. Vinod Kumar,Krishna Kumar Jaiswal, Mahipal Singh Tomar, Vishal Rajput, Shuchi Upadhyay, Manisha Nanda, Mikhail S. Vlaskin, Sanjay Kumar &Anna Kurbatova . Production of high value-added biomolecules by microalgae cultivation in wastewater from anaerobic digestates of food waste: a review. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery , https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-021-01906-y, 2022
  10. Wastewater reuse in Jordan and its potential as an adaptation measure to climate change. Abu Qdais H, Abdulla F and Kurbatova A Wastewater reuse in Jordan and its potential as an adaptation measure to climate change. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science, https://doi.org/10.1680/jenes.19.00029 2019
  11. 11.Salazar, C., Kurbatova, A., Kupriyanova, M., Mikhaylichenko, K., Savenkova, E., & Basamykina. Environmental Assessment of Water Treatment Plants of the Republic of Ecuador and Comparative Analysis of Water Disinfection Technologies using the LCA Method.Advances in Systems Science and Applications.22(2), 85-97, 2022.https://doi.org/10.25728/assa.2022.22.2.1250
  12. 12.Abu-Qdais, H.A.; Kurbatova, A.I. Editorial: Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Local Issue with Global Impacts. Sustainability 2022, 14, 11438. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811438
  1. Salazar Flores C.A., Kurbatova A.I., Mikhaylichenko K.Yu., Milutka A.C. Health risk assessment of drinking water: Case study of city of Latacunga and the canton of Pedro Vicente Maldonado (Ecuador). Hygiene and Sanitation. 2022;101(3):344-356. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.47470/0016-9900-2022-101-3-344-356
  2. Bhawna Bisht, J. P. Shabaaz Begum, Alexey A. Dmitriev, Anna Kurbatova, Narpinder Singh, Katsuyoshi Nishinari, Manisha Nanda, Sanjay Kumar, Mikhail S. Vlaskin, Vinod Kumar,Unlocking the potential of future version 3D food products with next generation microalgae blue protein integration: A review,Trends in Food Science & Technology,Volume 147,2024,104471,ISSN 0924-2244,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tifs.2024.104471.
  3. Prateek Gururani, Pooja Bhatnagar, Priyanka Dogra, Harish Chandra Joshi, P.K. Chauhan, Mikhail S. Vlaskin, Naveen Chandra Joshi, Anna Kurbatova, Adarchenko Irina, Vinod Kumar,Bio-based food packaging materials: A sustainable and Holistic approach for cleaner environment- a review,Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry,Volume 7,2023,100384,ISSN 2666-0865,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crgsc.2023.100384.
  4. Vlaskin, M.S., Zaichenko, V.M., Belov, P.V. et al. Decomposition of Acetylene into Hydrogen and Carbon: Experiments with Internal Combustion Engines and Experiments with a Flow Reactor. Theor Found Chem Eng 55, 315–324 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0040579521020135
  5. Bhawna Bisht, Kanishka Rawat, Anushka Vohat, Neha Jangid, Narpinder Singh, Katsuyoshi Nishinari, Mikhail S. Vlaskin, Anna Kurbatova, Vinod Kumar,Industry 4.0 digital transformation: Shaping the future of food quality,Food Control,Volume 170,2025,111030,ISSN 0956-7135,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2024.111030.
  6. Environmental Assessment of Water Treatment Plants of the Republic of Ecuador and Comparative Analysis of Water Disinfection Technologies using the LCA Method. (2022). Advances in Systems Science and Applications, 22(2), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.25728/assa.2022.22.2.1250
  7. AdarchenkoI., KurbatovaA., PorotnikovaN., SavenkovaE., KumarV., & SkorokhodovaY. (2024). Advanced Technologies for Bioeconomy: The Case of Microalgae Production. Foresight and STI Governance, 18(2), 69-83. https://doi.org/10.17323/2500-2597.2024.2.69.83
  8. Anna Igorevna Kurbatova, Hani Ahmad Abu-Qdais, Ksenya Yurievna Mikhaylichenko, Concentration and health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds from a closed solid waste landfill site: The role of flaring system,Atmospheric Pollution Research,Volume 15, Issue 3,2024,102010,ISSN 1309-1042,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2023.102010.
  9. Armijos-Arcos, F.; Salazar, C.; Beltrán-Dávalos, A.A.; Kurbatova, A.I.; Savenkova, E.V. Assessment of Water Quality and Ecological Integrity in an Ecuadorian Andean Watershed. Sustainability 2025, 17, 3684. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17083684
  10. Beltrán-Dávalos, A.A.; Salazar, C.; Kurbatova, A.I.; Echeverría, M.; Merino, A.; Otero, X.L. Sediment Chemistry and Ecological Risk Assessment in Andean Lakes of Central Ecuador: Influence of Trophic Status on Accumulation Patterns. Sustainability 2025, 17, 3397. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17083397
  11. Anna I. Kurbatova, Nawras Shatnawi, A.M. Tarko, Hani A. Abu Qdais, Elizaveta A. Grigorets,Monitoring and assessment of vegetation covers of different biogeographical zones in Jordan using remote sensing and mathematical modelling,Kuwait Journal of S cience,Volume 52, Issue 2,2025,100386,ISSN 2307-4108,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kjs.2025.100386.
  12. Inca-Balseca, C.-L.; Salazar, C.; Rodríguez, J.; Barrera, M.; Kurbatova, A.I.; Inca, E.; Padilla-Padilla, N.-M.; Moreno-Yepez, I.-N.; Toapanta-Dacto, J.-V.; Ávila-Gaibor, G.-J.; et al. Stochastic State-Space Modeling for Sludge Concentration Height at the Ucubamba Guangarcucho Wastewater Treatment Plant. Water 2025, 17, 793. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17060793
  13. Kurbatova A.I., Savenkova E.V., Abu-Qdais H. Decoupling Index as an indicator of the ecological and economic sustainability of the solid municipal waste management system: Case study of Moscow // RUDN Journal of Economics. – 2024. – Vol. 32. – N. 4. – P. 709-724. doi: 10.22363/2313-2329-2024-32-4-709-724

Development and implementation of lecture courses, development of scientific and methodological literature in Russian, Spanish and English for training courses:

  • Water resources management
  • Circular economy
  • Global and regional climate change

The author of more than 8 open online courses:. “Surface Water Quality: management and modeling” , “Сlimate Change: Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies”, “Global climate change”, “Drinking Water Treatment (Bioengineering Part 1),” Biological water Treatment (Bioengineering Part 2)”, «Monitoreo del medio ambiente».

Scientific internships, advanced training in the field of professional activity:

  1. Participation in the work program in the field of waste management “Swedish experience” at the invitation of the Swedish Ministry of Natural Resources (Sweden, May 2019),
  2. Participation in the work program “Waste Management, Industrial Waste Recycling and the Circular Economy”, November 18-23, 2019 Berlin-Cologne at the invitation of the German Ministry of the Interior.
  3. Modern management systems of industrial enterprises and the best available technologies, 36 hours, advanced training courses – Russian Technological University”, Moscow, September 6-10, 2021
  4. Current requirements for the implementation of activities for the validation and verification of greenhouse gases. Features of the application of new versions of international standards, 24 hours RUDN University advanced training courses, Moscow, August 18-20, 2021
  5. Internal audit of the management system of the bodies for the validation and verification of greenhouse gases in accordance with the national standard GOST R ISO 19011-2021″ Advanced training courses of the FAA National Accreditation Institute, RUDN University October 5-7, 2021.

• Visiting professor at the University of Granada (Spain), March 2019

A course of lectures in the field of climate change, and strategies for adaptation and mitigation of climate change. Masters of the Department of Environmental Protection, March 2019   –

• Invited lecturer 13, 14 sessions of UNESCO ISEDC Lectures in the field of waste management and climate change, October 2019

• Guest lecturer at GIZ-RUDN and GIZ-CCI of the Voronezh region in the advanced training courses “Circular ecology in the field of MSW management. Experience of Germany”, October 2020

• Invited lecturer of advanced training courses “Sustainable Waste Management. Waste and climate” Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, November 2022

• Guest lecturer at the University of Brandenburg, Lectures in Circular Economics and Waste Management, November 2021

• Currently Adjunct Professor at Graphic Era University, Department of Life Sciences, India.

• RUDN ecologist Anna Kurbatova became the only speaker from Russia at the WtERT World Congress in China


Experience in managing and participating in research projects

Scientific supervisor of the research topic “Study of the theoretical and methodological foundations for assessing the impact of the life cycle of biomass processing technologies on the environment and climate”, RUDN  University (2023, 1 year)

Co-executor “Analysis of the requirements for certification bodies for organic products when supplying such products from Russia to China, as well as additional requirements for international conformity assessment schemes for organic products recognized by the PRC, imposed on national accreditation bodies” (2020, 1 year)

Co-executor No. 201807-1-274 “Analysis of the prospects for increasing non-commodity exports of the Russian Federation by reducing technical barriers in the promotion of Russian goods to foreign markets.” (2021, 1 year)

Co-executor “The use of microalgae for bacterial disinfection and removal of micro-pollutants in wastewater with the subsequent conversion of biomass into biofuel”, research topic No. 202704-2-000, RUDN 2021-2023 (participant) (2021-2023, 3 years)

Co-executor in (RFBR )Russian Foundation for Basic Research grants: (2013-2017)

14-01-00308 A Development of mathematical models and methods for research and forecasting of global and regional climatic and ecological processes in application to the consequences of economic activity and its manifestations in global warming, in the natural environment and in society.

17-01-00693 A Research and forecasting of global and regional climatic and ecological processes based on climate models of general circulation and biospheric models with high spatial resolution in relation to the consequences of economic activity for the natural environment and societies

Creation of the educational materials “Fundamentals and principles of the circular economy. Creation of a Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management System” as part of the implementation of the Russian-German project “Climate-neutral waste management in the Russian Federation” by GIZ GmbH based on the materials of the educational and methodological complexes “Fundamentals and principles of the circular economy. German experience. Possibilities of implementation in the Russian Federation” and “Creating a sustainable municipal solid waste (MSW) management system in Russia: theory and practice”, developed within the framework of the Russian-German project “Climate-neutral waste management in the Russian Federation” (author ).

• Full member of the Russian Geological Society (RosGeo),

• International expert in the field of ecology (Ministry of the People’s Republic of China).

• International ECTN program accreditation expert for the areas 18.03.02, 18.04.02 (“Energy and resource saving processes in chemical technology, petrochemistry and biotechnology”)

  • Installation for the production of biofuel Authors: Vlaskin M.S., Vinod Kumar, Kurbatova A.I., No. 2787359, 16.05.2022
  • Biofuel production method Authors: Vlaskin M.S., Vinod Kumar, Kurbatova A.I., Savenkova E.V., Adarchenko I.A. No. 2794959 . 05/16/2022
  • Laureate of the Green Prize of the Russian Environmental Operator, special prize “Ecoconcept”, December 2021
  • Laureate of the Green Prize of the Russian Environmental Operator, educational track December 2022, 2023