Hubert Cabana

Publications

Articles

• Lounes Haroune, Sabrina Saibi, Olivier Savary, Hubert Cabana, Jean-Philippe Bellenger. (2025). Development and application of a quantitative Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for multi-class organic contaminants in biological and environmental matrices using a desirability function-based optimization. Journal of Chromatography A. DOI
• Shilpa Jose, Linson Lonappan, Hubert Cabana. (2025). Hydrothermal carbonization as a promising approach towards the removal of polyethylene microplastics and trace organic contaminants from wastewater sludge. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. DOI
• Komla Alokpa, Hubert Cabana. (2025). Techno-economic analysis of laccase production, immobilization and use of the immobilized biocatalyst in hospital wastewater bioremediation. Environmental Challenges. DOI
• Behrang Salahshournia, Ali Noroozi, Daniel Fortin, Lulzim Shkreta, Benoit Chabot, Armand Soldera, Hubert Cabana, Pierre D. Harvey. (2025). A Porphyrin-Based Metal–Organic Framework as a Photosensitizer for Singlet Oxygen Generation and Photocatalytic Water Treatment. ACS Applied Optical Materials. DOI
• Komla Alokpa, Linson Lonappan, Hubert Cabana. (2025). Innovative laccase-based hollow packed-bed reactor for continuous treatment of hospital wastewater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI
• Komla Alokpa, Younes El-Yagoubi, Hubert Cabana. (2025). Development and optimization of a silica-bound laccase biocatalyst and its application in hospital wastewater treatment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI
• Shilpa Jose, Linson Lonappan, Hubert Cabana. (2024). Prevalence of microplastics and fate in wastewater treatment plants: a review. Environmental Chemistry Letters. DOI
• Lisa Lahens, Hubert Cabana, Yannick Huot, Pedro A. Segura. (2024). Trace organic contaminants in lake waters: Occurrence and environmental risk assessment at the national scale in Canada. Environmental Pollution. DOI
• Younès El Yagoubi, Bruno Lemieux, Pedro A. Segura, Hubert Cabana. (2023). Characterization of laccases from Trametes hirsuta in the context of bioremediation of wastewater treatment plant effluent. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. DOI
• Bruna B. Pinheiro, Sabrina Saibi, Lounès Haroune, Nathália Saraiva Rios, Luciana R.B. Gonçalves, Hubert Cabana. (2023). Genipin and glutaraldehyde based laccase two-layers immobilization with improved properties: New biocatalysts with high potential for enzymatic removal of trace organic contaminants. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. DOI
• Jordan Lussier, Linson Lonappan, Hubert Cabana. (2023). Potential of Pseudomonas yamanorum for the valorization of municipal biosolids. Water Quality Research Journal. DOI
• Komla Alokpa, François Lafortune, Hubert Cabana. (2022). Application of laccase and hydrolases for trace organic contaminants removal from contaminated water. Environmental Advances. DOI
• Rania Ibrahim, Shahram Navaee-Ardeh, Hubert Cabana. (2022). Biogas purification by a chemical absorption and biological oxidation process. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. DOI
• Rania Ibrahim, Abdessamad El Hassni, Shahram Navaee-Ardeh, Hubert Cabana. (2022). Biological elimination of a high concentration of hydrogen sulfide from landfill biogas. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI
• Vasanth Kumar Vaithyanathan, Hubert Cabana, Vinoth Kumar Vaidyanathan. (2021). Remediation of trace organic contaminants from biosolids: Influence of various pre-treatment strategies prior to Bacillus subtilis aerobic digestion. Chemical Engineering Journal. DOI
• Arielle Farida Ariste, Lounes Haroune, Sabrina Saibi, Hubert Cabana. (2021). Enzyme polymer engineered structure strategy to enhance cross-linked enzyme aggregate stability: a step forward in laccase exploitation for cannabidiol removal from wastewater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI
• Vasanth Kumar Vaithyanathan, Olivier Savary, Hubert Cabana. (2021). Performance evaluation of biocatalytic and biostimulation approaches for the remediation of trace organic contaminants in municipal biosolids. Waste Management. DOI
• Marieke Beaulieu, Hubert Cabana, Yannick Huot. (2020). Adverse effects of atrazine, DCMU and metolachlor on phytoplankton cultures and communities at environmentally relevant concentrations using Fast Repetition Rate Fluorescence. Science of The Total Environment. DOI
• Abiram Karanam Rathankumar, Kongkona Saikia, Krishnakumar Ramachandran, Ramon Alberto Batista, Hubert Cabana, Vinoth Kumar Vaidyanathan. (2020). Effect of soil organic matter (SOM) on the degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using Pleurotus dryinus IBB 903-A microcosm study. Journal of Environmental Management. DOI
• Yannick Huot, Catherine A. Brown, Geneviève Potvin, Dermot Antoniades, Helen M. Baulch, Beatrix E. Beisner, Simon Bélanger, Stéphanie Brazeau, Hubert Cabana, Jeffrey A. Cardille, Paul A. del Giorgio, Irene Gregory-Eaves, Marie-Josée Fortin, Andrew S. Lang, Isabelle Laurion, Roxane Maranger, Yves T. Prairie, James A. Rusak, Pedro A. Segura, ... David A. Walsh. (2019). The NSERC Canadian Lake Pulse Network: A national assessment of lake health providing science for water management in a changing climate. Science of The Total Environment. DOI
• Deborah González-Abradelo, Yordanis Pérez-Llano, Heidy Peidro-Guzmán, María del Rayo Sánchez-Carbente, Jorge Luis Folch-Mallol, Elisabet Aranda, Vinoth Kumar Vaidyanathan, Hubert Cabana, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Ramón Alberto Batista-García. (2019). First demonstration that ascomycetous halophilic fungi (Aspergillus sydowii and Aspergillus destruens) are useful in xenobiotic mycoremediation under high salinity conditions. Bioresource Technology. DOI
• Cassoulet, R., Haroune, L., Abdelouahab, N., Gillet, V., Baccarelli, A.A., Cabana, H., Takser, L., Bellenger, J.-P. (2019). Monitoring of prenatal exposure to organic and inorganic contaminants using meconium from an Eastern Canada cohort. Environmental Research. DOI
• Ba, S., Haroune, L., Soumano, L., Bellenger, J.-P., Jones, J.P., Cabana, H. (2018). A hybrid bioreactor based on insolubilized tyrosinase and laccase catalysis and microfiltration membrane remove pharmaceuticals from wastewater. Chemosphere. DOI
• Chevillot, F., Guyot, M., Desrosiers, M., Cadoret, N., Veilleux, É., Cabana, H., Bellenger, J.-P. (2018). Accumulation and sublethal effects of triclosan and its transformation product methyl-triclosan in the earthworm Eisenia andrei exposed to environmental concentrations in an artificial soil. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. DOI
• Fedrizzi, F., Cabana, H., Ndanga, .M., Cabral, A.R. (2018). Biofiltration of methane from cow barns: Effects of climatic conditions and packing bed media acclimatization. Waste Management. DOI
• Jahangiri, E., Thomas, I., Schulze, A., Seiwert, B., Cabana, H., Schlosser, D. (2018). Characterisation of electron beam irradiation-immobilised laccase for application in wastewater treatment. Science of the Total Environment. DOI
• Haroune, L., Saibi, S., Cabana, H., Bellenger, J.-P. (2017). Intracellular enzymes contribution to the biocatalytic removal of pharmaceuticals by trametes hirsuta. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI
• Saby, M., Larocque, M., Pinti, D.L., Barbecot, F., Gagné, S., Barnetche, D., Cabana, H. (2017). Regional assessment of concentrations and sources of pharmaceutically active compounds, pesticides, nitrate, and E. coli in post-glacial aquifer environments (Canada). Science of the Total Environment. DOI
• Hachi, M., Chergui, A., Yeddou, A.R., Selatnia, A., Cabana, H. (2017). Removal of acetaminophen and carbamazepine in single and binary systems with immobilized laccase from Trametes hirsuta. Biocatalysis and Biotransformation. DOI
• Chevillot, F., Convert, Y., Desrosiers, M., Cadoret, N., Veilleux, É., Cabana, H., Bellenger, J.-P. (2017). Selective bioaccumulation of neonicotinoids and sub-lethal effects in the earthworm Eisenia andrei exposed to environmental concentrations in an artificial soil. Chemosphere. DOI
• Batista-García, R.A., Kumar, V.V., Ariste, A., Tovar-Herrera, O.E., Savary, O., Peidro-Guzmán, H., González-Abradelo, D., Jackson, S.A., Dobson, A.D.W., Sánchez-Carbente, M.D.R., Folch-Mallol, J.L., Leduc, R., Cabana, H. (2017). Simple screening protocol for identification of potential mycoremediation tools for the elimination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and phenols from hyperalkalophile industrial effluents. Journal of Environmental Management. DOI
• Vishnu, D., Neeraj, G., Swaroopini, R., Shobana, R., Kumar, V.V., Cabana, H. (2017). Synergetic integration of laccase and versatile peroxidase with magnetic silica microspheres towards remediation of biorefinery wastewater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI
• Gerard, N., Santhana Krishnan, R., Ponnusamy, S.K., Cabana, H., Vaidyanathan, V.K. (2016). Adsorptive potential of dispersible chitosan coated iron-oxide nanocomposites toward the elimination of arsenic from aqueous solution. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. DOI
• Takser, L., Benachour, N., Husk, B., Cabana, H., Gris, D. (2016). Cyanotoxins at low doses induce apoptosis and inflammatory effects in murine brain cells: Potential implications for neurodegenerative diseases. Toxicology Reports. DOI
• Arca-Ramos, A., Kumar, V.V., Eibes, G., Moreira, M.T., Cabana, H. (2016). Recyclable cross-linked laccase aggregates coupled to magnetic silica microbeads for elimination of pharmaceuticals from municipal wastewater. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI
• Kumar, V.V., Cabana, H. (2016). Towards high potential magnetic biocatalysts for on-demand elimination of pharmaceuticals. Bioresource Technology. DOI
• Lakhouit, A., Cabral, A.R., Cabana, H. (2016). Two Novel Biofilters to Remove Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Landfill Sites. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. DOI
• Hachi, M., Chergui, A., Selatnia, A., Cabana, H. (2016). Valorization of the Spent Biomass of Pleurotus mutilus Immobilized as Calcium Alginate Biobeads for Methylene Blue Biosorption. Environmental Processes. DOI
• Balcázar-López, E., Méndez-Lorenzo, L.H., Batista-García, R.A., Esquivel-Naranjo, U., Ayala, M., Kumar, V.V., Savary, O., Cabana, H., Herrera-Estrella, A., Folch-Mallol, J.L. (2016). Xenobiotic compounds degradation by heterologous expression of a trametes sanguineus laccase in trichoderma atroviride. PLoS ONE. DOI
• Haroune, L., Cassoulet, R., Lafontaine, M.-P., Bélisle, M., Garant, D., Pelletier, F., Cabana, H., Bellenger, J.-P. (2015). Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry determination for multiclass pesticides from insect samples by microwave-assisted solvent extraction followed by a salt-out effect and micro-dispersion purification. Analytica Chimica Acta. DOI
• Touahar, I.E., Haroune, L., Ba, S., Bellenger, J.-P., Cabana, H. (2014). Characterization of combined cross-linked enzyme aggregates from laccase, versatile peroxidase and glucose oxidase, and their utilization for the elimination of pharmaceuticals. Science of the Total Environment. DOI
• Bellenger, J.-P., Cabana, H. (2014). Emerging contaminants: A scientific challenge without borders. Science of the Total Environment. DOI
• Haroune, L., Saibi, S., Bellenger, J.-P., Cabana, H. (2014). Evaluation of the efficiency of Trametes hirsuta for the removal of multiple pharmaceutical compounds under low concentrations relevant to the environment. Bioresource Technology. DOI
• Lakhouit, A., Schirmer, W.N., Johnson, T.R., Cabana, H., Cabral, A.R. (2014). Evaluation of the efficiency of an experimental biocover to reduce BTEX emissions from landfill biogas. Chemosphere. DOI
• Ba, S., Jones, J.P., Cabana, H. (2014). Hybrid bioreactor (HBR) of hollow fiber microfilter membrane and cross-linked laccase aggregates eliminate aromatic pharmaceuticals in wastewaters. Journal of Hazardous Materials. DOI
• Kumar, V.V., Sivanesan, S., Cabana, H. (2014). Magnetic cross-linked laccase aggregates - Bioremediation tool for decolorization of distinct classes of recalcitrant dyes. Science of the Total Environment. DOI
• Leduc, J.-F., Leduc, R., Cabana, H. (2014). Phosphate adsorption onto chitosan-based hydrogel microspheres. Adsorption Science and Technology. DOI
• Capanema, M.A., Cabana, H., Cabral, A.R. (2014). Reduction of odours in pilot-scale landfill biocovers. Waste Management. DOI
• Ba, S., Haroune, L., Cruz-Morató, C., Jacquet, C., Touahar, I.E., Bellenger, J.-P., Legault, C.Y., Jones, J.P., Cabana, H. (2014). Synthesis and characterization of combined cross-linked laccase and tyrosinase aggregates transforming acetaminophen as a model phenolic compound in wastewaters. Science of the Total Environment. DOI
• Hassani, T., Ba, S., Cabana, H. (2013). Formation of enzyme polymer engineered structure for laccase and cross-linked laccase aggregates stabilization. Bioresource Technology. DOI
• Ba, S., Arsenault, A., Hassani, T., Jones, J.P., Cabana, H. (2013). Laccase immobilization and insolubilization: From fundamentals to applications for the elimination of emerging contaminants in wastewater treatment. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. DOI
• Namane, A., Ali, O., Cabana, H., Hellal, A. (2012). Evaluation of biological treatments for the adsorption of phenol from polluted waters. Adsorption Science and Technology. DOI
• Cabana, H., Ahamed, A., Leduc, R. (2011). Conjugation of laccase from the white rot fungus Trametes versicolor to chitosan and its utilization for the elimination of triclosan. Bioresource Technology. DOI
• Arsenault, A., Cabana, H., Jones, J.P. (2011). Laccase-based CLEAs: Chitosan as a novel cross-linking agent. Enzyme Research. DOI
• Cabana, H., Alexandre, C., Agathos, S.N., Jones, J.P. (2010). Corrigendum to "Immobilization of laccase from the white rot fungus Coriolopsis polyzona and use of the immobilized biocatalyst for the continuous elimination of endocrine disrupting chemicals" [Bioresource Technology 100 (2009) 3447-3458] (DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2009.02.052). Bioresource Technology. DOI
• Cabana, H., Alexandre, C., Agathos, S.N., Jones, J.P. (2009). Immobilization of laccase from the white rot fungus Coriolopsis polyzona and use of the immobilized biocatalyst for the continuous elimination of endocrine disrupting chemicals. Bioresource Technology. DOI
• Cabana, H., Jones, J.P., Agathos, S.N. (2009). Utilization of cross-linked laccase aggregates in a perfusion basket reactor for the continuous elimination of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. DOI
• Cabana, H., Jones, J.P. (2008). DOE method allows researchers to optimize endocrine disrupter removal from wastewater. Laboratory Equipment.
• Cabana, H., Jones, P. (2008). Eliminating EDCs. Water and Wastes Digest.
• Cabana, H., Peter Jones, J. (2008). Experiments by design: DOE method allows researchers to optimize endocrine disrupter removal from wastewater. Laboratory Equipment.
• Cabana, H., Jiwan, J.-L.H., Rozenberg, R., Elisashvili, V., Penninckx, M., Agathos, S.N., Jones, J.P. (2007). Elimination of endocrine disrupting chemicals nonylphenol and bisphenol A and personal care product ingredient triclosan using enzyme preparation from the white rot fungus Coriolopsis polyzona. Chemosphere. DOI
• Cabana, H., Jones, J.P., Agathos, S.N. (2007). Elimination of endocrine disrupting chemicals using white rot fungi and their lignin modifying enzymes: A review. Engineering in Life Sciences. DOI
• Cabana, H., Jones, J.P., Agathos, S.N. (2007). Preparation and characterization of cross-linked laccase aggregates and their application to the elimination of endocrine disrupting chemicals. Journal of Biotechnology. DOI

Articles de conférence

• Lakhouit, A., Cabral, A.R., Cabana, H. (2012). Reduction of Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions by experimental passive biocovers: The fate of toluene as a model VOC. Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés ou supervisés à l'UdeS

• GCI744 - Gestion des sites contaminés. (2024-2026). (3CR).
• GCI748 - Conception des stations de traitement des eaux usées urbaines. (2024-2026). (3CR).
• GIN507 - Reconnaissance d'acquis professionnels. (2025). (3CR).
• GCI607 - Formation professionnelle. (2024). (1CR).
• GCI766 - Conception des stations de production d'eau potable. (2024). (3CR).
• GCI769 - Caractérisation des milieux contaminés. (2024). (3CR).
• GCH803 - Projet de développement en génie chimique I. (2023). (3CR).
• GCI720 - Conception des stations de production d'eau potable. (2023). (3CR).