Biotecnología Ambiental

• Producción de bioinsecticidas
• Desarrollo de sistemas de control inteligente basados en sistemas expertos, redes neuronales y lógica difusa.
• Biorremediación de suelos contaminados con compuestos recalcitrantes de alto peso molecular.

• García-Gutiérrez, K, Poggy-Varaldo, HM, Esparza-García, F., Ibarra-Rendón, JE and Barrera-Cortés, J (2011) Small microcapsules of crystal proteins and spores of Bacillus thuringiensis by an emulsification/ internal gelation method. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 34(): 701-708.
   
• Rodríguez-Meza, M.A., Chávez-Gómez, B., Poggi-Varaldo, H.M., Ríos-Leal, E and Barrera-Cortés, J. (2010) Design of a new rotating drum bioreactor operated at atmospheric pressure on the bioremediation of a polluted soil. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 33(5): 573-582.
   
• Ortega-Clemente A., Caffarel-Mendez S., Ponce-Noyola MT, Barrera-Cortes J, Poggi-Varaldo HM. (2009) Fungal post-treatment of pulp mill effluents for the removal of recalcitrant pollutants. Bioresource Technology, 100(6), 1885-1894.
   
• Mancera-López, M.E., Esparza-García, F., Chávez-Gómez, B., Rodríguez-Vázquez, R., Saucedo-Castañeda, G. and J. Barrera-Cortés (2008) Bioremediation of an aged hydrocarbon-contaminated soil by a combined system of biostimulation–bioaugmentation with filamentous fungi. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. Vol 61/2 pp 151-160.
   
• M.E. Mancera-López, M.T. Rodríguez-Casasola, E. Ríos-Leal, F. Esparza-García, B. Chávez-Gómez, R. Rodríguez-Vázquez, J. Barrera-Cortés (2007) Fungi and bacteria isolated from two highly polluted soils for hydrocarbon degradation. Acta Chimica Slovenica, 54(1), 201-209. (ISSN: 1318-0207
   
• Josefina Barrera-Cortés, Efraín Manilla-Pérez, and Héctor M. Poggi-Varaldo (2006). Oxygen transfer to slurries treated in a rotating drum operated at atmospheric pressure. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 29(5-6), pp: 391-398.
   
• De la Torre-Sánchez, R, Baruch I. and Barrera-Cortés J. Neural prediction of  hydrocarbon degradation profiles developed in a biopile. Expert Systems with Applications, 2006, Vol. 31, pp: 383-389. 
   
• L. Valdez-Castro,  I. Baruch  and  J. Barrera-Cortés. Neural networks applied to the prediction of fed-batch fermentation kinetics of Bacillus thuringiensis. Bioprocess & Biosystems Engineering. Vol. 25, No. 4, 2003, pp: 229-233. (ISSN: 1615-7591)