ISI Publications

Le, T. T., Tran, H. T., Truong, V. T., Chu, T. T., Nguyen, T. T. H., Pereira, R., ... & Ngo, H.T.T. (2026). Unlocking Accurate Microplastic Data: Advanced Pump Systems for Diverse Aquatic Environments, 224: 119179. Marine Pollution Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.119179

Thao Thanh Le, Hieu Hoai Vo, Tram Thuy Nguyen, Ha Thi Thu Hoang, Martine Leermakers, Yue Gao, Huong Thi Thuy Ngo (2026). Combined risks of microplastics, trace metals, and antimicrobial resistance in the Nhue–Day River Basin, Vietnam,  Environmental Science and Pollution Research. doi: 10.1007/s11356-026-37522-4. Online ahead of print.

Hieu Hoai Vo, Thao Thanh Le, Tu Van Nguyen, Jennifer Scott, Tony Gutierrez, Michel J. Kaiser, Huong Thi Thuy Ngo (2026). Developing an optimized method for biofilm extraction from microplastic surfaces for high-efficiency analysis of adherent bacterial communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00416-26

Ngoc-Nhi Nguyen-Thi, Tu Nguyen-Van, Thu-Ngan Nguyen-Thi, Tam Nguyen-Thi, Loan Le-Thi, Kim-Diep Tran, Tam Tran-Thi & Hoai-Hieu Vo (2026). Valorization of Aloe vera Via Lactic Acid Fermentation: A Cell-Free Supernatant-Based Coating for Extending Strawberry Shelf-Life. Food and Bioprocess Technology,19, 285. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-026-04374-2

Nguyen, T. H. T., Cong, N. T., Zurbrügg, C., Dung, T. T. T., Ly, Q. V., Huong, N. T. T., ... & Quang, D. V. (2025). Household Post‐Consumer Flexible Plastic Recycling–The Significance of Compatibilizers and Reinforcing Fillers. ChemistrySelect, 10(6), e202404166.

Nguyen, T. T. T., Dinh, H. V., Quach, T. D., Nguyen, Q. D., Duong, V. H., Leermakers, M., ... & Thi Thuy Ngo, H. (2025). Application of vetiver grass phytoremediation for trace element removal in dioxin-contaminated soils at Bien Hoa Airbase, Vietnam. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2025.2509024

Robinson, D. T., Le, T. T., Ngo, H. T. T., Hoang, T. H. T., Zurbrügg, C., & Nguyen, T. H. T. (2025). Regional land-based plastic leakage into the aquatic environment–Waste Flow Diagram applied to the Phu Yen province, Vietnam. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 217, 118058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118058

Scott, J., Golyshin, P. N., Holland, S. I., Pereira, R., Ngo, H. T. T., Kaiser, M., & Gutierrez, T. (2025). Systematic critical review of studies and methods assessing microbial degradation of plastics in the marine environment: evidence base and recommendations. Science of the Total Environment, 999, 180277. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180277

Webb, M., Buckman, J., Ratouit, B., Scott, J., Bischoff, J., Le, T. T., ... Ngo, H. T. T., Kaiser, M. & Pereira, R. (2025). Novel characterisation of microplastics and other contaminant particles using new scanning electron microscopy technologies. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-27992-w

Quang Viet Ly, Lele Cui, Yuri Park, Long D. Nghiem, Hanh Tien Nguyen, Van-Duong Dao, Soryong Chae & Yuhoon Hwang (2025). Chainmail catalysis for advanced water treatment: overcoming the stability–reactivity tradeoff in Fenton-like oxidation of micropollutants. Nano Convergence. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40580-025-00526-w

Diem-My Thi Nguyen, Dorian Tosi Robinson, Christian Zurbrügg, Thi Hanh Tien Nguyen, Huu-Lieu Dang, Van-Manh Pham (2025). Strategic landfill site selection for sustainable waste management in Phu Yen Province, Vietnam using geospatial technologies. Ecological Informatics, 103198. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103198

Thi Hanh Tien Nguyen, Kieu Lan Phuong Nguyen, Tran Thi Mai Phuong, Tran Thi Diem Thuy & Thanh-Khiet L. Bui (2025). Daily accumulation of marine litter in a clam culture area in Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Sustainable Waste Management & Valorisation within the Circular Economy Era. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-35863-6 

Raya, S., Tandukar, S., Kattel, H. P., Sharma, S., Sangsanont, J., Sirikanchana, K., Ngo, H.T.T ... & Haramoto, E. (2024). Prevalence of hepatitis A and E viruses in wastewater in Asian countries. Science of the Total Environment, 951, 175473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175473

Robinson, D. T., Vu, P. T., Le, T. T., Hoang, T. H. T., Ly, Q. V., Ngo, H. T. T., ... & Nguyen, T. H. T. (2024). Land-based plastic leakage into the aquatic environment from municipal solid waste–Waste flow diagram applied to Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen, Vietnam. Waste Management, 186, 226-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2024.06.014

Thao, L.T., Hien, V. T. T., Tram, N. T., Hieu, V. H., Gutierrez, T., Ha, H. T. T., Dung, P. M., & Huong, N. T. T. (2024). First evidence of microplastic-associated extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing bacteria in the Red River Delta, Vietnam. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 100129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazl.2024.100129. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 100129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hazl.2024.100129

Siri, Y., Malla, B., Hirai, S., Ruti, A. A., Rahmani, A. F., Raya, S., ... Ngo, H.T.T & Haramoto, E (2024). Assessment of environmental factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam's surface water across two years of clinical data. Science of the Total Environment, 177449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177449

Tien Chu Trung, Thanh-Xuan Pham Thi, Cuong Le Dinh, Duc-Thang Duong, Huyen-Trang Nguyen, Khue Pham Duc, Miklós Hegedűs, Tibor Kovács, Thi Thuy Huong Ngo & Van-Hao Duong, (2024). Radiological risk assessment and characteristics of gross alpha and beta activities in vegetables, tubers, and fruits in Hanoi, Vietnam. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry. doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2024.2432584

Shrestha, S., Malla, B., Sangsanont, J., Sirikanchana, K., Ngo, H. T. T., Inson, J. G. M., ... & Haramoto, E. (2023). Detection of enteroviruses related to hand foot and mouth disease in wastewater of Asian communities. Science of The Total Environment, 169375. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169375

Ma, T., Perrot, V., Baeyens, W., Li, G., Lievens, S., Ngo, H. T. T., ... & Gao, Y. (2023). Mercury distribution, mobilization and bioavailability in polluted sediments of Scheldt Estuary and Belgian Coastal Zone. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 133209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133209

Tran Dinh Bao, Trong Vu, Nguyen Tai Tue, Tran Dang Quy, Thuy Huong Ngo Thi, Gergely Toth, Zsolt Homoki, Tibor Kovacs & Van-Hao Duong (2023). Machine learning application for radon release prediction from the copper ore mining in Sin Quyen, Lao Cai, North Vietnam. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09281-w

Marie Anne Eurie Forio, Peter L. M. Goethals, Koen Lock, Thi Hanh Tien Nguyen, Minar Naomi Damanik-Ambarita, Luis Dominguez-Granda, Olivier Thas. Determining Tipping Points and Responses of Macroinvertebrate Traits to Abiotic Factors in Support of River Management, Biology 2023, 12(4), 593; https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12040593

H.H. Nguyen, T.N. Nguyen, T.T. Tran, T.H.T. Nguyen, X.H. Nguyen, T.D. Nguyen, Present status of inland fisheries and its linkage to ecosystem health and human wellbeing in North Central of Vietnam, Ecosystem Services, Volume 59, February 2023, 101505

Truong, V.T., Ngo, T.T.H., Bui, Q.T., Palm H.W. & Bray, R. A. , Marine fish parasites of Vietnam: A comprehensive review and updated list of species, hosts, and zoogeographical distribution, Parasite 29, 36 (2022)

C.Y.Yang; D.Q.Nguyen; H.T.T.Ngo; I.A.Navarrete; A.Nakao; S.T.Huang; Z.Y.Hseu , Increases in Ca/Mg ratios caused the increases in the mobile fractions of Cr and Ni in serpentinite-derived soils in humid Asia, CATENA, Volume 216, Part B, September 2022, 106418

Thao Thanh Le, Kyoung-Woong Kim, Dinh Quoc Nguyen, Huong Thi Thuy Ngo, Trace element contamination in rice and its potential health risks to consumers in North-Central Vietnam,  Environmental Geochemistry and Health,  45, pages3361–3375 (2023)

Huong Thi Thuy Ngo, Thanh Dinh Nguyen, Tien Thi Hanh Nguyen, Thao Thanh Le, Dinh Quoc Nguyen, Adverse Effects of Toxic Metal Pollution in Rivers on the Physiological Health of Fish, Toxics 2022, 10(9), 528; https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics10090528

Tuan Nguyen Quoc, Jeong Wook Kim, Zahra Derakhshan Nejad, Thao Le Thanh, Myung Chae Jung, Influence of Commercial Amendments on Cu and Zn Mobility, Phytoavailability, and Microbial Activities on Two Contaminated Soils, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2022, 107098

Takeda, T., Kitajima M, Abeynayaka A, Huong N.T.T, Dinh N.Q., Sirikanchana K., and Haramoto E Navia M, Sam AA, Tsudaka M, Setiadi T, Hung DT. (2021). Governance of Wastewater Surveillance Systems to Minimize the Impact of COVID-19 and Future Epidemics: Cases across Asia-Pacific. In A.L. Ramanathan, S. Chidambaram, M.P. Jonathan, M.V. Prasanna, P. Kumar, F. Arriola (Eds.): Environmental Resilience and Transformation in times of COVID-19, 1st Edition (Chapter 11). Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN:9780323855129 (Paper cover book) pap. 370

Takeda, T., Kitajima, M., Huong, N. T. T., Setiyawan, A. S., Setiadi, T., Hung, D. T., & Haramoto, E. (2021). Institutionalising wastewater surveillance systems to minimise the impact of COVID-19: cases of Indonesia, Japan and Viet Nam. Water Science and Technology, 83(2), 251-256.

 Tuan Nguyen Quoc, Khanh-Hoang Nguyen, Huong Ngo Thi Thuy, Tien Nguyen Thi Hanh, Chau Tran Thi Minh, Van-Duong Dao, Thao Le Thanh, 2021. Feasibility of using sequential sulfurized nanoscale zero valent iron-persulfate process to degrade Tetrabromobisphenol A, Journal of Nanomaterials ( https://doi.org/10.1155/2021/8053120)

Khanh-Hoang Nguyen, Van-Duong Dao, Huong Ngo Thi Thuy, Tien Nguyen Thi Hanh, Tuan Nguyen Quoc, Thao Le Thanh, Investigating Removal of Bisphenol A using Laccase Catalyzing Electro-oxidation in the Present of Humic Acid, CLEAN Soil, Air, Water ( https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.202100368)

Yue Gao; Tran Thi Lan Anh; Nguyen Thi Hanh Tien; Le Thanh Thao, Ngo Thi Thuy Huong*, Metal Pollution and Bioaccumulation in the Aquatic Systems in Nhue - Day River Basin, Vietnam: Ecological and Human Health Risks,  Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021, 18(24), 13425.

Le, T.T., Yoon, H., Son, M.H., Kang, Y.G. and Chang, Y.S., 2019. Treatability of hexabromocyclododecane using Pd/Fe nanoparticles in the soil-plant system: Effects of humic acids. Science of The Total Environment, 689, pp.444-450.  

Lee, C.S., Oh, D.S., Le, T.T., Gong, J. and Chang, Y.S., 2018. Ligand-assisted sequential redox degradation of tetrabromobisphenol A using bimetallic zero-valent iron nanoparticles. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57(51), pp.17329-17337. 

Kang, Y.G., Vu, H.C., Le, T.T. and Chang, Y.S., 2018. Activation of persulfate by a novel Fe (II)-immobilized chitosan/alginate composite for bisphenol A degradation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 353, pp.736-745. 

Nguyen, T.H.T., Forio, M.A.E., Boets, P., Lock, K., Damanik Ambarita, M.N., Suhareva, N., Everaert, G., Dominguez-Granda, L.E., Hoang, T.H.T. and Goethals, P., 2018. Threshold responses of macroinvertebrate communities to stream velocity in relation to hydropower dam: a case study from the Guayas River Basin (Ecuador). Water, 10(9), p.1195. 

Damanik-Ambarita, M.N., Boets, P., Nguyen, T.H.T., Forio, M.A.E., Everaert, G., Lock, K., Musonge, P.L.S., Suhareva, N., Bennetsen, E., Gobeyn, S. and Ho, T.L., 2018. Impact assessment of local land use on ecological water quality of the Guayas river basin (Ecuador). Ecological Informatics, 48, pp.226-237.  

Nguyen, T.H.T., Everaert, G., Boets, P., Forio, M.A.E., Bennetsen, E., Volk, M., Hoang, T.H.T. and Goethals, P.L., 2018. Modelling tools to analyze and assess the ecological impact of hydropower dams. Water, 10(3), p.259. 

Le, T.T., Son, M.H., Nam, I.H., Yoon, H., Kang, Y.G. and Chang, Y.S., 2017. Transformation of hexabromocyclododecane in contaminated soil in association with microbial diversity. Journal of hazardous materials, 325, pp.82-89. 

Vu, H.C., Dwivedi, A.D., Le, T.T., Seo, S.H., Kim, E.J. and Chang, Y.S., 2017. Magnetite graphene oxide encapsulated in alginate beads for enhanced adsorption of Cr (VI) and As (V) from aqueous solutions: role of crosslinking metal cations in pH control. Chemical Engineering Journal, 307, pp.220-229. 

Truong, T.V., Neubert, K., Unger, P., Bui, T.Q., Ngo, T.T.H., Palm, H.W. and Kleinertz, S., 2017. Assessment of Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822) aquaculture systems in the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam, by using fish parasites. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 33(6), pp.1125-1136. 

Forio, M.A.E., Mouton, A., Lock, K., Boets, P., Nguyen, T.H.T., Ambarita, M.N.D., Musonge, P.L.S., Dominguez-Granda, L. and Goethals, P.L., 2017. Fuzzy modelling to identify key drivers of ecological water quality to support decision and policy making. Environmental Science & Policy, 68, pp.58-68. 

Nguyen, T.H.T., Boets, P., Lock, K., Forio, M.A.E., Van Echelpoel, W., Van Butsel, J., Utreras, J.A.D., Everaert, G., Granda, L.E.D., Hoang, T.H.T. and Goethals, P.L., 2017. Water quality related macroinvertebrate community responses to environmental gradients in the Portoviejo River (Ecuador). In Annales de Limnologie-International Journal of Limnology (Vol. 53, pp. 203-219). EDP Sciences. 

Le, T.T., Murugesan, K., Lee, C.S., Vu, C.H., Chang, Y.S. and Jeon, J.R., 2016. Degradation of synthetic pollutants in real wastewater using laccase encapsulated in core–shell magnetic copper alginate beads. Bioresource technology, 216, pp.203-210. 

Jeon, J.R., Le, T.T. and Chang, Y.S., 2016. Dihydroxynaphthalene‐based mimicry of fungal melanogenesis for multifunctional coatings. Microbial biotechnology, 9(3), pp.305-315. 

Truong, T.V., Palm, H.W., Bui, T.Q., Ngo, T.T.H. and Bray, R.A., 2016. Prosorhynchus Odhner, 1905 (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from the orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton, 1822)(Epinephelidae), including Prosorhynchus tonkinensis n. sp., from the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. Zootaxa, 4170(1), pp.71-92. 

Damanik-Ambarita, M.N., Everaert, G., Forio, M.A.E., Nguyen, T.H.T., Lock, K., Musonge, P.L.S., Suhareva, N., Dominguez-Granda, L., Bennetsen, E., Boets, P. and Goethals, P.L., 2016. Generalized linear models to identify key hydromorphological and chemical variables determining the occurrence of macroinvertebrates in the Guayas river basin (Ecuador). Water, 8(7), p.297. 

Damanik-Ambarita, M.N., Lock, K., Boets, P., Everaert, G., Nguyen, T.H.T., Forio, M.A.E., Musonge, P.L.S., Suhareva, N., Bennetsen, E., Landuyt, D. and Dominguez-Granda, L., 2016. Ecological water quality analysis of the Guayas river basin (Ecuador) based on macroinvertebrates indices. Limnologica, 57, pp.27-59. 

Le, T.T., Nguyen, K.H., Jeon, J.R., Francis, A.J. and Chang, Y.S., 2015. Nano/bio treatment of polychlorinated biphenyls with evaluation of comparative toxicity. Journal of hazardous materials, 287, pp.335-341.  

Nguyen, T.H.T., Boets, P., Lock, K., Ambarita, M.N.D., Forio, M.A.E., Sasha, P., Dominguez-Granda, L.E., Hoang, T.H.T., Everaert, G. and Goethals, P.L., 2015. Habitat suitability of the invasive water hyacinth and its relation to water quality and macroinvertebrate diversity in a tropical reservoir. Limnologica, 52, pp.67-74. 

Forio, M.A.E., Landuyt, D., Bennetsen, E., Lock, K., Nguyen, T.H.T., Ambarita, M.N.D., Musonge, P.L.S., Boets, P., Everaert, G., Dominguez-Granda, L. and Goethals, P.L., 2015. Bayesian belief network models to analyse and predict ecological water quality in rivers. Ecological modelling, 312, pp.222-238. 

Lee, C.S., Le, T.T., Kim, E.J., Gong, J., Chang, Y.Y. and Chang, Y.S., 2014. Fabrication of novel oxygen-releasing alginate beads as an efficient oxygen carrier for the enhancement of aerobic bioremediation of 1, 4-dioxane contaminated groundwater. Bioresource technology, 171, pp.59-65. 

Kim, E.J., Le, T.T. and Chang, Y.S., 2014. Comparative toxicity of bimetallic Fe nanoparticles toward Escherichia coli: mechanism and environmental implications. Environmental Science: Nano, 1(3), pp.233-237. 

Le, T.T., Murugesan, K., Kim, E.J. and Chang, Y.S., 2014. Effects of inorganic nanoparticles on viability and catabolic activities of Agrobacterium sp. PH-08 during biodegradation of dibenzofuran. Biodegradation, 25(5), pp.655-668. 

Zhou, L., Le, T.T., Gong, J., Kim, J.H., Kim, E.J. and Chang, Y.S., 2014. Carboxymethyl cellulose coating decreases toxicity and oxidizing capacity of nanoscale zerovalent iron. Chemosphere, 104, pp.155-161. 

Le, T.T., Murugesan, K., Nam, I.H., Jeon, J.R. and Chang, Y.S., 2014. Degradation of dibenzofuran via multiple dioxygenation by a newly isolated A grobacterium sp. PH‐08. Journal of applied microbiology, 116(3), pp.542-553.  

Le, H.T. and Ngo, T.T.H., 2013. Cd, Pb, and Cu in water and sediments and their bioaccumulation in freshwater fish of some lakes in Hanoi, Vietnam. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 95(8), pp.1328-1337. 

Kim, E.J., Le, T.T., Kim, J.H. and Chang, Y.S., 2013. Synthesis of metal sulfide-coated iron nanoparticles with enhanced surface reactivity and biocompatibility. RSC advances, 3(16), pp.5338-5340. 

Ngo, T.T.H., Gerstmann, S. and Frank, H., 2011. Subchronic effects of environment-like cadmium levels on the bivalve Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus 1758): I. Bioaccumulation, distribution and effects on calcium metabolism. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 93(9), pp.1788-1801. 

Ngo, T.T.H., Gerstmann, S. and Frank, H., 2011. Subchronic effects of environment-like cadmium levels on the bivalve Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus 1758): II. Effects on energy reserves in relation to calcium metabolism. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 93(9), pp.1802-1814. 

Ngo, T.T.H., Gerstmann, S. and Frank, H., 2011. Subchronic effects of environment-like cadmium levels on the bivalve Anodonta anatina (Linnaeus 1758): III. Effects on carbonic anhydrase activity in relation to calcium metabolism. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 93(9), pp.1815-1825. 

Ngo, T.T.H., Gerstmann, S. and Frank, H., 2009. Toxicity of cadmium to the green alga Parachlorella kessleri: Producing Cd-loaded algae for feeding experiments. Toxicological & Environ Chemistry, 91(2), pp.279-288. 

De Boeck, G., Ngo, T.T.H., Van Campenhout, K. and Blust, R., 2003. Differential metallothionein induction patterns in three freshwater fish during sublethal copper exposure. Aquatic Toxicology, 65(4), pp.413-424.