Dr. Thi Ngoc Bao Dung
Position: Lecturer
Expertise: Environmental Engineering and Science
Email: thingocbaodung@tdtu.edu.vn
Main Research Directions
- Solid waste treatment techniques
- Water pollution treatment techniques
- Bioenergy recovery techniques
- Environmental quality management systems and sustainable development
- Occupational safety and health legal systems
- Workplace risk assessment
- Workplace conditions monitoring
Achievements
- Member of the team for 2 ministerial-level research projects
- Published 1 chapter in an international book
- Published 17 WoS/Scopus articles
- H-index: 10; number of citations: 1270
- Successfully supervised 2 master's students
- Participated in peer review for more than 5 WoS/Scopus journals
Education
- 2015: PhD in Environmental Engineering and Science, Feng Chia University, Taiwan
- 2011: Master of Environmental Management, University of Science, VNU-HCM
- 2007: Bachelor of Environmental Science, University of Science, VNU-HCM
Experience
- 2023-present: Lecturer, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University
- 2018-2023: Assistant Head of Postgraduate Department, Ton Duc Thang University
- 2012-2018: Lecturer, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University
- 2012: Specialist, Tran Nguyen Co., Ltd.
- 2011-2012: Project Manager, Greenvi Corp.
- 2007-2010: Deputy Director, Institute of Environmental Technology and Management Science
Publications
1. Ngoc Bao Dung Thi; Biswarup Sen; Chin-Chao Chen; Gopalakrishnan Kumar; Chiu-Yue Lin; Food Waste to Bioenergy via Anaerobic Processes, 2014, Energy Procedia
2. Ngoc Bao Dung Thi; Gopalakrishnan Kumar; Chiu-Yue Lin; An overview of food waste management in developing countries: Current status and future perspective, 2015,Journal of Environment and Management
3. Ngoc Bao Dung Thi; Chiu-Yue Lin; Gopalakrishnan Kumar; Waste-to-wealth for valorization of food waste to hydrogen and methane towards creating a sustainable ideal source of bioenergy, 2016, Journal of Cleaner Production
4. Quang-Vu Bach, Trung Ngoc Trinh, Khanh-Quang Tran, Ngoc Bao Dung Thi. Pyrolysis characteristics and kinetics of biomass torrefied in various atmospheres, 2016, Energy Conversion and Management
5. Gopalakrishnan Kumar, Periyasamy Sivagurunathan, Ngoc Bao Dung Thi, Guangyin Zhen, Takuro Kobayashi, Sang-Hyoun Kim, Kaiqin Xu. Evaluation of different pretreatments on organic matter solubilization and hydrogen fermentation of mixed microalgae consortia, 2016, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
6. Gopalakrishnan Kumar, Periyasamy Sivagurunathan; Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, Ngoc Bao Dung Thi, Guangyin Zhen, Chandrasekhar Kuppam, Abudukeremu Kadier. A comprehensive overview on light independent fermentative hydrogen production from wastewater feedstock and possible integrative options, 2016,Energy Conversion and Management
7. Ngoc Bao Dung Thi; Chiu-Yue Lin; Gopalakrishnan Kumar; Electricity generation comparison of food waste-based bioenergy with wind and solar powers: A mini review, 2016, Sustainable Environment Research
8. Chinnannan Karthik, Selvaraj Barathi, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, Vijayan Sri Ramkumar, Ngoc Bao Dung Thi, Padikasan Indra Arulselvi. Evaluation of Cr(VI) reduction mechanism and removal by Cellulosimicrobium funkei strain AR8, a novel haloalkaliphilic bacterium, 2017, Journal of Hazardous Materials
9. Vijayan Sri Ramkumar, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, Kumar Gopalakrishnan, Periyasamy Sivagurunathan, Ganesh Dattatraya Saratale, Ngoc Bao Dung Thi, Ethiraj Kannapiran . Biofabrication and characterization of silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract of seaweed Enteromorpha compressa and its biomedical properties, 2017, Biotechnology reports
10. Ngoc Bao Dung Thi. A comparison of electricity generation of food waste via anaerobic processes, 2018, Walailak Journal of Science and Technology
11. Huy Long Huynh Nguyen, trung Duc Le, Ngoc Bao Dung Thi, Tam Anh Nguyen Duong. Biohydrogen fermentation from rubber latex processing wastewater pretreated by aluminium sulphate flocculation, 2018, Int. J. Environment and Waste Management
12. Ngoc Bao Dung Thi, Nguyen Thanh Tuan, Ngoc Hong Hanh Thi. Assessment of food waste management in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: current status and perspective, 2018, Int. J. Environment and Waste Management
13. Eldon R.Rene, Manivannan Sethurajan, Vinoth Kumar Ponnusamy, Gopalakrishnan Kumar, Thi Ngoc Bao Dung, Kathirvel Brindhadevi, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi. Electronic waste generation, recycling and resource recovery: Technological perspectives and trends, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
14. Thi Ngoc Bao Dung, Chyi-How Lay, D. Duc Nguyen, S. Woong Chang, J.Rajesh Banue, Youngsun Hong, Jeong-Hoon Park. Improving the biohydrogen production potential of macroalgal biomass through mild acid dispersion pretreatment, 2023, Fuel
15. Thi Ngoc Bao Dung, Chyi-How Lay, Kanmani Sellappa, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Ikram Mehrez, Vinod Kumar, Bartłomiej Igliński, Grzegorz Piechota, Gopalakrishnan Kumar. Recent trends in the application of CFD and ANN on the biohydrogen—A review, 2025, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
16. Advanced Remediation: A Sustainable Technology for Removal of Water/Wastewater Contaminants, 2026, Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering
17. Recent advances and challenges in advanced oxidation processes for degradation of nano- and microplastics in water: a critical review, 2026, RSC Advances

