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Dr. Vu Duc Canh

Position: Lecturer

Expertise: Urban Engineering, specialized in Environmental Engineering

Email: vuduccanh@tdtu.edu.vn

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Main Research Directions

  • Wastewater monitoring to assess disease prevalence
  • Enteroviruses in urban water systems
  • Development of methods for virus recovery in water
  • Development of methods for analyzing and identifying viruses in water
  • Low-cost water and wastewater treatment technologies
  • Water disinfection technologies and virus inactivation mechanisms

Achievements

  • Principal Investigator of 1 National-level Research Project
  • Published 1 book chapter
  • Published 19 WoS/Scopus articles
  • H-index: 8; number of citations: 327
  • Participated in peer review for more than 5 WoS/Scopus journals

Education

  • 2012: Water Supply and Drainage Engineer; Hanoi University of Civil Engineering, Vietnam
  • 2017: Master of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan
  • 2020: PhD in Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan

Experience

  • 2025 - present: Lecturer, Faculty of Environment and Labour Safety, Ton Duc Thang University
  • 2023 - 2025: Postdoctoral researcher, Center for Water Environmental Technology Research, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2022 - 2023: Postdoctoral researcher, Faculty of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan
  • 2020 - 2022: Postdoctoral researcher, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan
  • 2012 - 2015: Researcher, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Hanoi University of Civil Engineering

Publications

1.        Singhopon, T., Canh, V. D., Kadoya, S., & Katayama, H. (2026). A full-scale co-located comparison of virus removal by membrane bioreactor and conventional activated sludge systems. Water Research, 292.
2.        Canh, V. D., Kawashima, M., Kawaguchi, A., Liu, M., Okabe, S., & Kitajima, M. (2025). Revealing the epidemiology of human bocavirus and Streptococcus pneumoniae through wastewater surveillance. ACS ES&T Water, 5, 6473−6478.
3.        Angga, M. S., Canh, V. D., Nakaya, Y., Satoh, H., Katayama, H., & Kitajima, M. (2025). Monitoring sexually transmitted infection-associated pathogens in municipal wastewater in Japan. ACS ES&T Water, 5, 7437−7444 .
4.        Canh, V. D., Singhopon, T., Kasuga, I., & Katayama, H. (2025). Removal of viruses and antibiotic resistance genes in bacteriophage fraction by conventional activated sludge (CAS) and membrane bioreactor treatment (MBR) systems. Science of the Total Environment, 989, 179787.
5.        Liên, N. T., Hằng, D. T., Cảnh, V. Đ., & Nga, T. T. V. (2025). Đánh giá tiềm năng ứng dụng hạt chùm ngây trong quá trình xử lý nước. Tạp chí Khoa học Công nghệ Xây dựng, 19(3V), 85–95.
6.        Liên, N. T., Hằng, D. T., Sơn, T. H., Cảnh, V. Đ., & Nga, T. T. V. (2025). Đánh giá hiệu quả loại bỏ vi khuẩn của vật liệu lọc được phủ MOCP chiết xuất từ hạt chùm ngây Việt Nam. Tạp chí Xây dựng, 12, 131–134.
7.        Canh, V. D., Midori, Y., Shotaro, T., Kumiko, O., & Hiroyuki, K. (2023). Susceptibility of enveloped and non-enveloped viruses to ultraviolet light-emitting diode (UV-LED) irradiation and implications for virus inactivation mechanisms. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology.
8.        Canh, V. D., Nga, T. T., Lien, N. T., & Katayama, H. (2023). Development of a simple and low-cost method using Moringa seeds for efficient virus concentration in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment, 950, 167101.
9.        Canh, V. D., Torii, S., Singhopon, T., & Katayama, H. (2023). Inactivation of coxsackievirus B5 by free chlorine under conditions relevant to drinking water treatment. Journal of Water and Health, 21(9), 1318–1324.
10.        Tran Thi Viet, N., Canh, V. D., & Duong, T. H. (2023). Effect of hydraulic retention time on performance of anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating slaughterhouse wastewater. Environmental Research, 233, 116522.
11.        Canh, V. D., Liu, M., Sangsanont, J., & Katayama, H. (2022). Capsid integrity detection of pathogenic viruses in waters: Recent progress and potential future applications. Science of the Total Environment, 827, 154258.
12.        Canh, V. D., Lien, N. T., & Nga, T. T. V. (2022). Evaluation of the suitability of pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) as an indicator virus for water safety and quality. Journal of Science and Technology in Civil Engineering (STCE)-HUCE, 16(2), 76–88.
13.        Canh, V. D., Tabata, S., Yamanoi, S., Onaka, Y., Yokoi, T., Furumai, H., & Katayama, H. (2021). Evaluation of porous carbon adsorbents made from rice husks for virus removal in water. Water, 13(9), 1–10.
14.        Canh, V. D., Torii, S., Furumai, H., & Katayama, H. (2021). Application of capsid integrity (RT-)qPCR to assessing occurrence of intact viruses in surface water and tap water in Japan. Water Research, 189, 116674.
15.        Canh, V. D., Torii, S., Yasui, M., Kyuwa, S., & Katayama, H. (2021). Capsid integrity RT-qPCR for the selective detection of intact SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater. Science of the Total Environment, 791.
16.        Canh, V. D., Furumai, H., & Katayama, H. (2020). Effect of viral genome property on the efficiency of viability (RT-)qPCR. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 76(7), III_189–III_196.
17.        Canh, V. D., Kasuga, I., Furumai, H., & Katayama, H. (2019). Viability RT-qPCR combined with sodium deoxycholate pre-treatment for selective quantification of infectious viruses in drinking water samples. Food and Environmental Virology, 11(1), 40–51.
18.        Canh, V. D., Furumai, H., & Katayama, H. (2019). Removal of pepper mild mottle virus by full-scale microfiltration and slow sand filtration plants. npj Clean Water, 2(18), 1–7.
19.        Canh, V. D., Osawa, H., Inoue, K., Kasuga, I., Takizawa, S., Furumai, H., & Katayama, H. (2019). Ferrihydrite treatment to mitigate inhibition of RT-qPCR virus detection from large-volume environmental water samples. Journal of Virological Methods, 263, 60–67.
20.        Kumar, M., Ram, B., Honda, R., Poopipattana, C., Canh, V. D., Chaminda, T., & Furumai, H. (2019). Concurrence of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), viruses, pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in ambient waters of Guwahati, India: Urban vulnerability and resilience perspective. Science of the Total Environment, 693.
21.        Canh, V. D., Furumai, H., & Katayama, H. (2018). Impact of various humic acids on EMA-RT-qPCR to selectively detect intact viruses in drinking water. Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 16(2), 83–93.
22.        Kuroda, K., Hayashi, T., Funabiki, A., Do, A. T., Canh, V. D., Nga, T. T. V., & Takizawa, S. (2017). Holocene estuarine sediments as a source of arsenic in Pleistocene groundwater in suburbs of Hanoi, Vietnam. Hydrogeology Journal, 25(4), 1137–1152.
23.        Kuroda, K., Hayashi, T., Do, A. T., Canh, V. D., Nga, T. T. V., Funabiki, A., & Takizawa,S. (2017). Groundwater recharge in suburban areas of Hanoi, Vietnam: Effect of decreasing surface-water bodies and land-use change. Hydrogeology Journal, 25(3), 727–742.
24.        Nga, T. T. V., & Canh, V. D. (2014). Nghiên cứu phát triển công nghệ sinh học kỵ khí kết hợp màng vi lọc để xử lý nước thải đô thị ở Việt Nam. Tạp chí Cấp thoát nước, 4(96), 40–43.
25.        Nga, T. T. V., Canh, V. D., Kobayashi, M., & Wakahara, S. (2013). Đánh giá hiệu quả xử lý nước thải sinh hoạt bằng công nghệ sinh học kỵ khí kết hợp màng vi lọc trong điều kiện khí hậu Việt Nam. Tạp chí Khoa học và Công nghệ, 51(3B), 154–159.