2021 ~ Present. Postdoctoral researcher in School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju, South Korea.
2015 ~ 2015. Researcher in Environmental Engineering and Management Research Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
2013 ~ 2016. Team leader, research under Associate Prof. Bui Xuan Thanh, Dept. of Water Science & Technology, Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources, HCMC University of Technology (HCMUT), Viet Nam.
2011 ~ 2012. Research Assistant, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Environment, HCMC University of Technology (HCMUT), Viet Nam.
Research Interest
Membrane technology for wastewater reuse and desalination
Fouling control in membrane process
Forward osmosis membrane and membrane bioreactor processes.
Resource recovery
Green technology
International Papers
(36) Bao-Trong Dang, Xuan-Thanh Bui*, Tomoaki Itayama*, Huu Hao Ngo, Deokjin Jahng, Chitsan Lin, Shiao-Shing Chen, Kun-Yi Andrew Lin, Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Dinh Duc Nguyen, Todd Saunders, Microbial community response to ciprofloxacin toxicity in sponge membrane bioreactor, Science of The Total Environment 773, 145041, 2021.
(35) Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Xuan-Thanh Bui*, Huu Hao Ngo, Kim-Qui Nguyen, Hong-Hai Nguyen, Julien Némery, Takahiro Fujioka, Cong Hung Duong, Bao-Trong Dang, Sunita Varjani, Nutrient recovery and microalgae biomass production from urine by membrane photobioreactor at low biomass retention times, Science of The Total Environment, 147423, 2021.
(34) Dong-Ho Kim, Chulmin Lee, Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Rusnang Syamsul Adha, Chaeyeon Kim, Sang-Jun Ahn, Hee-Jong Son, In S Kim*, Insight into fouling potential analysis of a pilot-scale pressure-assisted forward osmosis plant for diluted seawater reverse osmosis desalination, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, online publication, 2021
(33) Rusnang Syamsul Adha, Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Chulmin Lee, Jaewon Jang, In S Kim*, An improved perm-selectivity prediction of forward osmosis membrane by incorporating the effect of the surface charge on the solute partitioning, Journal of Membrane Science, 119303, 2021.
(32) Asta Blazyte, Abayomi Babatunde Alayande, Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Rusnang Syamsul Adha, Jaewon Jang, Mar Mar Aung, In S Kim*, Effect of size fractioned alginate-based transparent exopolymer particles on initial bacterial adhesion of forward osmosis membrane support layer, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 94, 408-418, 2021.
(31) Van-Tung Tra, Bao-Trong Dang*, Quach An Binh, Quy-Hao Nguyen, Phuong-Thao Nguyen, Hong-Hai Nguyen, Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Thanh-Hai Le, Duc-Trung Le, Tomoaki Itayama, Xuan-Thanh Bui*, Influence of hydraulic loading rate on performance and energy-efficient of a pilot-scale down-flow hanging sponge reactor treating domestic wastewater, Environmental Technology & Innovation 21, 101273, 2021.
(30) Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Rusnang Syamsul Adha, Robert W Field, In S Kim*, Extended performance study of forward osmosis during wastewater reclamation: Quantification of fouling-based concentration polarization effects on the flux decline, Journal of Membrane Science 618, 118755, 2021.
(29) Chulmin Lee, Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Rusnang Syamsul Adha, Ho Kyong Shon, In S Kim*, Influence of hydrodynamic operating conditions on organic fouling of spiral-wound forward osmosis membranes: Fouling-induced performance deterioration in FO-RO hybrid system, Water Research 185, 116154, 2020.
(28) Thi-Tra-My Ngo, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Kim-Triet Dang, Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Shiao-Shing Chen, Cong-Nguyen Nguyen, Phuoc-Dan Nguyen, Manh-Ha Bui, Duy-Trinh Nguyen, Bao-Trong Dang, Development of a novel submerged tubular direct-contact membrane distillation system for saltwater treatment, DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT 200, 55-64, 2020.
(27) Dong-Ho Kim, Changkyoo Choi, Chulmin Lee, Rusnang Syamsul Adha, Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Sang-Jun Ahn, Hee-Jong Son, In S Kim*, An Improved Configuration of Vertical-Flow Mesh Tube Filters for Seawater Pretreatment: Performance, Cleaning, and Energy Consumption, Water 12 (10), 2804, 2020.
(26) Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Quach An Binh, Xuan-Thanh Bui*, Huu Hao Ngo, Hoang Nhat Phong Vo, Kun-Yi Andrew Lin, Wenshan Guo, Chitsan Lin, Florian Breider, Co-culture of microalgae-activated sludge for wastewater treatment and biomass production: Exploring their role under different inoculation ratios, Bioresource technology 314, 123754, 2020.
(25) Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Chulmin Lee, Robert W Field, In S Kim*, Insight into organic fouling behavior in polyamide thin-film composite forward osmosis membrane: Critical flux and its impact on the economics of water reclamation, Journal of Membrane Science 606, 118118, 2020.
(24) Chulmin Lee, Jaewon Jang, Nguyen Thanh Tin, Suhun Kim, Chuyang Y Tang, In S Kim*, Effect of spacer configuration on the characteristics of FO membranes: Alteration of permeation characteristics by membrane deformation and concentration polarization, Environmental science & technology 54 (10), 6385-6395, 2020.
(23) Chulmin Lee, Nguyen Thanh Tin, Rusnang Syamsul Adha, In S. Kim*, Performance analysis of serially-connected membrane element for pressure-assisted forward osmosis: wastewater reuse and seawater desalination, Desalination and Water Treatment 183 (1), 104-113, 2020.
(22) Hoang Nhat Phong Vo, Gia-Ky Leb, Thi Minh Hong Nguyen, Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Thanh-Binh Nguyen, Van-Tung Tra, Xuan-Thanh Bui* , Influence of N/COD ratios and nitrogen forms on aerobic granulation in sequencing batch airlift reactor, DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT 174, 90-97, 2020.
(20) Thanh-Tin Nguyen*, Xuan-Thanh Bui*, Bao-Trong Dang, Huu-Hao Ngo, Deokjin Jahng, Takahiro Fujioka, Shiao-Shing Chen, Quoc-Tuc Dinh, Cong-Nguyen Nguyen , Effect of ciprofloxacin dosages on the performance of sponge membrane bioreactor treating hospital wastewater, Bioresource technology 273, 573-580, 2019.
(19) Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Seungho Kook, Chulmin Lee, Robert W Field, In S Kim*, Critical flux-based membrane fouling control of forward osmosis: Behavior, sustainability, and reversibility, Journal of membrane science 570, 380-393, 2019.
(18) Seungho Kook, Chulmin Lee, Thanh Tin Nguyen, Jangho Lee, Ho Kyong Shon, In S Kim*, Serially connected forward osmosis membrane elements of pressure-assisted forward osmosis-reverse osmosis hybrid system: Process performance and economic analysis, Desalination 448, 1-12, 2018.
(17) Hoang-Nhat-Phong Vo*, Xuan-Thanh Bui*, Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Dinh Duc Nguyen*, Thanh-Son Dao, Ngoc-Dan-Thanh Cao, Thi-Kim-Quyen Vo, Effects of nutrient ratios and carbon dioxide bio-sequestration on biomass growth of Chlorella sp. in bubble column photobioreactor, Journal of environmental management 219, 1-8, 2018.
(16) Chulmin Lee, SeungHo Kook, ChangKyoo Choi, Tin Nguyen Thanh, In S Kim*, Effects of membrane envelope geometry on hydrodynamics inside draw channel of forward osmosis spiral wound membrane element, Desalination and Water Treatment 112, 282-291, 2018.
(15) Lin Chitsan Vo Hoang-Nhat-Phong, Bui Xuan-Thanh, Nguyen Thanh-Tin, Nguyen Tan-Phuoc, Le Thi-Hong-Hanh, Nguyen Thanh-Son, Vo Thi-Dieu-Hien, An in-situ transesterification of municipal activated sludge for biodiesel production, Desalination and Water Treatment 98, 169-175, 2017.
(14) Thanh-Tin Nguyen*, Xuan-Thanh Bui*, Vinh-Phuc Luu, Phuoc-Dan Nguyen, Wenshan Guo, Huu-Hao Ngo, Removal of antibiotics in sponge membrane bioreactors treating hospital wastewater: Comparison between hollow fiber and flat sheet membrane systems, Bioresource technology 240, 42-49, 2017.
(13) Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo, Xuan-Thanh Bui*, Vinh-Phuc Luu, Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Bao-Trong Dang, Minh-Quan Thai, Dinh-Duc Nguyen, Thanh-Son Nguyen, Quoc-Tuc Dinh, Thanh-Son Dao, Investigation of antibiotics in health care wastewater in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Environmental monitoring and assessment 188 (12), 1-9, 2016.
(12) XT Bui, TPT Vo, HH Ngo*, WS Guo, TT Nguyen, Multicriteria assessment of advanced treatment technologies for micropollutants removal at large-scale applications, Science of the Total Environment 563, 1050-1067, 2016.
(11) Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Xuan-Thanh Bui*, Duy-Dat Nguyen, Phuoc-Dan Nguyen, Huu-Hao Ngo, Wenshan Guo, Performance and membrane fouling of two types of laboratory-scale submerged membrane bioreactors for hospital wastewater treatment at low flux condition, Separation and Purification Technology 165, 123-129, 2016.
(10) Thanh Cao Ngoc Dan, Thanh Tin Nguyen, Xuan Thanh Bui*, Thi Dieu Hien Vo, Cong Hoang Son Truong, Nguyen Thanh Son, Thanh Son Dao, Anh Duc Pham, Thuy Lan Chi Nguyen, Lan Huong Nguyen, Chettiyappan Visvanathan, Low-cost spiral membrane for improving effluent quality of septictank, Desalination and Water Treatment 57 (27), 12409-12414, 2016.
(9) Thanh Tin Nguyen, Xuan Thanh Bui, Minh Duyen Pham, Wenshan Guo, Huu Hao Ngo*, Effect of Tris-(hydroxymethyl)-amino methane on microalgae biomass growth in a photobioreactor, Bioresource technology 208, 1-6, 2016.
(8) Bui Xuan Thanh*, Quyen Vo Thi Kim, Phuc Luu Vinh, Tin Nguyen Thanh, Hien Vo Thi Dieu, Thanh Cao Ngoc Dan, Quoc Tuc Dinh, COUPLING OF MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR AND OZONATION FOR REMOVAL OF ANTIBIOTICS FROM HOSPITAL WASTEWATER, Waste Technology 4 (1), 31-35, 2016.
(7) Cao Ngoc Dan Thanh, Vo Thi Kim Quyen, Nguyen Thanh Tin, Bui Xuan Thanh*, Performance of Ozonation process as advanced treatment for antibiotics removal in membrane permeate, Vysoká škola báňská-Technická Univerzita Ostrava, 1, 2016.
(6) Vo Thi Dieu Hien, Nguyen Thanh Tin, Bui Xuan Thanh*, Dinh Quoc Tuc, Nguyen Phuoc Dan, Investigation of Trihalomethanes Contamination in Surface Water Treatment Plants and Water Supply Network in An Giang-Mekong Delta Province of Viet Nam, Journal of Water Sustainability 5 (3), 85, 2015.
(5) Phan Thi Hai Van, Nguyen Thanh Tin, Vo Thi Dieu Hien, Thai Minh Quan, Bui Xuan Thanh*, Vo Thanh Hang, Dinh Quoc Tuc, Nguyen Phuoc Dan, Le Van Khoa, Vo Le Phu, Nguyen Thanh Son, Nguyen Duc Luong, Eugene Kwon, Changgyu Park, Jingyong Jung, Injae Yoon, Sijin Lee, Nutrient removal by different plants in wetland roof systems treating domestic wastewater, Desalination and Water Treatment 54 (4-5), 1344-1352, 2015.
(4) Bui Xuan Thanh*, Phan Thi Hai Van, Nguyen Thanh Tin, Vo Thi Dieu Hien, Nguyen Phuoc Dan, Thammarat Koottatep*, Performance of wetland roof with Melampodium paludosum treating septic tank effluent, Desalination and Water Treatment 52 (4-6), 1070-1076, 2014.
(3) Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Nguyen Thanh Tin, Bui Xuan Thanh*, Biodiesel production from microalgae by extraction–Transesterification method, Waste Technology 1 (1), 6-9, 2013.
(2) Bui Xuan Thanh*, Nguyen Thanh Tin, Nguyen Phuoc Dan, Influence of recirculation rate on performance of membrane bioreactor coupling with ozonation treating dyeing and textile wastewater, Journal of Water Sustainability 3 (2), 71-78, 2013.
(1) Bui Xuan Thanh*, Vo Thi Dieu Hien, Nguyen Phuoc Dan, Phan Thi Hai Van, Nguyen Thanh Tin, Performance of wetland roof treating domestic wastewater in the tropic urban area, Journal of Water Sustainability 2 (1), 79-86, 2012.
International Proceedings
1) Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Seungho Kook, Chulmin Lee, Robert W. Field, In S. Kim, “Critical Flux-based Membrane Fouling Control of Forward Osmosis Membrane: Behavior, Sustainability, Reversibility”, Oral presentation at the 6th IWA Regional Membrane Technology Conference, Vadodara, Gujarat, India, December 10-12 (2018).
2) Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Jaewoo Baek, Chulmin Lee, Seunghoo Kook, In S. Kim, “Critical Flux Behavior-based Membrane Fouling Control of Forward Osmosis Membrane: Effect of Organic Macromolecules and Foulant Concentration”, Oral presentation at 2018 KSEE Conference, Gwanju, Korea, November 14-16 (2018).
3) Thanh-Tin Nguyen, Seungho Kook, Chulmin Lee, In S. Kim, “Critical flux in Forward Osmosis Membrane”, Poster presentation at the 10th International Desalination Workshop, Busan, Korea, December 22-25 (2017).
4) Nhut H.T., Tin N.T., Thanh C.N.D. and Thanh B.X. (2017). Evaluation of Down-flow Hanging Media (DHM) Models Performance Employing Bio-sponge, Bio-cord and Bio-cloth as Support Media for Domestic Wastewater Treatment, The 5th International Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry, May 16th-20th, 2017, pp. 73, REX hotel, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. ISBN: 978-604-73-4968-5.
5) Hanh L.T.H, Ngoc D.T.B., Phuc L.V., Trong D.B., Tin N.T., Thanh B.X. (2017). Operational Issues and Solutions for Small-scale Supermarket Wastewater Treatment Plants in the South of Vietnam. The 5th International Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry, May 16th-20th, 2017, pp. 75, REX hotel, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. ISBN: 978-604-73-4968-5.
6) Tin, N.T., Thanh, B.X., Hien, V.T.D., Tuc, D.Q., Dan, N.P., Guo, W., Hao, N.H. (2016). Removal of antibiotics in sponge membrane bioreactors treating hospital wastewater: comparison between flat sheet and hollow fibre membrane bioreactors, The ninth annual conference on the Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering 2016 (CESE 2016), p.59, November 6th-10th 2016, 5/12 Kaohsiung, Taiwan. ISBN: 978-0-646-96375-4.
7) Hien, V.T.D., Tin, N.T., Thanh, C.N.D., Thanh, B.X. (2016). Potential benefits of Wetland Roof systems for tropical urban cities, 2016 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, December 12nd-16th, 2016, Page x.x, San Francisco, USA.
8) Hien V.T.D., Tin N.T., Thanh B.X. (2015). Effect of Bed Media on Performance of Shallow Wetland Treating Domestic Wastewater in the Urban Roof of Tropical Countries, AUNSEED-Net Regional conference on Material Engineering (RCME 2015), October 29th-30th, 2015. Page. xx., Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
9) Tin N.T., Thao N.Q., Tin D.D.T., Dan N.P., Tuc D.Q., Lee Y.H. & Thanh B.X. (2015). Comparision of hollow fibre and flatsheet membrane bioreactors treating hospital wastewater, The 13th UNU & GIST joint Programme Symposium, November 10-12, 2015.p.45, Marco Polo Ortigas hotel, Manila, Philippines.
10) Ngoc L.H., Tin N.T., Thanh B.X., Tuc D.Q., Dan N.P & Lee Y.H (2014). Trihalomethanes and its forming potential in surface water treatment plants in Long Xuyen city, Vietnam, Science and Technology for sustainability: Issues of environmental multi-phase pollutants - from problem understanding to developing innovative solution, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, (12), 388-400. ISSN: 2288-2596.
11) Tin, N.T., Thanh, B.X., Dan, N.P., Shin, H.S. (2014). Effect of recirculation rate on treatment performance of up-flow multi-layer bioreactor combined with membrane bioreactor treating hospital wastewater, The 4th Regional Conference on Membrane Technology, December 3rd-6th, 2014, pp. 87, REX hotel, Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam. ISBN: 978-604-73-2958-8.
12) Duyen, P.M., Tin, N.T., Thanh, B.X. (2013). Effect of N:P ratio on microalgae biomass growth in photobioreactor. The 7th South East Asia Technical University Consortium (SEATUC) symposium, p. 25, March, 4th-6th 2013 Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Indonesia. ISSN: 2186-7631.
13) Thanh C.N.D., Hong T.M., Thinh P.Q., Tin N.T. & Thanh B.X. (2013). Effect of power activated carbon on continuous microfiltration (CMF) for surface water treatment. The AUN/SEED-Net Regional Conference on Materials Engineering 2016 (RCME 2016), p.94-95, October 25th-26th, 2016, University of Yangon, Yangon, Myanmar.
14) My, N.T.T., Nhan, P.N.T., Tin, N.T,. Thanh, B.X (2013). Fouling control and pollutants removal in anaerobic filter coupling with membrane bioreactor treating leahcate in Ho Chi Minh City. The 6th Asean Environmental Engineering Conference (AEEC), November 21th-22th 2013 Bangkok, Thailland.
15) Tin, N.T., Duyen, P.M., Thanh, B.X. (2013). Effect of Tris on microalgae biomass growth in photobioreactor. The 6th Regional Conference On Chemical Engineering, p. 23, December 2nd-3th 2013 Manila, Philipines. ISSN: 2094-3237.
16) Thanh, B.X., Khoa, L.V., Dan, N.P., Tam, N.D., Tin, N.T. (2012). Fecal sludge management and service improvement in Ho Chi Minh City – Viet Nam, The 5th ASEAN Civil Engineering Conference (ACEC), the 5th ASEAN Environmental Engineering Conference (AEEC) and the 3rd Seminar on Asian Water Environment (Asian Core Program of JSPS, NCRT and ERDT) – Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam, October 25th -26th, 2012, Winsor hotel, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
17) Thanh, B.X., Nhien, N.T.T., Tin, N.T. (2012). Effects of powdered activated carbon (PAC) and alum on membrane fouling in submerged membrane bioreactor, The 6th East Asian Technical University Consortium (SEATUC) Symbosium, OS 1: P. 28, March 6th-7th, 2012, KMUTT, Thailand.
18) Hien, V.T.D., Thu, T.N.T., Mai, T.T.T., Tin, N.T., Van, P.T.H., Thanh, B.X. (2011). Application of Wetland Roof for Domestic Wastewater Treatment: Evaluation of Wastewater Treatment Efficiency of Plants at Different Hydraulic Loading Rates, Minamata International Symposium On Environment and Energy Technology (MISSION 2011) December 6th – 8th, 2011, p. 149-155. Kumamoto, Japan.
19) Hien, N.T.M., Tin, N.T., Thanh, B.X., Dan, N.P. (2011). Fouling mitigation in submerged membrane bioreactor treating dyeing and textile wastewater. The fourth annual conference on the Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering 2011 (CESE 2011), p.76-77, 25th-30th September, Evergreen Plaza Hotel, Tainan City, Taiwan. ISBN: 978-0-646-56425-8.
Awards & Honors
The best oral presentation: “Critical Flux-based Membrane Fouling Control of Forward Osmosis Membrane: Behavior, Sustainability, Reversibility”, Oral presentation at the 6th IWA Regional Membrane Technology Conference, Vadodara, Gujarat, India, December 10-12 (2018).
The best poster presentation: “Critical flux in Forward Osmosis Membrane”, Poster presentation at the 10th International Desalination Workshop, Busan, Korea, December 22-25 (2017).
