Assoc.Prof. To Thi Hien
Head of department
Department of Environmental Technology
Contact: Room C34, 227 Nguyen Van Cu St., Dist. 5, HCMC
Email: tohien@hcmus.edu.vn
Website: Google Scholar
Teaching areas
- ENE10002: Environmental Chemistry
- CHE00007: Analytical Chemistry
- ENE10012: Environmental Monitoring
- ENE10151: Analysis of air and solid waste pollution
- ENE10155: Seminar on solid waste reusing and recycling
Research interests
- Environmental Chemistry: environmental analysis, water and atmospheric chemistry;
- Microplastics pollution;
- Atmospheric science and air pollution;
- Environmental pollution and health;
- Environmental pollution treatment
Projects
Name of project or research focus
Body funding
Role/ Period
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on air quality of the Monsoon Asia region: Cross-country assessment and facilitating policy
Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research Grant
Participant
2021-2024
Wearing masks to reduce traffic-related air pollution exposure and improve children’s respiratory health
NAFOSTED – Australia
Participant
2019-2022
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and risks of cardiorespiratory diseases: a panel study in Ho Chi Minh City using low-cost sensors
ISC ROAP) và (IRDR ICoE-Taipei), Đài Loan
PI
2020-2022
Microplastics and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons affiliated with microplastics in surface water and beach sand in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh
PI
2019-2022
A study of PM2.5, PM10 and PAHs in atmospheric environment in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Department of Science and Technology of Ho Chi Minh City
PI
2017-2019
A Two City study of Air Quality in Vietnam
NAFOSTED – RCUK
PI
2017-2021
Study on measurement method indoor Radon using CR-39 detector and apply to measure in household types in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh
PI
2011-2013
“Multi-beneficial measure for mitigation of climate change in Vietnam and Indochina countries by development of biomass energy”
Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
PI of research group in VNUHCM-University of Science
2011-2016
Investigation on size distribution of soluble ion in particulate matter in Ho chi Minh City
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh
PI
2008-2009
Key publications
- Pamela A.Dominutti, James R.Hopkins, MarvinShaw, Graham P.Mills, Hoang AnhLe, Duong HuuHuy, Grant L.Forster, Sekou Keita, To ThiHien, David E.Oram. Evaluating major anthropogenic VOC emission sources in densely populated Vietnamese cities. Environmental Pollution, Volume 318, 1 February 2023, 120927
- Truong X.Ngo, Ha V.Pham, Hieu D.T. Phan, Anh T.N.Nguyen, Hien T.To, Thanh T.N.Nguyen. A daily and complete PM2.5 dataset derived from space observations for Vietnam from 2012 to 2020. Science of The Total Environment 2023, Volume 857, 159537
- Duong Huu Huy, To Thi Hien, Nguyen Xuan Thanh Nam. On-road particulate matter exposure in urban sprawl scenarios in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-022-04689-5
- Hien, T.T., Ngo, T.H., Lung, S.C.C., Ngan, T.A., Minh, T.H., Cong-Thanh, T., Nguyen, L.S.P., Chi, N.D.T. (2022). Characterization of Particulate Matter (PM1 and PM2.5) from Incense Burning Activities in Temples in Vietnam and Taiwan. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.220193
- Shih, D.-H.; Hien, T.T.; Nguyen, L.S.P.; Wu, T.-W.; Lai, Y.-T. A Modified γ-Sutte Indicator for Air Quality Index Prediction. Mathematics 2022, 10, 3060. https://doi.org/10.3390/math10173060
- Nhon, N.T.T.; Nguyen, N.T.; Hai, H.T.N.; Hien, T.T. Distribution of Microplastics in Beach Sand on the Can Gio Coast, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Water 2022, 14, 2779. https://doi.org/10.3390/w14182779
- Nguyen Thao Nguyen, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhon, Ho Truong Nam Hai, Nguyen Doan Thien Chi, To Thi Hien. Charactersitics of microplastics and their affiliated PAHs in surface water in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Polymers 2022, 14(12), 2450
- To Thi Hien, Nguyen Doan Thien Chi, Duong Huu Huy, Hoang Anh Le, David E. Oram, Grant L. Forster, Graham P. Mills, Alex R. Baker, Soluble trace metals associated with atmospheric fine particulate matter in the two most populous cities in Vietnam, Atmospheric Environment: X, Volume 15, 2022, 100178, ISSN 2590-1621
- Nguyen, L.S.P., To Thi Hien, Truong Minh Tri, Nguyen Doan Thien Chi, G.R. Sheu. Atmospheric particulate-bound mercury (PBM10) in a Southeast Asia megacity: Sources and health risk assessment. Chemosphere 2022, Volume 307, 135707
- Hong H T C Le, Pham Le An. Nguyen Nhu Vinh, Robert S Ware , Dung Phung, Phong K Thai , Sarath Ranganathan, Tran Ngoc Dang, Phan Hoang Thuy Dung , Do Thi Hoai Thuong, Hai Phung, To Thi Hien, Peter D Sly. Burden of asthma-like symptoms and a lack of recognition of asthma in Vietnamese children. J Asthma. 2022 Apr 25;1-9. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2022.2066002
- Nguyen Duy Dat, Ngo Thi Thuan, Nhung Thi-Tuyet Hoang, Hiep Ngoc Tran, To Thi Hien, Khoi Tien Tran, Moo Been Chang. Characteristics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in ambient air of a tropical mega-area, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: concentration, distribution, gas/particle partitioning, potential sources and cancer risk assessment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2022), Feb 5.
- Duong Huu Huy, To Thi Hien, Norimichi Takenaka. Influence of urban outflow on water-soluble ions in PM2.5 and> PM2.5 particles at a suburban Ho Chi Minh City site, Vietnam. Atmospheric Research, Volume 272, July 2022, 1061.
- Lung, Shih-Chun C., To Thi Hien, Maria O.L. Cambaliza, Ohnmar M.T. Hlaing, Nguyen T.K. Oanh, Mohd T. Latif, Puji Lestari, Abdus Salam, Shih-Yu Lee, Wen-Cheng V. Wang, Ming-Chien M. Tsou, Tran Cong-Thanh, Melliza T. Cruz, Kraichat Tantrakarnapa, Murnira Othman, Shatabdi Roy, Tran N. Dang, and Dwi Agustian. 2022. “Research Priorities of Applying Low-Cost PM2.5 Sensors in Southeast Asian Countries” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022, 19 (3): 1522
- Duong Huu Huy, Nguyen Doan Thien Chi, Nguyen Xuan Thanh Nam, To Thi Hien. Commuter exposures to in-transit PM in an urban city dominated by motorcycle: A case study in Vietnam, 2022, Atmospheric Pollution Research, Volume 13, Issue 3, March 2022, 101351
- To Thi Hien, Duong Huu Huy, Pamela A.Dominutti, Nguyen Doan Thien Chi, James R.Hopkins, Marvin Shaw, Grant Forster , Graham Mills, Hoang Anh Le, David Oram. Comprehensive volatile organic compound measurements and their implications for ground-level ozone formation in the two main urban areas of Vietnam, 2022, Atmospheric Environment, Volume 269, 118872.
- Nguyen, L.S.P., Chang, J.H., Griffith, S.M., Hien, T.T., Kong, S.S., Le, H.N., Huang, H., Sheu, G.R., Lin, N.H., 2022. Trans-boundary air pollution in a Southeast Asian megacity: Case studies of the synoptic meteorological mechanisms and impacts on air quality. Atmos. Pollut. Res. 13, 101366
- Vo Thi Tam Minh, Tran Trung Tin, To Thi Hien. PM2.5 Forecast System by Using Machine Learning and WRF Model, A Case Study: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 2021, https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.210108
- Nguyen Duc Luong, Bui Thi Hieu, Bui Quang Trung, Mac Van Dat, Nguyen Van Duy, Pham Van Dinh, To Thi Hien, Nguyen Hoang Hiep. Investigation of sources and processes influencing variation of PM2.5 and its chemical compositions during a summer period of 2020 in an urban area of Hanoi city, Vietnam. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 2022, volume 15, pages 235–253.
- Shih, D.-H.; To Thi Hien Nguyen, L.S.P.; Wu, T.-W.; You, W.-T. Design of a Spark Big Data Framework for PM2.5 Air Pollution Forecasting. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 7087
- Nguyen, T.T.; Chen, H.-H.; To Thi Hien, Chang, Y.-C.; Tsai, C.-K.; Chen, K.-F.; Tsai, Y.-P. Development of Biochars Derived from Water Bamboo (Zizania latifolia) Shoot Husks Using Pyrolysis and Ultrasound-Assisted Pyrolysis for the Treatment of Reactive Black 5 (RB5) in Wastewater. Water 2021, 13, 1615
- Tanimoto, H., Oanh, N., Naja, M., Lung, S., Latif, M., Yu, L., To Thi Hien . . . Melamed, M. (2020). Atmospheric chemistry research in Monsoon Asia and Oceania: Current status and future prospects. APN Science Bulletin, 10(1). doi:10.30852/sb.2020.124.
- Jenna Jambeck, Ellie Moss, Brajesh Kumar Dubey, Zainal Arifin, Linda Godfrey, Britta Denise Hardesty, Gede Hendrawan, To Thi Hien, Liu Junguo, Marty Matlock, Sabine Pahl, Karen Raubenheimer, Martin Thiel, Richard Thompson, and Lucy Woodall. Leveraging multi-target strategies to address plastic pollution in the context of an already stressed ocean. Blue Paper, the high level panel for a sustainable ocean economy, 27 May 2020
- To Thi Hien, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhon, Vo Thi Minh Thu, Do Thi Thuy Quyen, Nguyen Thao Nguyen. The Distribution Of Microplastics in Beach Sand in Tien Giang Province and Vung Tau City, Vietnam. Journal of Engineering and Technological Sciences, Vol 52, 20, 2020, 208-221.
- Kim Oanh Pham, Hien Thi To, Norimichi Takenaka. Concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Antarctic snow polluted by research activities using snow mobiles and diesel electric generators. Bulletin of Glaciological Research, 2019, Vol 37, pages 23-30
- Chinh Nhu Bao Nguyen, Hien To Thi, Suzuke Fujii, Norimichi Takenaka. Formaldehyde in Rainwater in Sakai City, Japan: Continuous Observation, Concentration, and Aqueous Photoproduction. Water, air and soil pollution, 231, 69 (2020).
- To Thi Hien, Nguyen Doan Thien Chi, Nguyen Thao Nguyen, Le Xuan Vinh, Norimichi Takenaka, Duong Huu Huy. Current status of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in Vietnam’s most populous city, Ho Chi Minh City. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, Vol 19, pages 2239-2251.
- Duong Huu Huy, Le Tu Thanh, To Thi Hien, Norimichi Takenaka. Comparative Study on Water-Soluble Inorganic Ions in PM2.5 from Two Distinct Climate Regions and Air Quality. Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol 88, Feb 2020, Pages 349-360
Other information
Organization
Role
Period
The network IGAC-MANGO (International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Monsoon Asia and Oceania Networking Group)
Participant
2015 – present
Consortium for Green Tech, Management and Research
Participant
2015 – present
Nafosted Grant
Reviewer
2015 – present
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh Grant for project type A, B and C and the PhD thesis in Vietnam
Reviewer
2010 – present
Review of international journals
Reviewer
2009 – present