Publications

Yusong Jiang, Shiyu Xie, Salah F. Abou-Elwafa, Santanu Mukherjee, Rupesh Kumar Singh, Huu-Tuan Tran, Jianshuo Shi, Henrique Trindade, Tao Zhang,  & Qing Chen.,2025. Machine learning-enabled optimization of biochar resource utilization and carbon mitigation pathways: mechanisms and challenges. Biochar X, 1,2. https://doi.org/10.48130/bchax-0025-0003

Nguyen Khoi Nghia, Chau Thi Anh Thy, Nguyen Thi Kieu Oanh, Le Thi Xa, Lois Wright Morton, M Scott Demyan, Huu-Tuan Tran*, Dang Huynh Giao, Duong Minh Vien, Vu Ngoc Toan, Hüseyin Barış Tecimen., 2025. Isolation of biosurfactant-producing bacteria from dioxin-contaminated soil and their biodegradation capacity to dibenzofuran. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 64, 103490. doi.org/10.1016/j.bcab.2025.103490.

Hong Giang Hoang, Mohammed Hadi, Minh Ky Nguyen, Ngoc Son Hai Nguyen, Phan Quang Huy Le, Khoi Nghia Nguyen, Huu-Tuan Tran*, Umakant Mishra., 2025. Assessing heavy metal pollution levels and associated ecological risks in peatland areas in the Mekong Delta region. Environmental Research, 274, 1, 121319. doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2025.121319 

Hong Giang Hoang, Ngoc Son Hai Nguyen, Tao Zhang, Huu Tuan Tran*, Santanu Mukherjee, Ravi Naidu., 2025. A review of microplastic pollution and human health risk assessment: current knowledge and future outlook. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 13, 1606332. doi:10.3389/fenvs.2025.1606332.

Hong-Giang Hoang, Huu-Tuan Tran, Minh-Ky Nguyen, Ngoc Son Hai Nguyen, Bui Thi Phuong Thuy., 2024. Investigating the polyethylene degradation mechanism using docking and molecular dynamics simulations. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31, 64857–64869.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-35547-1. 

Huu-Tuan Tran, Hong Giang Hoang*, Wambura E. Chacha, Santanu Mukherjee, Tran Vo Hai Duong, Ngoc Son Hai Nguyen, Khoi Nghia Nguyen, Ravi Naidu., 2024. A review of advanced bioremediation technologies for dioxin-contaminated soil treatment: Current and Future outlook. Chemosphere, 458, 143400. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143400 

Minh-Ky Nguyen, Chitsan Lin, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Md. Refat Jahan Rakib, Hoang-Lam Nguyen, Quoc-Minh Truong, Hong-Giang Hoang, Huu-Tuan Tran, Guilherme Malafaia, Abubakr M. Idris., 2024. Occurrence and fate of pharmaceutical pollutants in wastewater: Insights on ecotoxicity, health risk, and state–of–the-art removal. Chemosphere, 354, 141678.1.     doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141678

Qing Xu, Tao Zhang, Yingqi Niu, Santanu Mukherjee, Salah F. Abou-Elwafa, Ngoc Son Hai Nguyen, Nora M. Al Aboud, Yukai Wang, Mingjun Pu, Yiran Zhang, Huu Tuan Tran, Mansour Almazroui, Peter S. Hooda, Nanthi S. Bolan, Jörg Rinklebe, Sabry M. Shaheen.,2024. A comprehensive review on agricultural waste utilization through sustainable conversion techniques, with a focus on the additives effect on the fate of phosphorus and toxic elements during composting process. Science of the Total Environment, 942, 10, 173567. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173567. 

Huu-Tuan Tran*, Quach An Binh, Van Tung Tra, Nanthi Bolan, Tao Zhang., 2024. A critical review on characterization, human health risk assessment and mitigation of malodorous gaseous emission during the composting process. Environmental Pollution, 351, 15, 124115. doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124115. 

Khoi Nghia Nguyen*, Reiner Schroll, Ulrike Dörfler, Marjetka Suhadolc, Welzl Gerhard, Hüseyin Tecimen Barış, Jean Charles Munch, Giang Hong Hoang, Huu-Tuan Tran*, Doris Tang Ying Ying., 2024. Linkage between glyphosate adsorption/desorption and mineralization in Central European agricultural soils. Applied Geochemistry, 169, 106049. doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2024.106049. 

Van Giang Le, Minh Ky Nguyen, Hoang Lam Nguyen, Chitsan Lin, Mohammed Hadi, Tri Quang Hung Nguyen, Hong-Giang Hoang, Huu-Tuan Tran*, Khoi-Nghia Nguyen, Deyi Hou, Tao Zhang, Nanthi Bolan., 2023. A comprehensive review of micro- and nano-plastics in the atmosphere: Occurrence, fate, toxicity, and strategies for risk reduction. Science of the Total Environment, 23, 166649. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166649. 

Huu-Tuan Tran, Mohammed Hadi*, Thi Thu Hang Nguyen, Hong Giang Hoang, Minh-Ky Nguyen, Khoi Nghia Nguyen.,2023. Machine learning approaches for predicting microplastic pollution in peatland areas. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 194,115417. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115417.

Huu-Tuan Tran, Nanthi S. Bolan, Chitsan Lin, Quach An Binh, The Anh Luu, Van-Giang Le, Cham Q. Pham, Hong-Giang Hoang, Dai-Viet N. Vo. ,2023 Succession of biochar addition for soil amendment and contaminants remediation during co-composting: A state of art review. Journal of Environmental Management, 342, 118191. doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118191.   

Xiaofei Ge, Xingyu Chen, Mingxin Liu, Chensi Wang, Yingyu Zhang, Yukai Wang, Huu-Tuan Tran, Stephen Joseph and Tao Zhang*., 2023. Toward a Better Understanding of Phosphorus Nonpoint Source Pollution from Soil to Water and the Application of Amendment Materials: Research Trends. Water, 15 (8),1531. doi.org/10.3390/w15081531.

Hong-Ha T. Nguyen, Ha Tran Nguyen, Shams Forruque Ahmed, Huu-Tuan Tran*, Adel Al-Gheethi, Dai-Viet N. Vo., 2023. Emerging waste to wealth applications of fly ash for environmental remediation: A review. Environmental Research, 227, 115800. doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.115800. 

 Minh Ky Nguyen, Chitsan Lin, Nguyen Tri Quang Hung, Hong-Giang Hoang, Dai-Viet N. Vo, Huu-Tuan Tran., 2023. Investigation of ecological risk of microplastics in peatland areas: A case study in Vietnam. Environmental Research. 220, 115190. doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.115190. 

Shiyu Xie, Huu-Tuan Tran, Mingjun Pu, Tao Zhang., 2023. Transformation characteristics of organic matter and phosphorus in composting processes of agricultural organic waste: Research trends. Materials Science for Energy Technologies, 6, 331-342. doi.org/10.1016/j.mset.2023.02.006.

Minh Ky Nguyen, Chitsan Lin, Van Giang Le, Xuan Thanh Bui, Hong Giang Hoang, Huu-Tuan Tran., 2023. Investigation of biochar amendments on odor reduction and their characteristics during food waste co-composting. Science of the Total Environment, 865, 161128. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161128. 

Wambura E. Chacha, Huu-Tuan Tran, William R. Scarlett, and Justin M. Hutchison*., 2023. Extraction of active, contaminant degrading enzymes from soil. Applied Soil Ecology, 187, 104841. doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.104841. 

Huu-Tuan Tran, Chitsan Lin, Thi Hieu Le, Hong Giang Hoang, Chen Po Han. 2022 Biodegradation of di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) by food waste composting process and its effects on seed germination. Environmental Pollution, 316, 120640. doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120640.

Minh Ky Nguyen, Mohammed-Hadi, Chitsan Lin*, Hoang-Lam Nguyen, Hong- Giang Hoang, Dai-Viet N. Vo, Huu-Tuan Tran*, 2022. Microplastic in sewage sludge: Distribution, toxicity, identification methods, and engineered technologies. Chemosphere, 308, 13645. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136455.

Tan Ji Siang; Huu-Tuan Tran*; Aminul Islam; Adel Al-Gheethi; Yasser Vasseghian; Dai-Viet N. Vo*, 2022. Recent advances in carbon dioxide methanation on heterogeneous catalysts. A review. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 392, 164578. doi.org/10.1007/s10311-022-01483-0.

Thanh Ngoc-Dan Cao, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Linh-ThyLe, Bao-Trong Dang, Duyen Phuc-Hanh Tran, Thi-Kim-QuyenVo, Huu-Tuan Tran, Thanh-Binh Nguyen, Hussnain Mukhtar, Shu-Yuan Pan, Sunita Varjanii, Huu Hao Ngo, Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo, 2022. An overview of deploying membrane bioreactors in saline wastewater treatment from perspectives of microbial and treatment performance. Bioresource Technology, 363, 127361. doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127831.

Van Giang Le; The Anh Luu; Ngoc T. Bui; Md Mofijur; Huu Tap Van; Chitsan Lin; Huu-Tuan Tran; M.B. Bahari; Chi Thanh Vu, 2022. Potassium and Phosphorus Recovery using Fluidized-Bed Homogeneous Granulation (FBHG): Nutrient Release Kinetics and Cost–Benefit Analysis. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 139. 104494. doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.123282.

Minh Ky Nguyen, Chitsan Lin, Nguyen Tri Quang Hung, Dai-Viet N.Vo, Khoi Nghia Nguyen, Bui Thi Phuong Thuy, Hong Giang Hoang, Huu-Tuan Tran*, 2022. Occurrence and distribution of microplastics in peatland areas: a case study in Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Science of the Total Environment, 844,157066. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157066. 

Huu-Tuan Tran*, Minh-Ky Nguyen, Hong-Giang Hoang, Justin M. Hutchison, Chi Thanh Vu, 2022. Composting remediation of phthalate (PAE)-contaminated soil: Current status and future perspectives. Chemosphere, 307,135989. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135989. 

Huu-Tuan Tran, Bao-Trong Dang, Chitsan Lin, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Hong-Giang Hoang, Van-Giang Le, Bui Thi Phuong Thuy., 2022. Advanced Treatment Technologies for the Removal of Organic Chemical Sunscreens from Wastewater: a Review. Current Pollution Reports, 022, 00221. 1.   doi.org/10.1007/s40726-022-00221-y.

Minh Ky Nguyen, Chitsan Lin*, Peter Sanderson, Bao Trong Dang, Xuan Thanh Bui, Nguyen Ngoc Son Hai, Dai-Viet N. Vo, Hong Giang Hoang, Huu-Tuan Tran*., 2022. Evaluate the role of biochar during the organic waste composting process: A critical review. Chemosphere, 299, 134488. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134488. 

Hong Giang Hoang, Bui Thi Phuong Thuy, Chitsan Lin, Dai-Viet N. Vo, Huu-Tuan Tran*, Mahadi B. Bahari, Van Giang Le, Chi Thanh Vu., 2022. The nitrogen cycle and mitigation strategies for nitrogen loss during organic waste composting: A review. Chemosphere, 300, 134514. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134514. 

Huu-Tuan Tran, Hong Giang Hoang, Chitsan Lin, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Cao Ngoc Dan Thanh, Bui Thi Phuong Thuy.,2021. Phthalates in the environment: characteristics, fate and transport, and advanced wastewater treatment technologies. Bioresource Technology, 126249.  doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126249. 

Huu-Tuan Tran, Chitsan Lin, Hong-Giang Hoang, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Van-Giang Le, Chi-Thanh Vu., 2021. Soil washing for removal of dioxins from contaminated soil: A review of status and challenges. Journal Hazardous Materials. 421, 126767. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126767. 

Le Van Giang, Nguyen Duy-Dat, Luu Son D N, Huu-Tuan Tran, Dai-Viet N Vo. Mofijur M, Yao-Hui Huang, Chi-Thanh Vu., 2021. Recovery of Magnesium from Industrial Effluent and its Implication on Carbon Capture and Storage. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 9, (19), 6732–6740. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c00754. 

Hong-Giang Hoang, Chitsan Lin, Chow-Feng Chiang, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Wisanukorn Lukkhasorn, Huu-Tuan Tran, Van-Giang Le, Long D Nghiem., 2021. The Individual and Synergistic Indexes for Assessments of Heavy Metal Contamination in Global Rivers and Risk: a Review. Current Pollution Reports, 7, 247-262. doi.org/10.1007/s40726-021-00196-2.

Hong-Giang Hoang, Chitsan Lin, Nicholas Kiprotich Cheruiyot, Huu-Tuan Tran, Xuan-Thanh Bui., 2021. Human Health Risk Simulation and Assessment of Heavy Metal Contamination in a River Affected by Industrial Activities. Environmental Pollution. 285, 117414. doi.org/10.1007/s40726-021-00196-2. 

Chitsan Lin, Nicholas Kiprotich Cheruiyot, Hong-Giang Hoang, Thi-Hieu Le, Huu-Tuan Tran, Xuan-Thanh Bui., 2021. Benzophenone biodegradation and characterization of malodorous gas emissions during co-composting of food waste with sawdust and mature compost. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 21, 101351. doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2020.101351. 

Huu-Tuan Tran, Chitsan Lin, Xuan Thanh Bui, Tomoaki Itayama, Bao Trong Dang, Chi Thanh Vu, Hong Giang Hoang.,2021. Bacterial community progression during food waste composting containing high dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) concentration. Chemosphere. 265, 129064. doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129064.

Huu-Tuan Tran, Chitsan Lin, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Huu Hao Ngo, Nicholas Cheruiyot, Hong-Giang Hoang, Chi-Thanh Vu., 2020. Aerobic composting remediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. Current and future perspectives. Science of The Total Environment. 753, 142250.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142250.

Hong-Giang Hoang, Chitsan Lin, Huu-Tuan Tran, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Nicholas Cheruiyot., 2020. Heavy metals contamination trends in surface water and sediment of a river in a highly industrialized. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 20, 101043. doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2020.101043.

Huu-Tuan Tran, Chitsan Lin, Hong-Giang Hoang, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Minh Thien Nguyen, Acharee Kaewlaoyoong, Nicholas Cheruiyot, Chi-Thanh Vu., 2020. Biodegradation of dioxin-contaminated soil via composting: Identification and phylogenetic relationship of bacterial communities. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 19, 101023. doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2020.101043. 

Gavin Yeh, Hong-Giang Hoang, Chitsan Lin, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Huu-Tuan Tran, Chien-Chuan Shern & Chi-Thanh Vu., 2020. Assessment of heavy metal contamination and adverse biological effects of an industrially affected river. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27, 34770–34780. doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-07737-0. 

Sung-Tse Lee, Huu-Tuan Tran, Chitsan Lin, Hong-Giang Hoang, Thi Dieu Hien Vo, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Chi Thanh Vu., 2019. Characterization of Dioctyl terephthalate biodegradation by food waste composting. Modern Physics Letters B. 33, 1940048. doi.org/10.1142/S0217984919400487. 

Wen-Yen Huang, Huu-Hao Ngo, Chitsan Lin, Chi Thanh Vu, Acharee Kaewlaoyoong, Totsaporn Boonsong, Huu-Tuan Tran, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Thi-Dieu- Hien Vo, Jenq-Renn Chen., 2018. Aerobic co-composting degradation of highly PCDD/F-contaminated field soil. A study of bacterial community. Science of The Total Environment., 660, 595-602. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.312. 

Huu-Tuan Tran, Chi-Thanh Vu, Chitsan Lin, Xuan-Thanh Bui, Wen-Yen Huang, Thi-Dieu-Hien Vo, Hong-Giang Hoang, Wen-Yi Liu., 2018. Remediation of highly fuel oil-contaminated soil by food waste composting and its volatile organic compound (VOC) emission. Bioresource Technology Reports. 4, 145-152. doi.org/10.1016/j.biteb.2018.10.010. 

Vu, C.T, Tran, H.T. Kaewlaoyoong, A. Huang, W., Lin, C., 2017. Efficacy of indigenously prepared sugarcane and pineapple wine solvents for washing highly Dioxin-contaminated field soils. Applied Sciences. 9 (1), 61. doi.org/10.3390/app9010061.

Vu, C.T., Lin, C., Shern, C., Yeh, G., Le, V.G. & Tran, H.T., 2017. Contamination situation, ecological risk and source apportionment of heavy metals in sediments and water of a significantly contaminated river in Taiwan. Ecological Indicators. 82, 32-42. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.06.008.