Dr. Bui Xuan Vuong

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Inorganic biomaterials, Nano-Chemistry

Dr. Hoang Thanh Chi

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Hematology research

Dr. Hoang Xuan Trung

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Development economics, Health economics, Applied microecnomics

Dr. Le Cao Quyen

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Power system stability, FACTS control, renewable energy generation, and grid integration

Dr. Thao Tran

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Pharmaceutical technology

Dr. Asif Ahmad

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Food Technology, Nutrition, Nutraceuticals, Plants Bio active compounds

Research track record (until May of 2016):

• ISI papers: 48

• Total ISI Citations: 360

• ISI H-index: 10

• Top ISI journals (at most 5):

1. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

2. Food Hydrocolloids

3. Food Research International

4. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

5. International Journal of Food Science & Technology

Dr. Nguyen Van Duc Long

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Process design and optimization; Process integration and intensification; Process retrofit and debottlenecking; Bioenergy science and engineering; Biofuel; Biochemical; Biorefinery; Dividing wall column (DWC); Distillation; Extractive distillation; Reactive distillation; Hybrid systems; Reactive separation processes; Adsorption; Simulated moving bed (SMB); HPLC; Separation processes; Heat pump; Self-heat recuperation technology; Exergy; Energy efficiency; NGL; LNG; LNG-FPSO; FLNG; Petroleum Refinery; Dimethyl ether (DME); Trichlorosilane (TCS); Diphenyl carbonate (DPC); Gasification; Acid gas removal; Carbon capture and storage; CO2 emission reduction

Research track record (until May of 2016):

• ISI papers: 28

• Total ISI Citations: 139

• ISI H-index: 7

• Top ISI journals (at most 5):

1. Applied Energy

2. Energy

3. AIChE Journal

4. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

5. Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Dr. Rohit L. Vekariya

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Ionic liquids synthesis, characterization and application; Block copolymer with ionic liquids; Surface tension, CMC, micellization, SANS, DLS, viscosity; Nanoparticle synthesis; DNA isolation and protein precipitation; Metal and dye removal from aqueous solutions; Isomerization of normal paraffin/olefin by Ils; Catalysis

Research track record (until May of 2016):

• ISI papers: 5

• Total ISI Citations: 26

• ISI H-index: -

• Top ISI journals (at most 5):

1. Langmuir

2. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

3. J. Colloids and Interface Science

4. RSC Advances

5. J. Dispersion Science and Technology

Dr. Dragan Lambic

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Applied Mathematics, Cryptography, Cryptology, Chaos, Mathematics Education, Educational Technology

Research track record (until May of 2016):

• ISI papers: 9

• Total ISI Citations: 12

• ISI H-index: -

• Top ISI journals (at most 5):

1. Nonlinear Dynamics

2. Chaos Solitons and Fractals

3. Computers in Human Behavior

Dr. George Gontcharov

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Astrophysics, Stars and galaxies, Interstellar and intergalactic medium, Astrobiology, Evolution of planets and life

Research track record (until May of 2016):

• ISI papers: 29

• Total ISI Citations: 243

• ISI H-index: 8

• Top ISI journals (at most 5):

1. Astronomy and astrophysics

2. Astronomy Letters

3. New astronomy

4. Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society

5. Astronomy Reports

Dr. Leonel Jorge Ribeiro Nunes

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Thermochemical Processes For Energy Convesion, Biomass Energy, Sustainability, Circular Economy, Biomass Torrefaction, Biomass Derived Fuels

Research track record (until July of 2016):

• ISI papers: 9

• Total ISI Citations: 71

• ISI H-index: 4

• Top ISI journals (at most 5):

1. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

2. Fuel

3. Renewable Energy

4. Applied Energy

5. Energy

Dr. Dang Ngoc Canh

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Prestressed Concrete, Reinforced Concrete, and Concrete Materials

Dr. Sunil Kumar Jha

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Chemical Sensors, Artificial Life, Renewable Energy, Data Mining for Pattern Recognition

Research track record (until August of 2016):

• ISI papers: 14

• Total ISI Citations: 62

• ISI H-index: 4

• Top ISI journals (at most 5):

1. Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical

2. IEEE Sensors Journal

3. Measurement

4. Talanta

5. Analytical Methods

Dr. Saravana Kumar Jaganathan

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Nano bio-materials and Cancer

Research track record (until July of 2016):

• ISI papers: 41

• Total ISI Citations: 251

• ISI H-index: 8

• Top ISI journals (at most 5):

1. Oncogene

2. ACS Applied materials and Interfaces

3. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology

4. RSC Advances

5. International journal of Nanomedicine

Dr. António Raposo

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Food Safety and Nutrition

Dr. Vu Xuan Hoan

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Heterogeneous catalysis, Zeolite catalysis

Dr. Bijeesh Kozhikkodan Veettil

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Remote Sensing, Environmental Monitoring, Glaciology and Climate Change

Dr. Venkatramanan Senapathi

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Environmental geochemistry, hydrogeology, geostatistics, Environmental pollution, GIS

Research track record (until November of 2016):

• ISI papers: 48

• Total ISI Citations: 378

• ISI H-index: 13

• Top ISI journals (at most 5):

1. Environmental science and pollution research

2. Environmental Earth sciences

3. Environmental monitoring and assessment

4. International journal of sediment research

5. Arabian journal of geosciences

Dr. Mahinda Wijesiri

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Microfinance Financing and Financial Analysis, Banking, Corporate Financial Management, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Policy Implementation and Program Evaluation

Dr. Muchakayala Ravi

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Polymer electrolytes; Lithium ion polymer batteries, Solid state saupercapacitors

Research track record (until June of 2017):

• ISI papers: 24

• Total ISI Citations: 252

• ISI H-index: 10

• Top ISI journals (at most 5):

1. Journal of Membrane Science

2. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

3. Polymer Testing

Dr. Rajesh Kumar Rai

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Environmental Economics, Ecosystem services & Payment for Ecosystem Services, Poverty-environment nexus, Invasive plant species, Sustainable forest management, REDD+, Conflict in Natural Resource Management

Dr. Aleksandar Valjarevic

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Geographical Information System, Classical Cartography, Mathematical Geography, Map Design

Dr. Karl Peltzer

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Behavioural medicine

Dr. Fushuan Wen

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Smart grids and electric vehicles; Power system alarm processing, fault diagnosis and system restoration; Power economics and electricity markets; Power system investment, planning and operation optimization

Dr. Juan Miguel Lujano Rojas

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency, Simulation and Optimization of Energy Systems, Green Energies and Sustainable Science

Dr. Ramakanth Pagadala

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Organic Synthesis, Medicinal & Heterocyclic Chemistry, Environmentally benign synthetic methodologies for sustainable development

Dr. Nguyen Van Huy

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Heterogeneous Catalysis‏, Photocatalysis, Environmental catalysis, Water splitting, Artificial photosynthesis, and Adhesives

Dr. Nguyen Duy Vinh

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Renewable and alternative energy, Smart electrochemical material, Internal combustion engine, Exhaust emission and environment pollution, Computational fluid dynamics & structural FEA simulation

Dr. Saeed Shirazian

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Pharmaceutical manufacturing, Membranes, Separation, Modeling

Dr. Hitesh B. Jalani

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Organic Synthesis methodologies, Heterocyclic Chemistry, Transition-metal mediated reactions, Organo-catalysis & Photo-redox catalysis, Drug Discovery & Medicinal chemistry of Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases, Infectious Diseases Process Development of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)

Dr. Zahoor Ullah

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Ionic Liquids, Biofuel, Biomass, Renewable Energy, Natural Product

Dr. Mashallah Rezakazemi

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Membrane, Modeling, CFD, Desalination, Energy & Fuels, hollow fiber membrane; polymer surface modification; membrane surface modification; development of composite membranes; development of hollow fibers and hollow fiber modules; development of heat and pH resistant membrane transport; membrane gas and vapour separation; pervaporation; microfiltration; ultrafiltration; nanofiltration

Dr. Marthandam Asokan Shibu

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Molecular Cardiology, Cell Death and Aging, Molecular and Regenerative Medicine

Dr. Elnaz Akbari

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Nano-Electronic, Nano-sensors, Nano-Optics

Dr. Adeyeye Samuel Ayofemi Olalekan

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Food Processing, Food Quality Control, Food Microbiology, Food Safety And Food Product Development

Dr. Mohammad Yaghoub Abdollahzadeh Jamalabadi

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Thermal Radiation; Microfluidics; Two Phase flow; MHD; SOFC

Dr. Sivarama Krishna Lakkaboyana

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Adsorption, biosorption, Acid mine drainage, goldmine site remediation processes, nanocomposites and wastewater treatment, Removal of textile dyes and toxic metals from wastewater

Dr. Azam Marjani

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Membranes, Separation, Modeling, CFD, Polymers, Water treatment

Dr. Poonam Bhadja

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Zoology, Marine Biology, Intertidal Invertebrate Ecology, Biodiversity, Environment Impact Assessment, Cytotoxicology, Biochemistry, Cancer Biology, Carbohydrate Chemistry

Dr. Veeramuthu Ashokkumar

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Algal Biorefinery for biofuels, High-Value Bio-products, Microalgal biorefinery for producing biofuels, CO₂ sequestration, Wastewater treatment and value-added algal bio-products

Dr. Mohammad Sakizadeh

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Spatial Analysis, Groundwater Monitoring and Modelling, Soil Pollution.

Dr. Vinay Kumar

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Green Chemistry, Environmental Microbiology, Bioprocess Engineering and Analytical chemistry.

Dr. Mohammadamin Erfanmanesh

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Scientometrics, Scholarly Communications, Altmetrics, Research Evaluation, Research Impact, Information Visualization, Social Network Analysis

Dr. Patrice Juliet Pinder

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Cross-cultural learning patterns in STEM, Game-based learning at the K-12 level, STEM equity, Social justice in education/education equity in general, Cultural/ethnic differences influence/impact on students’ learning patterns in STEM

Dr. Nguyen Anh Tien

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Inorganic Chemistry

Dr. Syed Ajijur Rahman

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: The landscape approach (e.g. land sharing vs. land sparing) for environmental conservation and better livelihoods, Modeling and adoption of agroforestry as a climate smart agriculture, Socioeconomic and policy aspects of tropical forest management, Land use and land cover change dynamics, Ecosystem services valuation, Policies to implement REDD+ on the ground, Environmental governance

Dr. Kittisak Jermsittiparsert

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Democratization, Empirical Discourse Analysis, Fear of Crime, Gender Politics, Globalization and State Power, History of Thai/Western Political Thought, Human Resource Management, International Political Economy, Local Government and Politics, Nationalism/Transnationalism, Organizational Behavior, Political Party and Election, Public Policy Analysis, Social Research, Transnational Human Trafficking

Dr. Ehab Kotb Abd Elghany Elmahallawy

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Biological, medical and veterinary Sciences [zoology, physiology, pathology, parasitology, microbiology, zoonoses, infectious diseases, pharmacology, virology, mycology and biochemistry]

Dr. Afees Adebare Salisu

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Financial Econometrics, Macroeconometrics, Energy Economics and Economic Modelling

Dr. Dimitris Stratoulias

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Remote Sensing

Dr. Dinh Cong Huong

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Stability theory and functional observers, time-delay systems, positive systems, fractional-order systems, reachable set bounding, fault detection and isolation.

Dr. Erfan Mohammadian

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Enhanced oil recovery (Ultrasonic waves, miscible flooding, Chemical flooding), CO2 sequestration in aquifers, reservoir engineering, CO2 mineral carbonation, Bio oil development from agricultural wastes, oil production enhancement methods

Dr. Mohamad Ali Fulazzaky

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Environmental Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Microbiology, Adsorption, Biosorption, Photocatalysis, Modelling, Simulation, Water Quality, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Hydrology

Dr. Abdur-Rasheed Alao

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Additive Manufacturing, Biomanufacturing, Biomechanics, Mechanical Behavior of Materials (Contact Fatigue, Deformation, Fracture & Structure-property-processing-performance Relations), Nanomechanics, Precision Engineering, Surface Engineering (Surface Integrity, Modifications and Properties), and Uncertainty Analyses in Measurements

Dr. Puttaswamy Madhusudan

Position: Member of DEMASTED Group, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Areas of expertise: Photocatalysis, Water Splitting, Solar Energy Conversion, Artificial Photosynthesis, Nanostructured Materials, LED Phosphors, Graphene related 2D materials, Carbon Based nanocomposites, Environmental Engineering, Earth Science, Remote Sensing/GIS. 

Research track record (until May of 2018):

• ISI papers: 17

• Total ISI Citations: 625

• ISI H-index:10

• Top ISI journals (at most 5):

1. Applied Catalyst B: Environmental

2. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

3. Dalton Transactions

4. CrystEngComm

5. Applied Surface Science