Ngyen Manh Khai

Nguyen Manh Khai has been working in Environmental Sciences for more than 25 years in teaching and doing research at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, VNU University of Science (formal name: University of Hanoi). He specializes in Environmental Technology, Food and Environmental Safety. He is Director of VNU Key Laboratory in Green Environment, Technology and Waste Utilization, mainly focused on application of chemical and biological processes for wastewater and solid waste treatments. In the past 10 years, Prof. Khai has published 8 books and more than 50 WoS articles in his research fields.

– PhD: Environmental Soil and Water Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2007)

– Master of Science: Environmental Technology, Hanoi University of Science (1998)
– Bachelor of Science: Biology, University of Hanoi (1996)
Selected research projects:
– QG.23.62 (VNU Hanoi): Application of electrocoagulation and photocatalytic technologies

for treatment and recovery of nitrogen, phosphorus, and hazardous organic pollutants from selected wastewater streams (2023-2025)

– AGF/AGF/23/003/REG: Development of a model of the integrated approach in implementing innovative technologies in agriculture to increase the potential of development of remote areas of the ASEAN countries and Russia

– AGF/ARD/19/006/REG: Design and Development of ASEAN – Russia Interactive Communication Network for the Exchange of Innovative Technologies on Sustainable Agricultural Development

– SIDA (SWE-2005-317): Towards the mitigation of environmental and public health risks due to heavy metal contamination in irrigated rice-based systems of Vietnam (2006-2008)

– ICA4-CT-2002-10021 (RURBIFARM): Sustainable farming at the rural-urban interface – nutrient and water recycling in small-scale farming systems in peri-urban areas of China and Vietnam (2002-2005)

Certifications & trainings:
– Chemical Risk Assessment Method, Japan Overseas Development Corporation (2011) – Environmental Analysis and Green Technology, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

(2010)
– Pollutants toxic in aquatic environment, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology –

CNRS France (2010)
– Environmental Protection and Green Technology, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

(2014)
– Wastewater treatment technology of pulp and paper factory, NEA Vietnam (1998)
– Integrated ecology in management of natural resource, VNU (1996-1997)
– Approach of Geography Informatics System in environmental planning, VNU (1998-1999) Core competencies:
– Environmental Technology and Chemistry
– Wastewater and solid waste treatment
– Food and environmental safety
– Project management

– Complex problem solver Courses taught:
– Environmental Sciences
– Environmental Chemistry – Environmental Technology – Solid Waste Management – Environmental Technique