ENOn March 24th, 2021, the Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED) (Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh city) and Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP) (University Malaysia Terengganu, Malaysia) convened an online meeting (via Microsoft Teams) to discuss potential research collaborations between the two institutes.
Meeting attendants from the ICED were Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Hong QUAN (Director), Dr. Nguyen Kieu Lan Phuong, Dr. Le Quang Dung, Dr. Nguyen Minh Tu and Dr. Tran Thien Khanh. From the AKUATROP, Prof. Ts. Dr. Su Shiung LAM, Assoc. Prof. Meisam Tabatabaei, Dr. Wan Adibah Wan Mahari participated in the meeting.
Assoc. Prof. Quan started the meeting by introducing the vision, targets, and main activities of the institute. Prof. Lam also presented his research team and current research interests and international collaborations. Both parties had a successful discussion on several topics:
(1) Potential collaborative researches: development of research ideas/proposals on the application of pyrolysis techniques in converting plastic wastes and/or water hyacinth into energy and biofuels production; circular economy in sustainable aquaculture (e.g., net-zero aquaculture biorefinery), support tools of assessing potential environmental impacts in industries (e.g., life cycle assessment, carbon footprint), and education for behavior change to improve waste management, and publication;
(2) Potential research grant application
(3) Education: opportunities of student exchanges;
(4) Preparation of letter of intent (LOI), MoU or MoA.
Both parties consented to develop collaborative research activities based on such topics in the future. Prof. Lam suggested that both could start a concrete project on developing mobile apps engaging students and the public to improve waste management by applying a matching fund. Assoc. Prof. Quan agreed with prof. Lam’s suggestion that the ICED will seek the fund to mark the starting-point of a collaborative effort. Finally, ICED and AQUATROP agreed that they would set up further meetings to discuss specific topics separately, the applied researches on pyrolysis techniques to generate energy from waste and green aquaculture for solid collaboration.
About Prof. Dr. Su Shiung LAM
Prof. Su Shiung Lam is a Full Professor at Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT), currently the Deputy Director of International Centre under the Office of Deputy Vice-Chancellor, and a Core Member of Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), accredited as the Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE) for Future Food: Sustainable Shellfish Aquaculture by Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia.
His academic background covers mainly Chemical & Environmental Engineering, focusing on Waste and Biomass Utilization, Waste and Wastewater Treatment, and Green Technology. He is promoted to Professor within 8 years after his Ph.D., and has professional qualifications as Certified Environmental Professional for Hazardous Waste Management in Malaysia, and Professional Technologist (Ts./P.Tech) for Green Technology by the Malaysia Board of Technologists.
He leads a ‘Pyrolysis Technology Research Group’, and he has published over 200 papers, some of which are published in journals such as Lancet, Nature, Science, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, his H-index of 40 and >4000 citations in Google Scholar (Scopus H-index of 35 and 3362 citations). Currently, he is Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Sustainability Science and Management (Scopus-indexed), and also is associate editor for numbers of journals: Environmental Pollution (Elsevier), Environmental Geochemistry and Health (Springer), Frontiers in Energy Research (Frontiers) and Energy & Environment (SAGE), Editorial Board Member for Bioresource Technology (Elsevier, JCR-indexed Top 10%), Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition (Elsevier), and Materials Science for Energy Technologies (Elsevier).More information on prof. Lam is available on his group website