Ph.D.Environmental Engineering, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU)(2014 - 2018)

 ME. Environmental Engineering, National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) (2012 - 2014)

 BE  Environmental Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of technology,  (2007 - 2012)

－Water treatment processes

－Solid-liquid separation

－Algae-rich water treatment and control

－Disinfection-byproduct control

• Journal paper

1. Ming-Han Tsai, Wen-Long Liang, Lap-Cuong Hua, Chihpin Huang, 2022. Influence of Al/Fe-based coagulant dosing sequences on floc formation and settling behavior in algae-laden water. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 8, 127-138.
2. Shu-Ju Chao, C. P. Huang, Chi-Cuong Lam, Lap-Cuong Hua, Shih-Hsien Chang, and Chihpin Huang (2021). Transformation of copper oxide nanoparticles as affected by ionic strength and its effects on the toxicity and bioaccumulation of copper in zebrafish embryo. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 225, 112759.
3. Lap-Cuong Hua, Peijun Cai, Ching Huang, Chihpin Huang, 2021. Tracking Br-DBPs and bromine substitution factors by two-stage differential characterization of water matrix and NOM during chlorination. Science of The Total Environment 782, 146836.
4. Shu-Ju Chao, Ming-Han Tsai, Rui-Pei Yu, Lap-Cuong Hua, Chi-Chang Hu, Chihpin Huang (2021). Dezincification of brass water meters in a long-term study: effects of anions, alkalinity, and residual chlorine. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 7, 1666-1676.
5. Lap-Cuong Hua, Shian Rong Tsia, Dinh Ngoc Giao Ngo, Chihpin Huang, 2021. Bromide-intrusion into Chlorella sp. and Microcystis aeruginosa growing environments: Its impacts on algal growth and the formation potential of algal-derived DBPs upon chlorination. Science of The Total Environment 795, 148772.
6. Lap-Cuong Hua, Shian Rong Tsia, Gen-Shuh Wang, Cheng-Di Dong, Chihpin Huang, 2021. Increasing Bromine in Intracellular Organic Matter of Freshwater Algae Growing in Bromide-Elevated Environments and Its Impacts on Characteristics of DBP Precursors. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 8(4), 307-312.
7. Jong Kwon Choe, Lap-Cuong Hua, Yukako Komaki, Adam M-A Simpson, Daniel L McCurry, William A Mitch (2021) Evaluation of Histidine Reactivity and Byproduct Formation during Peptide Chlorination. Environmental Science & Technology 55(3), 1790-1799.
8. Lap-Cuong Hua, Shu-Ju Chao, Kochin Huang, Chihpin Huang, 2020. Characteristics of low and high SUVA precursors: Relationships among molecular weight, fluorescence, and chemical composition with DBP formation. Science of The Total Environment, 727, 138638.
9. Ming-Han Tsai, Lap-Cuong Hua, Kochin Huang, Chihpin Huang, 2020. NOM removal and residual Al minimization by enhanced coagulation: roles of sequence dosing with PACl–FeCl3. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology-Aqua 69(6), 616-628.
10. Ming-HanTsai, Tzu-Chiang Chen, Yaju Juang, Lap-Cuong Hua, Chihpin Huang (2020). High catalytic performance of CuCo/nickel foam electrode for ammonia electrooxidation. Electrochemistry Communications, 121, 106875.
11. Lap-Cuong Hua, E Kim, DL McCurry, Chihpin Huang, WA Mitch, 2020. Novel Chlorination Byproducts of Tryptophan: Initial High-Yield Transformation Products versus Small Molecule Disinfection Byproducts. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 7(3), 149-155.
12. Lap-Cuong Hua, Chun-Hsi Lai, Gen-Shuh Wang, Tsair-Fuh Lin, and Chihpin Huang, 2019. Algogenic organic matter derived DBPs: Precursor characterization, formation, and future perspectives–A review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 49(19), 1803-1834.
13. Lap-Cuong Hua, Shu-Ju Zhao, and Chihpin Huang, 2018. Molecular size dependence of DBP formation upon chlorination of algae. Manuscript submitted to Water Research (Under revision).
14. Lap-Cuong Hua, Chun-Hsin Lai, Gen-Shuh Wang, Tsair-Fuh Lin, Chihpin Huang, 2018. A review of algogenic organic matter (AOM) characterization for predicting its disinfection by-product (DBP) formation. Manuscript submitted to Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology(Under review).
15. Lap-Cuong Hua, Jr-Lin Lin, Shu-Ju Zhao, and Chihpin Huang, 2018. Probing algogenic organic matter (AOM) by size-exclusion chromatography to predict AOM-derived disinfection by-product formation. Manuscript submitted to Science of The Total Environment, 645, 71-78 (2016 SCI, IF:900, Ranking 22/229 in Environmental Sciences)
16. Lap-Cuong Hua, Jr-Lin Lin, Chen Pei Chung, Chihpin Huang, and Ming-Yang Sue, 2018. Optical properties of algogenic organic matter within Chlorella growth and their correlation with carbonaceous disinfection by-product formation. Science of The Total Environment, 621, 1467-1474 (2016SCI, IF:4.900, Ranking 22/229 in Environmental Sciences)
17. Jr-Lin Lin, Lap-Cuong Hua, Chihpin Huang, and Shih-Kai Hung, 2018, Removal of algae from cyanobacteria-rich waters by preoxidation-assisted coagulation-flotation: effect of algogenic organic matter release on algal removal and trihalomethane formation. Journal of Environmental Sciences. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 63, 147-155 (2016 SCI, IF:865, Ranking 75/229 in Environmental Sciences,Cited 1 times).
18. Lap-Cuong Hua, Jr-Lin Lin, Chen Pei Chung, and Chihpin Huang, 2017. Chemical structures of extra- and intra-cellular algogenic organic matters as precursors to the formation of carbonaceous disinfection byproducts. Chemical Engineering Journal, 328, 1022-1030 (2016 SCI, IF:216, Ranking 6/135 in Engineering, Chemical, Cited 4 times).
19. Jr-Lin Lin, Lap-Cuong Hua, YutingWu, and Chihpin Huang, 2016. Pretreatment of algae-laden and manganese-containing waters by oxidation-assisted coagulation: Effects of oxidation on algal cell viability and manganese precipitation. Water Research 89, 261-269 (2016 SCI, IF:945, Ranking 1/88 in Water Resources, Cited 7 times).
20. Lap-Cuong Hua, Chihpin Huang, Su Yu Chun, Nguyen Tran Ngoc Phu, and Chen Pei Chung, 2015. Effects of electro-coagulationon fouling mitigation and sludge characteristics in a coagulation-assisted membrane bioreactor. Journal of Membrane Science 495, 29-36 (2016 SCI,IF:035, Ranking 8/135 in Engineering, Chemical, Cited 24 times).

• Conference proceedings

1. Lap-Cuong Hua and Chihpin Huang, 2019. Differences in fluorescent compositions of humic- and algal-derived precursors and their impacts on disinfection byproduct formation. The 7th International Water Association (IWA) specialist conference on natural organic matter (NOM7, 2019). October 7-9, Tokyo, Japan (Oral presentation).
2. Lap-Cuong Huaand Chihpin Huang, 2018. Dependence of algogenic organic matter derived DBPs on its EEM fluorescent properties. International Workshop on Organic Matter Spectroscopy 2018 (WOMs 2018), October 23-27, Toulon, France (Oral presentation).
3. Lap-Cuong Hua, Jr-Lin Lin, and Chihpin Huang, 2017. Physiochemical characteristics of extra- and intra-cellular organic matters as precursors to carbonaceous disinfection byproducts. The 5^thInternational Symposium on Environmental Analytical Chemistry, May 16-20, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Oral presentation).
4. Lap-Cuong Hua, Jr-Lin Lin, and Chihpin Huang, 2017. Algae removal from cyanobacteria-rich waters by oxidation-assisted coagulation-flotation. The 11^thIWA Symposium on Tastes, Odors and Algal Toxins in Water: Occurrence and Control, February14-16, Sydney, Australia (Oral presentation).
5. Lap-Cuong Hua, Jr-Lin Lin, Chihpin Huang, and Shih-Kai Hung, 2016. Algae removal from cyanobacteria-rich waters by oxidation-assisted coagulation-flotation. The IWA Particle Separation 2016, Jun 22-24, Oslo, Norway (Oral presentation).
6. Lap-Cuong Huaand Chihpin Huang, 2016. Improved fouling reduction of membraneby incorporation with electro-coagulationin a membrnane The 12^thWorld Filtration Congress, April 11-16, Taipei, Taiwan (Oral presentation).
7. Lap-Cuong Hua, Chihpin Huang, and Nguyen Tran Ngoc Phu, 2014. Fouling mitigation by coagulation in an electro-membrane bioreactor (electro-MBR). The 4^thIWA Regional conferenceon Membrane Technology, December 3-6, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Oral presentation).