Mohan AMARASIRI Assistant Professor
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Education and Professional Backgournds
| Since Oct. 2017 | Assistant Professor, Tohoku University |
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| Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2014 | Diploma in Specially Coordinated Training Program for Sustainability Leaders (STRASS), Center for Sustainability Science, Hokkaido University, Japan. |
| Oct. 2012 – Sep. 2014 | Master of Engineering ( MEng) in Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan. |
| Sep. 2011 – Sep. 2012 | Lecturer (Temporary), Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. |
| Sep. 2011 | Bachelor of the Science of Engineering (BScEng) in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. |
Honors and Awards
| Sep. 2019 | Excellent Poster Award, 20th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology (Sep. 15-20, 2019, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria) |
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| Sep. 2017 | Organo Award, 20th Symposium of Japan Society for Water Environment (Sep. 26-27, 2017, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan) |
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| Jun. 2013 | Excellent Poster Award, Water Environment Technology Conference 2013 (Jun. 15-16, 2013, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Tokyo, Japan) |
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Papers
- Virucidal efficacy of olanexidine gluconate as a hand antiseptic against human norovirus
Kaoru Imai, Akifumi Hagi, Yasuhide Inoue, Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano
Food and Environmental Virology, accepted. - Assessment of microbial risks by characterization of Escherichia coli presence to analyze the public health risks from poor water quality in Nepal
Sital Uprety, Bipin Dangol, Pramina Nakarmi, Isha Dhakal, Samendra Sherchan, Joanna Shisler, Antarpreet S. Jutla, Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano, Thanh Nguyen
International Journal of of Hygiene and Environmental Health, accepted. - Understanding human health risks caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in water environments: Current knowledge and questions to be answered
Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano, Satoru Suzuki
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, accepted. - Fecal source tracking in a wastewater treatment and reclamation system using membrane bioreactor evidenced by molecular epidemiology of multiple waterborne gastroenteritis viruses
Zheng Ji, Xiaochang C. Wang, Limei Xu, Chongmiao Zhang, Cheng Rong, Andri Taruna Rachmadi, Mohan Amarasiri, Satoshi Okabe, Naoyuki Funamizu, Daisuke Sano
Pathogens, 2019, 8(4), 170. - Sign-constrained linear regression for prediction of microbe concentration based on water quality datasets
Tsuyoshi Kato, Ayano Kobayashi, Wakana Oishi, Syun-suke Kadoya, Satoshi Okabe, Naoya Ohta, Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano
Journal of Water and Health, 2019, 17(3), 404-415. - Specific interactions of rotavirus HAL1166 with Enterobacter cloacae SENG-6 and their contribution on rotavirus HAL1166 removal
Mohan Amarasiri, Hiroki Kawai, Masaaki Kitajima, Satoshi Okabe, Daisuke Sano
Water Science and Technology, 2019, 79(2), 342-348. - Specific interactions between human norovirus and environmental matrices: Effects on the virus ecology
Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano
Viruses, 2019, 11(3). 224. - Reverse transcription-quantitative PCR assays for genotype-specific detection of human noroviruses in clinical and environmental samples
Mohan Amarasiri, Masaaki Kitajima, Akiho Miyamura, Ricardo Santos, Silvia Nunes Monteiro, Takayuki Miura, Shinobu Kazama, Satoshi Okabe, Daisuke Sano
International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, April 2018, 221(3), 578-585. - Bacteriophage removal efficiency as a validation and operational monitoring tool for virus reduction in wastewater reclamation: Review
Mohan Amarasiri, Masaaki Kitajima, Thanh H Nguyen, Satoshi Okabe, Daisuke Sano
Water Research, 2017, 121, 258-269. - Genome sequence of Enterobacter cloacae strain SENG-6, a bacterium producing histo-blood group antigen-like substances that can bind with human noroviruses
Satoshi Ishii, Mohan Amarasiri, Satoshi Hashiba, Peiyi Yang, Satoshi Okabe, Daisuke Sano
Genome Announcements, 4(4), e00893-16. - Bacterial histo-blood group antigens contributing to genotype-dependent removal of human noroviruses with a microfiltration membrane
Mohan Amarasiri, Satoshi Hashiba, Takayuki Miura, Toyoko Nakagomi, Osamu Nakagomi, Satoshi Ishii, Satoshi Okabe, Daisuke Sano
Water Research, 2016, 95, 383-391. - Risk management of viral infectious diseases in wastewater reclamation and reuse: Review
Daisuke Sano, Mohan Amarasiri, Akihiko Hata, Toru Watanabe, Hiroyuki Katayama
Environment International, 2016, 91, 220-229.
Conference presentations
- Antibiotic-induced Changes in Enterobacter cloacae SENG-6 Extracellular Polymeric Substances (poster presentation)
Mohan Amarasiri, Hui Cheng, Yu-You Li, Daisuke Sano
8th IWA Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering Specialist Conference
Nov 17-20, 2019, ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima, Japan - Quantification of human health risks caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARG) in water environments: Future research directions (Invited Speech)
Mohan Amarasiri
The 6th Environmental Technology and Management Conference
Prime Plaza Hotel, Sanur, Bali (Nov. 5-7, 2019) - Impact of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) interventions on thebacterial pathogen load in households in rural Nepal
Sital Uprety, Mohan Amarasiri, Bipin Dangol, Daisuke Sano, Thanh H. Nguyen
20th IWA Symposium on Health Related Water Microbiology
Sep 15-20, 2019, Vienna, Austria - Identification of bacterial genes for producing norovirus-binding glycoconjugate
Mohan Amarasiri, Peiyi Yang, Masaaki Kitajima, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Satoshi Okabe, Daisuke Sano
6th ISFEV Conference
Oct. 7-10, 2018, Arizona State University, Phoenix, USA - Wastewater reclamation/reuse and antimicrobial resistance
Daisuke Sano
IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2018
Sep. 16-20, 2018, Tokyo Big Sight, Japan - Screening of bacterial genes responsible for producing norovirus-binding glycoconjugate
Mohan Amarasiri, Peiyi Yang, Masaaki Kitajima, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Satoshi Okabe, Daisuke Sano
Water and Environment Technology Conference (WET2018)
July 14-15, 2018, Ehime University, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan - Histo-Blood Group Antigen (HBGA) Positive Bacteria in the Mixed Liquor Reduces the Human Rotavirus Concentration in Membrane Filtration Effluent
Mohan Amarasiri, Hiroki Kawai, Masaaki Kitajima, Satoshi Okabe, Daisuke Sano
Water and Environment Technology Conference (WET2017) (July 22-23, 2017, Hokkaido University, Japan） - Effects of wastewater solids-virus interactions on virus removal and survival in wastewater
Mohan Amarasiri
Japan-YWP International forum on water treatment technology
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido
February 20, 2017 - Diversity of histo-blood group antigen-positive bacteria as a specific adsorbent for human noroviruses
Daisuke Sano, Mohan Amarasiri, Satoshi Hashiba, Takatomo Ohta, Takayuki Miura, Toyoko Nakagomi, Osamu Nakagomi, Satoshi Okabe
The 6th International Calicivirus Conference
Hyatt Regency, Savannah, GA, USA
October 9-13, 2016 - A systematic review and meta-analysis on the virus removal efficiencies of wastewater treatment plant unit processes
Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano, Akihiko Hata, Toru Watanabe and Hiroyuki Katayama
The 5th Food and Environmental Virology Conference
Kusatsu, Gunma
September 13-16, 2016 - Effect of localization of HBGA-like substances on membrane separation on norovirus
Mohan Amarasisi, Satoshi Hashiba, Satoshi Okabe and Daisuke Sano
The 3rd International Life-Science Symposium
Hokkaido University Conference Hall, Sapporo, Japan
Nov. 26th, 2015. - Diverse enteric bacteria can excrete histo-blood group antigens as adsorbents for human gastroenteritis viruses
Mohan Amarasiri, Satoshi Hashiba, Satoshi Okabe and Daisuke Sano
The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Virology
Fukuoka International Congress Centor、Fukuoka, Japan
Nov. 22nd-24th, 2015. - Diversity of histo-blood group antigen-positive enteric bacteria in water: possible environmental vehicle for human norovirus
Daisuke Sano, Takatomo Ohta, Amarasiri Mohan, Takayuki Miura, Toyoko Nakagomi, Osamu Nakagomi and Satoshi Okabe
WaterMicro2015
The grand auditorium of Faculdade de Medicina Dentaria, Lisbon, Portugal
Sep. 13th-19th, 2015. - Microfiltration of human noroviruses with blood-type active enteric bacteria (Poster presentation)
Amarasiri Mohan, Takeshi Yoshimura, Satoshi Okabe and Daisuke Sano
The 22nd Public Health Engineering Symposium
Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building, Hokkaido University, Japan
Nov 21st, 2014. - Genotype-dependent membrane separation of human noroviruses with bacterial histo-blood group antigen (HBGA)-like substances
Mohan Amarasiri, Takeshi Yoshimura, Toyoko Nakagomi, Osamu Nakagomi, Satoshi Okabe and Daisuke Sano
ISFEV2014
Corfu town, Greece
Sep 2th-5th, 2014. - Membrane separation of human noroviruses in combination with enteric bacteria bearing histo-blood group antigen (HBGA)-like substances
Mohan Amarasiri, Takeshi Yoshimura, Satoshi Okabe and Daisuke Sano
IWA Specialist Conference, Particle Separation 2014
Hokkaido University Conference Hall (Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan)
June 15th-18th, 2014. - Norovirus removal with microfiltration in the presence of HBGA-like substances-bearing bacteria: A new approach to improve removal efficiency
Mohan Amarasiri, Takeshi Yoshimura, Toyoko Nakagomi, Osamu Nakagomi, Satoshi Okabe and Daisuke Sano
The 1st Environmental Water Quality Engineering Symposium
Aoba Memorial Hall, Tohoku University (Sendai, Miyagi, Japan)
May 9th, 2014 - Human enteric bacteria-receptors of human norovirus and implicatrions in microfiltration
Amarasiri, M., Sano, D., Yoshimura, T., Ishizaki, S., Nakagomi, T., Nakagomi, T. and Okabe, S.
Public Health Engineering Symposium.
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Dec. 4th, 2013. - Human enteric bacteria-receptors of human norovirus and implications in microfiltration
Mohan Amarasiri
2nd International Doctraol Symposium with Partner Universities.
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Oct. 24-25th, 2013. - Microfiltration of human noroviruses: Effects of the presence of human enteric bacteria on virus rejection
Amarasiri, M., Sano, D.,Yoshimura, T., Ishizaki, S., Nakagomi, T., Nakagomi, O., and Okabe, S.
WET2013.
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
Jun. 15-16, 2013. - Risk to Groundwater from Improper Toilet Waste Disposals
Amarasiri, M., Herath, G., Jayathilaka, T. and Weerasinghe, C.
International Symposium on Water Quality and Human Health: Challenges Ahead
Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka in collaboration with the Toyama Prefectural University, Japan
March 2012