Mohan AMARASIRI Assistant Professor

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Education and Professional Backgournds

Since Oct. 2017 Assistant Professor, Tohoku University
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)
Sep. 2017 Organo Award, 20th Symposium of Japan Society for Water Environment (Sep. 26-27, 2017, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan)
Jun. 2013 Excellent Poster Award, Water Environment Technology Conference 2013 (Jun. 15-16, 2013, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology, Tokyo, Japan)

Papers

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Specific interactions between human norovirus and environmental matrices: Effects on the virus ecology
    Mohan Amarasiri, Daisuke Sano
    Viruses, 2019, 11(3). 224.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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

  1. 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
  2. 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)
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Wastewater reclamation/reuse and antimicrobial resistance
    Daisuke Sano
    IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition 2018
    Sep. 16-20, 2018, Tokyo Big Sight, Japan
  6. 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
  7. 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)
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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