Mohan AMARASIRI, Associate Professor
- e-mail：mohan.amarasiri.b5[at]tohoku.ac.jp
Education and Professional Backgournds
| Sep. 2011 | Bachelor of the Science of Engineering (BScEng) in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
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| Sep. 2011 – Sep. 2012 | Lecturer (Temporary), Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka |
| Oct. 2012 – Sep. 2014 | Master of Engineering ( MEng) in Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan |
| Apr. 2013 – Mar. 2014 | Diploma in Specially Coordinated Training Program for Sustainability Leaders (STRASS), Center for Sustainability Science, Hokkaido University, Japan |
| Oct. 2017 – Mar. 2020 | Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tohoku University |
| Apr. 2017 – Mar. 2024 | Junior Associate Professor, Kitasato University |
| Apr. 2024 – presemt | Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tohoku University |
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
- Identification of novel norovirus polymerase genotypes from pediatric fecal samples collected between the year 1997 and 2000 in Japan
Mohan Amarasiri, Etsuko Utagawa, Daisuke Sano, Kazuhiko Katayama
Infection, Genetics and Evolution, accepted. - 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.