Mohan AMARASIRI Assistant Professor
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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 – present | Assistant 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.
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) - Extracellular antibiotic resistance gene decay by free chlorine treatment
Mohan Amarasiri, Chihiro Konuma and Daisuke Sano
20th IWA Symposium on Health Related Water Microbiology
Sep 15-20, 2019, Vienna, Austria - 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 - 細胞外薬剤耐性遺伝子の遊離塩素による消毒効果の評価
小沼千紘、モハン アマラシリ、門屋俊祐、佐野大輔
平成30年度土木学会東北支部・技術研究発表会
2019年3月2日、東北大学川内キャンパス（宮城県仙台市） - 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 - Contribution of specific interactions between human enteric viruses and wastewater solids on virus removal
Mohan Amarasiri, Masaaki Kitajima, Satoshi Okabe, 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, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. - Removal of rotavirus by microfiltration in the presence of HBGA-positive bacteria
Mohan Amarasiri, Hiroki Kawai, Masaaki Kitajima, Satoshi Okabe, Daisuke Sano
第4回環境水質工学シンポジウム
2017年6月17日、北海道大学（北海道札幌市） - 環境水中からのノロウイルス吸着性大腸菌の単離と吸着因子同定に関する研究
羽柴聡、Mohan Amarasiri、原本 英司、北島正章、岡部聡、佐野大輔
第51回日本水環境学会年会
2017年3月14-17日、熊本大学黒髪キャンパス（熊本県熊本市） - Effects of wastewater solids-virus interactions on virus removal and survival in wastewater
Mohan Amarasiri
Japan-YWP International forum on water treatment technology
February 20, 2017, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan - Human glycan-positive bacteria as an adsorbent for norovirus
Mohan Amarasiri, Satoshi Hashiba, Satoshi Okabe, Tetsuya Miyoshi, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Daisuke Sano
第64回日本ウイルス学会学術集会
2016年10月23-25日、札幌コンベンションセンター（北海道札幌市） - 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
October 9-13, 2016, Hyatt Regency, Savannah, GA, USA. - 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
September 13-16, 2016, Kusatsu, Gunma, Japan - Genotype-dependent norovirus removal by microfiltration: Influence of bacterial histo-blood group antigens
Mohan Amarasiri, Satoshi Hashiba, Satoshi Okabe and Daisuke Sano
第３回環境水質工学シンポジウム
2016年5月21日、愛媛大学工学部（愛媛県松山市） - 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
November 26, 2015, Hokkaido University Conference Hall, Sapporo, Japan - 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
November 22-24, 2015, Fukuoka, Japan - 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
Sep. 13th-19th, 2015, The grand auditorium of Faculdade de Medicina Dentaria, Lisbon, Portugal. - 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
November 21, 2014, Frontier Research in Applied Sciences Building, Hokkaido University, Japan. - 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
September 2-5, 2014, Corfu town, Greece. - 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
June 15th-18th, 2014, Hokkaido University Conference Hall, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. - 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
第１回環境水質工学シンポジウム
2014年5月9日、青葉記念会館、東北大学（宮城県仙台市） - 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.
第21回衛生工学シンポジウム
2013年12月4日、北海道大学（北海道札幌市） - Human enteric bacteria-receptors of human norovirus and implications in microfiltration
Mohan Amarasiri
2nd International Doctraol Symposium with Partner Universities.
October 24-25, 2013, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. - 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.
June 15-16, 2013, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan. - 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