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Overview

Karina Yew-Hoong Gin is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with extensive contributions covering 150 publications. Within this domain, their work addresses subfields such as Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's research focuses on several key topics including Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, and Antibiotic Use and Resistance.

Frequent publication venues for Karina Yew-Hoong Gin include:

  • Water Research
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by them include:

  • Source, fate, transport and modelling of selected emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment: Current status and future perspectives (2022, Water Research)
  • Quaternary ammonium compounds of emerging concern: Classification, occurrence, fate, toxicity and antimicrobial resistance (2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • Key factors driving the fate of antibiotic resistance genes and controlling strategies during aerobic composting of animal manure: A review (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • The novel SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: Possible environmental transmission, detection, persistence and fate during wastewater and water treatment (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Assessment of human exposure to benzophenone-type UV filters: A review (2022, Environment International)

Karina Yew-Hoong Gin has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, including:

  • Yiliang He
  • Luhua You
  • Shin Giek Goh
  • Shu Harn Te
  • Xuneng Tong

In addition to journal publications, they have contributed to book publications, including a work titled "Microplastics in Coastal Aquaculture Systems: Development of Regulatory Frameworks, Practices and Mitigation Efforts in APEC Economies" (2023), published by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Best Publications

  • Occurrence and fate of emerging contaminants in municipal wastewater treatment plants from different geographical regions-a review.

    Ngoc Han Tran;Martin Reinhard;Karina Yew-Hoong Gin

  • Impacts of emerging organic contaminants on freshwater resources: Review of recent occurrences, sources, fate and effects

    Amrita Pal;Karina Yew-Hoong Gin;Angela Yu-Chen Lin;Martin Reinhard

  • Emerging contaminants of public health significance as water quality indicator compounds in the urban water cycle.

    Amrita Pal;Yiliang He;Martin Jekel;Martin Reinhard

  • Occurrence and removal of multiple classes of antibiotics and antimicrobial agents in biological wastewater treatment processes

    Ngoc Han Tran;Hongjie Chen;Martin Reinhard;Feijian Mao

  • Source, fate, transport and modelling of selected emerging contaminants in the aquatic environment: Current status and future perspectives.

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  • Removal of antibiotic residues, antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in municipal wastewater by membrane bioreactor systems

    Thai-Hoang Le;Charmaine Ng;Ngoc Han Tran;Hongjie Chen

  • Removal of selected PPCPs, EDCs, and antibiotic resistance genes in landfill leachate by a full-scale constructed wetlands system.

    Xinzhu Yi;Ngoc Han Tran;Tingru Yin;Yiliang He

  • Next-generation sequencing (NGS) for assessment of microbial water quality: current progress, challenges, and future opportunities

    BoonFei Tan;Charmaine Ng;Jean Pierre Nshimyimana;Lay Leng Loh

  • Occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals, hormones, personal care products, and endocrine disrupters in a full-scale water reclamation plant.

    Ngoc Han Tran;Karina Yew-Hoong Gin

  • Quaternary ammonium compounds of emerging concern: Classification, occurrence, fate, toxicity and antimicrobial resistance

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  • Occurrence and Risk Assessment of Multiple Classes of Antibiotics in Urban Canals and Lakes in Hanoi, Vietnam

    Ngoc Han Tran;Ngoc Han Tran;Lan Hoang;Long Duc Nghiem;Nu My Ha Nguyen

  • Emerging contaminants in wastewater, stormwater runoff, and surface water: Application as chemical markers for diffuse sources

    Ngoc Han Tran;Ngoc Han Tran;Martin Reinhard;Eakalak Khan;Huiting Chen

  • High-throughput profiling of antibiotic resistance gene dynamic in a drinking water river-reservoir system.

    Yihan Chen;Jian-Qiang Su;Junya Zhang;Peng Li

  • State of the art of tertiary treatment technologies for controlling antibiotic resistance in wastewater treatment plants

    Mengke Pei;Bo Zhang;Yiliang He;Jianqiang Su

  • Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances removal in a full-scale tropical constructed wetland system treating landfill leachate

    Tingru Yin;Huiting Chen;Martin Reinhard;Xinzhu Yi

  • Novel Perspectives on the Bioaccumulation of PFCs – the Concentration Dependency

    Changhui Liu;Karina Y. H. Gin;Victor W.C. Chang;Beverley P.L. Goh

  • The dynamics of cyanobacteria and microcystin production in a tropical reservoir of Singapore

    Shu Harn Te;Karina Yew-Hoong Gin

  • Dynamics and size structure of phytoplankton in the coastal waters of Singapore

    Karina Yew-Hoong Gin;Xiaohua Lin;Sheng Zhang

  • Fecal pollution source tracking toolbox for identification, evaluation and characterization of fecal contamination in receiving urban surface waters and groundwater

    Ngoc Han Tran;Karina Yew-Hoong Gin;Huu Hao Ngo

  • Investigation of pharmaceuticals, personal care products and endocrine disrupting chemicals in a tropical urban catchment and the influence of environmental factors.

    Luhua You;Viet Tung Nguyen;Amrita Pal;Huiting Chen

  • A critical review on characterization strategies of organic matter for wastewater and water treatment processes.

    Ngoc Han Tran;Huu Hao Ngo;Taro Urase;Karina Yew-Hoong Gin

  • Derivation and application of a new model for heavy metal biosorption by algae.

    Karina Yew-Hoong Gin;Ying-Zhong Tang;M.A. Aziz

Frequent Co-Authors

Yiliang He
Yiliang He Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Martin Reinhard
Martin Reinhard Stanford University
Victor W.-C. Chang
Victor W.-C. Chang Monash University
Mark D. Sobsey
Mark D. Sobsey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Huu Hao Ngo
Huu Hao Ngo University of Technology Sydney
Ariel Kushmaro
Ariel Kushmaro Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
I-I Lin
I-I Lin National Taiwan University
Tong Zhang
Tong Zhang University of Hong Kong
Wenshan Guo
Wenshan Guo University of Technology Sydney
Alfred Iing Yoong Tok
Alfred Iing Yoong Tok Nanyang Technological University

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