Dr. Oleg V. Shipin
An international expert in wastewater management and environmental impact assessment, he is currently strongly interested in ecological engineering. Founder of the unique AIT Freshwater Mangrove Museum, he developed novel Eco-technology which underpins its sustainable performance. He was a long-term director of AIT WHO Collaborating Centre for water supply and waste disposal in 2004-2017. Knowledge of global geographic, ethnic, zoological and botanical diversity informs his extensive experience in developing and developed communities on as many as five continents. Having received his Ph.D. in Eco-Microbiology in Russia (1986) he worked for the Academy of Sciences on biotechnology until 1990. He then moved over to South Africa to do R & D in prominent universities and advise to infrastructure development & consulting companies on global water and waste issues. He moved over to AIT from South Africa in 2002.
PhD, Microbiology, Inst. of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Pouschino, Moscow region, Russia (1986)
MSc, Biochemistry, Saratov State University, Saratov, Russia (1981)
Water and wastewater related courses of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE), SA Association of Consulting Engineers (SAACE) and University of Pretoria (1998-2000)
- M.Sc. in Biological chemistry, Biological Faculty, Saratov State University, Russia (1981)
- Ph.D. in Ecological Microbiology, Centre for Biological Research in Pushchino-on-Oka, Moscow Region, Russia (1986)
- Wastewater treatment courses, South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE), South African Association of Consulting Engineers (SAACE), and University of Pretoria (1998-2002)
- Ecological Engineering for climate change adaptation
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Urban Ecology
- Natural systems as wastewater treatment systems
- Microbial aspects of Environmental Engineering
- Health and Ecological Risk assessment
- Microbial biotechnology and nanotechnology
Teaching participation (currently)
ED78.9040: Nature-Based Solutions for Water Pollution Control
Courses taught in 2003-2021
ED78.01: Environmental Chemistry and Laboratory
ED78.16: Applied Microbiology and Laboratory
ED78.19: Environmental Impact Assessment
ED78.28: Health/Environmental Risk and Impact Assessment
- Nitivattananon, V., Choomanee, S., Shipin, O., Ninsawat S., et al.. (2024) Integration of adaptation measures responding to hydrological hazards for Chao Phraya River Basin, Thailand, in comparison with cases from Jiulong River Basin, China. International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses 16, 2, 127-157. https://doi.org/10.18848/1835-7156/CGP/v16i02/127-157.
- Mukhtar, H., Wunderlich, R., Muzaffar A., A. Ansari, O. Shipin, et al. (2023) Soil Microbiome Feedback to Climate Change and Options for Mitigation. Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163412.
- Zafar, S.; Shipin, O.; Paul, R.E.; Rocklöv, J.; Haque, U.; Rahman, S. et al. (2021) Development and comparison of dengue vulnerability indices using GIS–based multi – criteria decision analysis in Lao PDR and Thailand. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18(17), 9421. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179421.
- Yu-Pin Lin, Wunderlich, R.F., Chiao-Ming Lin, Uphoff, N., D.S.Schmeller, O.V.Shipin, et al. (2021) Topsoil microbial community structure responds to land cover type and environmental zone in the Western Pacific region. Science of the Total Environment, 764, 144349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144349.
- Heydarifard S., Yuanfeng Pan, Huining Xiao, M. Nazhad, Shipin, O. (2017) Water-resistant cellulosic filter containing non-leaching antimicrobial starch for water purification and disinfection. Carbohydrate Polymers, 163, 146–152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.01.063.
- Pradhan, N., Habib, H., Venkatappa, M., Ebbers, T., Duboz, R., Shipin, O. (2015) Framework Tool for a Rapid Cumulative Effects Assessment: Case of a Prominent Wetland in Myanmar. Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187, 341-359. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4508-4.
- Habib, H., Anceno, A.J., Fiddes, J., Beekma, J., Ilyuschenko, M., Nitivattananon, V., Shipin, O. (2013) Jumpstarting strategic water resources protection from a changing global perspective: gaps and prospects in Afghanistan. Journal of Environmental Management, 129, 244-259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.07.019.
- Dong-Jin Kim, Doug-Won Seo, Seung-Hwan Lee, O. Shipin. (2012) Free nitrous acid selectively inhibits and eliminates nitrite oxidizers from the granules of nitrifying sequencing batch reactor. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering (Springer), 35 (3), 441-448. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144349.
- Sapkota, A., Anceno, A., Baruah, S., O. Shipin and J. Dutta. (2011) Zinc oxide nanorod mediated visible light photoinactivation of model microbes in water. Nanotechnology, 22, 21 https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/22/21/215703.
- Wickramasinghe, S., Borin, M., Kotagama, S., R.Cochard, A.Anceno and O. Shipin. (2009) Multi-functional pollution mitigation in a rehabilitated mangrove conservation area. Ecological Engineering, 35, 898–907. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.12.021.
- Cochard, R., Ranamukharachchi, S.L., Shivakoti, G., O. Shipin, P.J. Edwards and K.T. Seeland (2008) The 2004 tsunami in Aceh and Southern Thailand: a review on coastal ecosystems and vulnerability. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 10, 3-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2007.11.001.
- Diallo, M.B.C., Anceno, A. J., B. Tawatsupa, E. R. Houpt, V.Wangsuphachat and O.V. Shipin. (2008) Infection risk assessment of diarrhea-related pathogens in a tropical canal network. Journal of Science of Total Environment, 407, 223-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.034.
- Clasen, T., Saeed, T. F., Boisson, S., P. Edmondson and O. Shipin. (2007) Sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) tablets for routine treatment of drinking water: a randomized, controlled trial to assess microbiological effectiveness in Bangladesh. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 76 (1), 187-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.09.034.
- Shipin, O., Koottatep, T., Nguyen Tran Thien Khanh and C. Polprasert. (2005) Integrated Natural Systems for developing communities: low-tech N-removal through fluctuating microbial pathways. Water Science and Technology, 51, 12-20. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2005.0488.
- Shipin O.V., Meiring P.G.J., Phaswana R.K, Kluever H.J. (1999) Integrating ponds and activated sludge process in the PETRO concept. Water Research, 33, 8, 1767-1774. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00389-3.
Title: Effects of climate change and variability on community vulnerability and exposure to dengue in South East Asia (DENCLIM)
Funding Source: Research Council of Norway
Duration of Project: Jan 2018 – Dec 2023
Role in Project: Partner Principle Investigator
Title: Response Plan: Feasibility study for setting up a watch observatory for health and environmental risks in Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)” (in French).
Funding Source: UNIDO, Austria
Duration of Project: April 2018 – Dec 2019
Role in Project: Principle Investigator
Title: Comparative risk assessment of hydrologic hazards and adaption policy in Jiulong River (China) and Chao Phraya River Watersheds
Funding Source: National Research Council of Thailand, and National Natural Science Foundation of China
Duration of Project: Jan 2017 – Dec 2020
Role in Project: Participant.
Title: Investigating the impact of Effective Microorganisms on health/ecology and Water safety plans
Funding Source: WHO
Duration of Project: Jan 2012- Dec 2015
Role in Project: Principle Investigator
Title: Developing an operational framework for river health assessment in the Mekong River Basin Thai Water Partnership (TWP) and the Pollution Control Department (PCD) of Thailand’s MONRE
Funding Source: CGIAR
Duration of Project: Dec 2014 – Dec 2018
Role in Project: Participant
Title: Pollution mitigation in coastal communities via the multi-functional wetland (mangrove) approach with biodiversity and sustainable agri-business co-benefits
Funding Source: UNEP
Duration of Project: Jan 2012 – Dec 2014
Role in Project: Principle Investigator
Title: Health Risk Assessment and Management for the Bangkok urban and peri-urban surface water in terms of critically important microbial pathogens
Funding Source: French Government
Duration of Project: Jan 2008 – Dec 2009
Role in Project: Principle Investigator
Title: Enhanced Urban Water Pollution Abatement Function of Bang Pu Nature Reserve through a Multiple Purpose Approach in Wetland Development
Funding Source: CIDA, Canada
Duration of Project: Jan 2007 – Dec 2008
Role in Project: Principle Investigator
Title: Development of Innovative Technology for High-Strength Low-
Degradable Wastewater Treatment
Funding Source: Korean Foundation for Science and Technology
Duration of Project: Jan 2003 – Dec 2005
Role in Project: Principle Investigator
Title: Application of Upflow Filter Technology for Piggery Wastewater Treatment
and Resource Recovery under Tropical Conditions
Funding Source: Korean Foundation for Science and Technology
Duration of Project: Jan 2003 – Dec 2008
Role in Project: Principle Investigator
- Nomination for the International Stockholm Water Prize for the R&D work on the revolutionary wastewater treatment (PETRO) system (with P. Meiring of MTH consulting, and Prof P Rose of Rhodes University, South Africa). 1995. Sweden.
- Invited keynote speaker for International Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and Pacific. 20-21 March 2005. Seoul, South Korea.
- Invited keynote speaker International Conference on Multiple Roles of Wetlands, 26-29 June 2007 University of Padua, Padova/Venice, Italy.
- Invited keynote speaker for the ADB conference on Urban Resilience and Sustainable Development Mandalay17-18 August 2017, Myanmar.
- Invited keynote speaker for 8th International Conference on Environmental Engineering, Science and Management organized by Environmental Engineering Association of Thailand (EEAT), 23-24 May 2019, Bangkok.
Ecological Engineering, Mangroves, Wastewater Treatment in Natural systems, Health Microbiology
