Visoth Tiev
Qualifications: BSc General Chemistry for High School Tutors (RUPP) 1995, Chemistry Secondary School Tutor Diploma (National Institute of Pedagogy) 1996, Pre-Graduate Certificate Course in Environment (RUPP) 1996, MSc (Asian Institute of Technology) 1999
Home Institution: The Royal University of Phnom Penh
Host Institution: The University of Manchester
Programme: European Commission Asia-Link CALIBRE Project
Email: visoth1@yahoo.com
Research Interests: Water and wastewater (treatment and its distribution systems),
environment (natural and built) by using physical, numerical modeling.
After graduating from RUPP in 1995, Visoth undertook extensive further academic training, while working, teaching and conducting research. His experience covers a wide area, including demonstrating and lecturing at a number of international universities, such as the Royal University of Phnom Penh, Warwick and Norton, working as a product manager and sales executive, commercial market research and analysis, and voluntary work. He also has first-hand experience of other international initiatives, having worked on an IFS-funded project looking into the sustainable treatment of sewage in Phnom Penh’s wetlands, and another Asia-Link project – CITYBLUES – focusing on the practical implementation of ecological and engineering principles in integrated storm water management.
Visoth is currently completing his PhD work at the University of Warwick on the ‘Hydraulic retention time of a pond with different vegetations and discharges’ and working on the European Commission Asia-Link CALIBRE Project at the University of Manchester. He hopes to continue his research after his PhD, developing further models and tools for different water and wastewater treatment and river systems.
Publications:
2010. Visoth, T., Yim, M., Vathna, S., Irvine, K.N., Koottatep, T. Efficiency of Phnom
Penh’s Natural Wetlands in Treating Wastewater Discharges. In: Asian
Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution. ISSN1875-8568, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 39-48.
Forthcoming (conference and journal publication): 2009. Visoth, T. and Irvine, K. Efficiency of Phnom Penh’s Natural Wetlands in Treating Wastewater Discharges, IFS Report.
2008. Irvine, K.N., Sampson,M., Visoth, T., Yim, M., Veasna, K., Koottatep, T., and Rupp, J. Spatial patterns of E. coli and detergents in the Boeng Cheung Ek treatment wetland, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In: The 6th International Symposium on Southeast Asia Water Environment, Bandung, Indonesia, pp. 78-81.
