Tham Hoang

EDUCATION

• PhD (2006, Clemson University) – Environmental Toxicology and minor in Environmental Statistics
• MS (2002, Clemson University) – Environmental Toxicology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 2021-Present: Associate Professor, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
• 2017-2021: Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 2011- 2017: Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
• 2006 – 2011: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Visiting Research Faculty, Southeast Environmental Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL

AWARDS & HONORS

• Langerbeck Faculty Research Mentor Award, 2019
• SETAC Chris Lee Global Award for Metals Research, 2008
• Best Student Presentation Award, Carolina SETAC Meeting, 2002

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Advisory Council on Research for the Provost Office of Loyola (2020 – 2021)
• Graduate Committee for the Loyola School of Environmental Sustainability (2019 – 2021)
• Academic Council for the Loyola School of Environmental Sustainability (2019 – 2021)
• Past President of the Midwest Regional Chapter of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) (2019 – 2020)
• President of the Midwest Regional Chapter of SETAC (2018 – 2019)
• Vice President of the Midwest Regional Chapter of SETAC (2017 – 2018)
• Member of the Loyola Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (2013 – 2017)
• Member of the Loyola Laboratory Safety Committee (2013 – 2019)
• Member of Loyola IES Graduate Committee (2019-2021)
• Member of SETAC (2000 – present)
• Member of the Midwest Regional Chapter of the SETAC (2012 – 2021)
• Member of the Board of Director, Midwest SETAC (2014 – 2017)

Member of Editorial Board Committee:

• Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (2021-present)
• Science of the Total Environment (2020-present)
• Toxics (2019-present)
• Vietnam Journal of Agricultural Sciences (2018-present)
• Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (2013-2015)

My research has a strong focus on the influence of chemical and physical characteristics of water, sediments and soils on the bioavailability and toxicity of contaminants to aquatic organisms. In the natural environment, toxicant concentrations usually fluctuate and are dependent on sources. Therefore, the usual method of using constant exposures in a laboratory setting is not always relevant. In addition, research conducted in laboratory usually examines the effects of single contaminant on individual organisms. However, the effects of contaminants in the natural environment are often up to community levels. My research uses traditional constant and fluctuating exposure methods to determine the effects of single and mixture contaminants at both individual and community levels using field relevant study design, such as outdoor microcosms, water flow-through in artificial stream systems. Results of research are used to:

• determine the bioavailability, bioconcentration and bioaccumulation of contaminants,
• evaluate potential toxicity of individual and mixture chemicals in water, sediment, soil, and diets,
• understand mechanisms of toxicity,
• evaluate toxicity of effluent wastewaters and determine causative agent(s) through toxicity identification evaluations,
• prepare ecological hazard and risk assessments for aquatic and terrestrial environments, and
• provide guidance to optimize efficiency of site cleanups and assist in development of environmental quality guidelines.

• Tham C. Hoang, John M. Brausch, Mary F. Cichra, Edward J. Phlips, Eric Van Genderen, Gary M. Rand. 2021. Effects of Zinc in an Outdoor Freshwater Microcosm System. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5050
• Kenneth M.Y. Leung, Katie W. Y. Yeung, Jing You, Kyungho Choi, Xiaowei Zhang, Ross Smith, Guang‐Jie Zhou, Mana M. N. Yung, Carlos Arias‐Barreiro, Youn‐Joo An, S. Rebekah Burket, Robert Dwyer, Nathalie Goodkin, Yii Siang Hii, Tham Hoang, Chris Humphrey, Chuleemas Boonthai Iwai, Seung‐Woo Jeong, Guillaume Juhel, Ali Karami, Katerina Kyriazi‐Huber, Kuan‐Chun Lee, Bin‐Le Lin, Ben Lu, Patrick Martin, Mae Grace Nillos, Katharina Oginawati I.V.N. Rathnayake, Yenny Risjani, Mohammad Shoeb, Chin Hon Tan, Maria Claret Tsuchiya, Gerald T. Ankley, Alistair B. A. Boxall, Murray A. Rudd, Bryan W. Brooks. 2020. Towards sustainable environmental quality: Priority research questions for Asia, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4788
• Tham C. Hoang, Mariana Filex-Kim. 2020. Plastic consumption and excretion by Pimephales promelas: influence of particle size and fish body shape. Science of the Total Environment, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135433
• Tham C. Hoang, Marsha C. Black, Sandra L. Knuteson, Aaron P. Roberts. 2019. Environmental pollution, management, and sustainable development: Strategies for Vietnam and other developing countries. Environmental management, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-019-01144-z.
• Ku Peijia, Tsui Martin, Nie Xiangping, Chen Huan, Hoang Tham, Blum Joel, Dahlgren Randy, Chow. Alex. 2018. Origin, reactivity, and bioavailability of mercury in wildfire ash. Environ. Sci. Technol., 52 (24) 14149–14157, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b03729.
• Erik Reynolds, Scott Smit, Jasim Chowdhury, Tham C. Hoang. 2018. Influence of salinity and organism age on chronic toxicity of lead to topsmeltfish (Atherinops affinis). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 37(10):2705-2713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/etc.4241
• Edgar Perez, Tham C. Hoang. 2018. Chronic Toxicity of Binary-Metal Mixtures of Cadmium and Nickel to Daphnia magna. Chemosphere, 208:99-1001.
• Patrick R. Canniff, Tham C. Hoang. 2018. Microplastic ingestion by Daphnia magna and its enhancement on algal growth. Science of the Total Environment, 633:500-507.
• Edgar Perez, Tham C. Hoang. 2017. Chronic Toxicity of Binary-Metal Mixtures of Cadmium and Zinc to Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36:273-2749. DOI: 10.1002/etc.3830.
• Thanh-Khiet L. Bui, Do-Hong L. Chi, Thanh-Son Dao, Tham C. Hoang. 2016. Copper toxicity and the influence of water quality of Dongnai River and Mekong River waters on copper bioavailability and toxicity to three tropical species. Chemosphere, 144:872-878.
• Dao Thanh Son, Le Vu Nam, Nguyen Thanh Son, Bui Ba Trung, Do-Hong Lan-Chi, Tham C. Hoang. 2015. Acute and chronic effects of nickel to tropical micro-crustacean, Daphnia lumholtzi. Journal of Science and Technology, 53:271-276
• N Khounnavongsa, CB Iwai, Tham C Hoang. 2015. Ecotoxicology of copper on freshwater fish with different water hardness on the Mekong River, Lao PDR. International Journal of Environmental and Rural Development 6 (2):128-132
• S Lyly, CB Iwai, T. Hoang. 2015. Ecotoxicology of copper on local freshwater organisms in Mekong River Cambodia. International Journal of Environmental and Rural Development 6 (1): 22-27.
• Natalie Lynch, Tham C. Hoang, Timothy O’Brien. 2015. Acute toxicity of binary metal mixtures of copper, zinc, and nickel to Pimephales promelas: evidence of more than additive effect. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 35:446-457.
• Tham C. Hoang and Xin Tong. 2015. Influence of water quality on zinc toxicity to the Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa) and relative sensitivity of freshwater snails to zinc. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 34:545-553.
• Tham C. Hoang, Gary M. Rand. 2015. Acute toxicity and risk assessment of permethrin, naled, and dichlorvos to larval butterflies via ingestion of contaminated foliage. Chemosphere, 120:714-721.
• Tham C. Hoang, Gary M. Rand. 2015. Mosquito Control Insecticides: a Probabilistic Ecological Risk Assessment on Drift Exposures of Naled, Dichlorvos (naled metabolite) and Permethrin to Adult Butterflies. Science of the Total Environment 502:252–265.
• Tham C. Hoang and Gary M. Rand. 2014. Effects of St. Lucie River (FL) saltwater sediments on the amphipod (Ampelisca abdita) and the hard shell clam (Mercenaria mercenaria). Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 67:224-233.
• Tham C. Hoang, Gary M. Rand, Piero R. Gardinali, Joffre Castro. 2011. Bioconcentration and depuration of endosulfan sulfate in mosquito fish (Gambusia affinis), Chemosphere, 84 (5):538-543.
• Tham C. Hoang, Rachel L. Pryor, Gary M. Rand, Robert A. Frakes. 2010. Bioaccumulation and toxicity of copper in outdoor freshwater microcosms, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 74(4):1011-1020.
• Tham C. Hoang, Rachel L. Pryor, Gary M. Rand. Robert A. Frakes. 2010. Use of butterflies as non-target insect test species and the acute toxicity and hazard of mosquito control insecticides, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 30 (4):997–1005.
• Carriger JF, Hoang TC, Rand GM, Gardinali PR. 2010. Acute toxicity and effects analysis of endosulfan sulfate to freshwater fish species, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 60 (2):281-289.
• Carriger JF, Hoang TC, Rand GM. 2010. Survival time analysis of least killifish (Heterandria formosa) and mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) in acute exposures to endosulfan sulfate. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 58 (4):1015-1022.
• Tham C. Hoang and Gary M. Rand. 2009. Exposure routes of copper: Short term effects on survival, growth, and uptake in Florida apple snails (Pomacea paludosa). Chemosphere, 76 (3):407-414.
• Tham C. Hoang, Lance J. Schuler, Emily C. Rogevich, Pamela M. Bachman, Gary M. Rand. 2009. Copper release, speciation, and toxicity following multiple floodings of copper enriched agriculture soils: Implications in Everglades restoration, Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 199:79-93.
• Tham C. Hoang, Lance J. Schuler, Gary M. Rand. 2009. Effects of copper from flooded Florida agricultural soils on Hyalella azteca, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 56:459-467.
• Emily C. Rogevich, Tham C. Hoang, Gary M. Rand. 2009. The effects of sub-lethal chronic copper exposure on the growth and reproductive fitness of the Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa), Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 56:450-458.
• Tham C. Hoang, Emily C. Rogevich, Gary M. Rand, Robert A. Frakes. 2008. Copper uptake and depuration by Florida apple snails (Pomacea paludosa): Bioconcentration and bioaccumulation factors. Ecotoxicology, 17:605-615.
• Lance J. Schuler, Tham C. Hoang, Gary M. Rand. 2008. Copper: Aquatic risk assessment in south Florida freshwater and saltwater ecosystems. Ecotoxicology, 17:642-659.
• Tham C. Hoang, Emily C. Rogevich, Gary M. Rand, Piero. R. Gardinali, Robert A. Frakes, Timothy A. Bargar. 2008. Copper desorption in flooded agricultural soils and toxicity to the Florida apple snail (Pomacea paludosa): Implications in Everglades restoration. Environmental pollution, 154:338-347.
• Emily C. Rogevich, Tham C. Hoang, Gary M. Rand. 2008. The effects of water quality and age on the acute toxicity of copper to the Florida apple snail, Pomacea paludosa. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 54:690-696.
• Tham C. Hoang and Stephen J. Klaine. 2008. Characterizing the toxicity of pulsed exposures of selenium to Daphnia magna. Chemosphere, 71:429-438.
• Tham C. Hoang, Jeffrey S. Gallagher, Joseph R. Tomasso, Stephen J. Klaine. 2007. Toxicity of two pulsed metal exposures to Daphnia magna: Relative effects of pulsed duration- concentration and interpulse period. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 53:579-589.
• Tham C. Hoang and Stephen J. Klaine. 2007. Influence of organism age on pulsed metals exposures to Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 26 (6):1198-1204.
• Tham C. Hoang, Jeffrey S. Gallagher, Stephen J. Klaine. 2007. Response of Daphnia magna to pulsed exposures of arsenic. Environmental Toxicology, 22 (3):308-317.
• Tham C. Hoang, Joseph R. Tomasso, Stephen J. Klaine. 2007. An integrated model describing the toxic responses of Daphnia magna to pulsed exposures of three metals. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 26 (1):132-138.
• Jonathan Butcher, Jerry Diamond, Jonathan Bearr, Henry Latimer, Stephen Klaine, Tham Hoang, Marcus Bowersox. 2006. Toxicity model of pulsed copper exposure to Pimephales promelas and Daphnia magna. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 25 (9):2541-2550.
• Tham C. Hoang, Joseth R. Tomasso, Stephen J. Klaine. 2004. Influence of water quality and age on nickel toxicity to fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23 (1):86-92.
• P. D. Hien, V. T. Bac, H. C. Tham, D. D. Nhan and L. D. Vinh. 2002. Influence of meteorological conditions on PM2.5 and PM2.5-10 concentrations during the monsoon season in Hanoi, Vietnam. Atmospheric Environment, 36 (21):3473-3484.