Dr. Duha S. Hammad

Dr. Duha S. A. Hammad is an environmental engineer specializing in sustainable water treatment, air-quality remediation, and environmental nanotechnology. She completed her Ph.D. in Energy and Environmental Engineering at Kyushu University, Japan, where her research focused on phytoremediation and nanomaterial-enhanced microbial fuel cells. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium, contributing to groundwater quality monitoring, effluent reuse, and aquifer recharge research under the IRP GROW Project. Her expertise includes water treatment technologies, hydrogeochemical monitoring, analytical chemistry, and interdisciplinary environmental research.

Education

• Ph.D., Energy and Environmental Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan (2020–2024)

Project info

GROW Project: Re-use of treated wastewater for irrigation, groundwater recharge and drinking water:environmental impacts and public perception 

The GROW Project at Vrije Universiteit Brussel focuses on improving groundwater resilience and promoting sustainable water management through groundwater quality monitoring, hydrogeochemical analysis, and safe effluent reuse. The project investigates groundwater systems, contaminant transport, and aquifer recharge processes to support climate-resilient water resources.My contribution involves groundwater quality assessment, hydrogeochemical monitoring, and evaluation of effluent reuse and aquifer recharge systems. The research integrates field monitoring, laboratory analysis, and environmental chemistry to support sustainable groundwater management and environmental protection.

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Yue Gao 

Keywords

• Groundwater quality
• wastewater reuse
• treated effluent
• groundwater recharge
• hydrogeochemistry
• aquifer recharge
• environmental monitoring
• water reuse safety
• sustainable water management
• climate resilience
• environmental impacts
• water resource protection

Main Publications

• Hammad, D., Thu, K., & Miyazaki, T. (2023). Particulate Matter Phytoremediation Effectiveness of Japanese Prunus× Yedoensis Tree Through Spring and Summer Season. In E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 465, p. 02030). EDP Sciences.
• Hammad, D. S., Frantisek, M., Thu, K., & Takahiko, M. (2023). Phytoremediation effectiveness of marginalized vegetation as green bio-filter of particulate matters in the Southwestern of Japan (Fukuoka).
• Hammad, D. S., Mikšík, F., Thu, K., & Miyazaki, T. (2022, November). Particulate Matter Phytoremediation Capacity of Four Japanese Roadside Green Biofilters. In Asia Conference on Environment and Sustainable Development (pp. 263-274). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.