FACULTY OF SEAFOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Background:
The mission of the faculty is to provide teaching, research, and outreach activities on seafood processing technologies, food safety, and hygiene.
Staff:
The faculty has 9 lecturers, and 1 researcher, holding different titles and degrees including 5 Ph.D. with 2 Associate Professors, and 4 Masters (3 Ph.D. students).
Education:
The faculty offers courses on seafood processing technologies, food safety, and hygiene for the bachelor's and master's programs.
Research:
Research focuses on the following areas:
- Production of added-value products e.g. fish-gel, dried products, canned foods...
- Processing of extracted materials e.g. gelatin, chitosan, and glucosamine from fish and shrimp by-products
- Chemical and microbial residues in seafood and safety
- Preservation methods for seafood products.
Training and technology transfer:
The faculty regularly organizes short training courses for local and international participants such as
- Chemical residue analysis and microbiology contamination in seafood.
- Production of traditional seafood processing e.g. fish cakes, dried, canned food.
- Production of gelatin, chitosan, and glucosamine extracted from fish and shrimp by-products.
Facilities:
Laboratories of seafood processing technology, chemical analysis of seafood, and microbiology laboratories.
Contact address:
Assoc. Prof. Le Thi Minh Thuy
Faculty of Seafood Science and Technology
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List of staff members:
L = Lecturer, R = Researcher, AA = Administrative Assistant
| No | Name | Title | Role | Fields of Interest | |
| 1 | Le Thi Minh Thuy (Head) | Assoc. Prof. | L | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Food science and technology, Seafood canning technology |
| 2 | Nguyen Thi Nhu Ha (Vice-Head) | Dr. | L | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Food microbiology, Food safety and preservation, Biotechnology in value-added food product technology |
| 3 | Tran Minh Phu (Vice-Rector) | Assoc. Prof. | L | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Chemical use and residue in aquaculture, Chemical food safety |
| 4 | Vuong Thanh Tung | Dr. | L | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Fishery product chemistry, Sensory evaluation of food, Biotechnology in aquatic product processing |
| 5 | Nguyen Quoc Thinh | Dr. | L | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Biochemical engineering, Analysis of food chemical residues |
| 6 | Nguyen Thanh Tri | MSc. | L | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Food science and technology, Food processing and machinery |
| 7 | Truong Thi Mong Thu | MSc. | L | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Food Science and Technology, Technology of frozen seafood, Traditional seafood product processing |
| 8 | Nguyen Le Anh Dao | Dr. | L | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Food science and technology, Principles of fishery preservation processing |
| 9 | Nguyen Do Quynh | MSc. | L | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Food science and technology |
| 10 | Huynh Thi Kim Duyen | MSc. | R | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Food science and technology |
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Ceremony of awarding a certificate of appreciation for Can Tho University development to Professor Marie-Louise Scippo, the University of Liege, Belgium
On March 3, 2023 morning, the College of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Can Tho University held a ceremony to award the Certificate of appreciation of the Rector of Can Tho University to appreciate the contribution of Prof. Dr. Marie-Louise Scippo of the Laboratory for Fundamental and Applied Research in Animals and Health, Veterinary Public Health, Department of Food Science, University of Liège, Belgium for the contribution of Prof. Scippo on training and research of Can Tho University. The ceremo...
- Huynh Nguyen Nguyen Ha, a student of Advanced Program in Aquaculture, selected for one-year internship in Greenfish AG, Switzerland
- Master in Aquaculture (Instructed in English Programme) 2023
- Tran Xuan Loi (College of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Can Tho University) won a Rieger Award 2022
- Graduation Ceremony for International Masters in Aquaculture - 4th Cohort
- Graduation Ceremony for International Masters in Aquaculture - 3rd Cohort
ASEAN Fisheries Education Network - ASEAN-FEN
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In order to strengthen and promote collaboration in education, research, information exchange as well as staff and student exchange in aquaculture and fisheries among ASEAN countries and with other international institutions and organizations for sustainable development of aquaculture and fisheries in the region, nine Universities including Can Tho University (Vietnam), Kasetsart University (Thailand), Nong Lam University (Viet Nam), Prince of Songkla University (Thailand), Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya (Thailand), Universitas Airlangga (Indonesia), Universitas Brawijaya (Indonesia), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (Malaysia), Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia) has jointly established and made the Declaration of the ASEAN Fisheries Education Network (ASEAN-FEN) on 30 October 2014 during the International Fisheries Symposium – IFS2014, Surabaya, Indonesia. Please visit the website (https://aseanfen.org.my/) for further information about the ASEAN-FEN. As a result, IFS will be one of the important activities of the ASEAN-FEN which will be co-organized by the nine core universities every year.