Specialty

Water Supply Engineering, Health Risk Management of Drinking Water, Water for Medical Care, Environmental Microbiology, Watershed Management

Works

Original papers

1 Asada Y, Hayasaka Y, Miyoshi T, Tokuyasu M, Akiba M. Effects of raw water quality on the adsorptive removal of 2-methylisoborneol by powdered activated carbon under non-equilibrium conditions. AQUA – Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society 2023; 72 (6): 1084-1095.

2 Miyoshi T, Simazaki D, Tokuyasu M, Masuda T, Akiba M. Metal leaching test of commercially available faucets in the Japanese market in 2016-2020. Journal of Water and Health. 2022;20(7):1112-1125.

Reviews

1 Akiba M. Simazaki D, Climate Change Impacts on Drinking Water Sources and Adaptation Measures. Journal of Water and Waste. 2025;67 (1) ;47-53．

Conference presentations

1 Simazaki D, Miyoshi T, Kasuga I, Akiba M. Identifying key water purification processes and key bacteria contributing to the residual endotoxin in drinking water. 2023 AWWA Water Quality Technology Conference; 2023.11.5-9; Dallas, US). TUE01-2.

Social contributions

・Chairman, Expert committee of microbial issues on water supply, Ministry of the Environment.（http://www.env.go.jp/council/water_supply/kentoukai/microbe.html）

・Chairman, Environmental Council, Wako City.

Others(Awards, etc.)

・Japan Water Works Association, Effective Award (2016)

・Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE) Award for Outstanding Paper.
（http://www.jsce.or.jp/prize/prize_list/p2013.shtml#s04）
（http://www.jsce.or.jp/prize/prize_list/p2014.shtml）

・The WET Excellent Research Award, the Water and Environment Technology Conference 2013.
（http://www.jswe.or.jp/awards/wetresearch/index.html）