Specialty

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

Works

Original papers

1 Miura T, Kadoya S, Miura Y, Takino H, Akiba M, Sano D, Masuda T. Pepper mild mottle virus intended for use as a process indicator for drinking water treatment: Present forms and quantitative relations to norovirus and rotavirus in surface water. Water Research 2024; 257; 121713.

2 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.

3 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.

4 Zhang J, Shen Q, Miao H, Li Q, Shimada M, Yuan T, Utsumi M, Lei Z, Zhang Z, Takanashi H, Fujimoto N, Ichise S, Asada Y, Nishimura O, Akiba M, Kazuya Shimizu. Development of a Quantification and Detection Method for 2-MIB-producing Cyanobacteria. Turk. J. Fish. & Aquat. Sci. 2022; 23(4); p. TRJFAS21811.

5 Miao H, Zhang J, Shen Q, Ichise S, Asada Y, Tian Y, Utsumi M, Lei Z, Zhang Z, Takanashi H, Fujimoto N, Nishimura O, Akiba M, Shimizu K. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 2022; 233(9); 1-11

6 Miura T, Kadoya S, Takino H, Sano D, Akiba M. Temporal variations of human and animal Rotavirus A genotypes in surface water used for drinking water production. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2022; 13: 912147.

7 Nakai T, Kosaka K, Asami M, Akiba M. Removal of halobenzoquinone precursors during advanced water purification process. Ozone Science & Engineering. 2022; 44(2): 208-216.

8 Shen Q, Shimizu K, Miao H, Tsukino S, Utsumi M, Lei Z, hang Z, Nishimura O, Asada Y, Fujimoto N, Takanashi H, Akiba M. Effects of elevated nitrogen on the growth and geosmin productivity of Dolichospermum smithii. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2021;28(1), 177-184.

Reviews

1 Shinfuku Y,Takanashi H, Nakajima T, KasugaI, Akiba M. The Status Quo of Causal Substance Exploration for Fishy Odor in Raw Water for Taps. Journal of Water and Environment Technology 2022; 20(2), 29-44.

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.
（https://www.city.wako.lg.jp/kurashi/kankyo/1003004/1010845.html）

Chairman, Waterworks Council, Wako City.
（http://www.city.wako.lg.jp/kurashi/suido/1006041/1011030/1006054/1006055.html）

Committee member, subcommittee of water supply infrastructure rehabilitation, Environmental engineering committee, Japan Society of Civil Engineers.

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）