Associate Professor Taku Matsushita

Affiliation

Affiliation Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University I'm Taku.
Water Metabolism Systems Field
N13W8, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan
Telephone+81-11-706-7279
FAX+81-11-706-7279
LocationFaculty of Engineering, Building A, 3-13
e-mail taku-m@eng.hokudai.ac.jp

Career summary

1969.8Born in Osaka Prefecture.
1988.3Graduated from Ibaraki High School, Osaka, Japan.
1988.4Entered Department of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan.
1992.3Graduated from above.
1992.4Entered master's program of Department of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan.
1994.3Completed above program.
1994.4Entered doctoral program of Department of Environmental and Sanitary Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan.
1996.3Left above program mid-course.
1996.4Research associate, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan.
1999.4Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Japan.
2005.6Visiting fellow, University of New South Wales, Australia (until 2005.10).
2006.1Associate Professor, Division of Built Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan.
2010.4–Associate Professor, Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan (organization name change)

Degree

  1. Doctor (Engineering), Kyoto University, 2003.

Awards

  1. 49th Environmental Engineering Research Forum Dissertation Prize, 2013.
  2. Kurita Water and Environmental Science Excellent Research Prize, 2013.
  3. 45th Environmental Engineering Research Forum Excellent Poster Presentation Prize, 2008.
  4. Japan Society on Water Environment Paper Encouragement Prize (Hirose Prize), 2003.

Research interests (all topics are related to DRINKING water treatment)

  1. Changes in toxicity during oxidation and photodegradation of chemicals.
  2. VUV-based advanced oxidation and reduction processes.
  3. Formation and decomposition/removal of organic/inorganic chloramines.
  4. Removal of viruses during drinking water treatment.

Publications

  1. Nakazawa, Y., Abe, T., Matsui, Y., Shinno, K., Kobayashi, S., Shirasaki, N. and Matsushita, T., Differences in removal rates of virgin/decayed microplastics, viruses, activated carbon, and kaolin/montmorillonite clay particles by coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, and rapid sand filtration during water treatment, Water Research, 203, 117550, 2021.
  2. Matsushita, T., Kikkawa, Y., Omori, K., Matsui, Y. and Shirasaki, N., A metabolism-coupled cell-independent acetylcholinesterase activity assay for evaluation of the effects of chlorination on diazinon toxicity, Chemical Research in Toxicology, 34, 2070-2078, 2021.
  3. Shi, G., Nishizawa, S., Matsushita, T., Kato, Y., Kozumi, T., Matsui, Y. and Shirasaki, N., Computational fluid dynamics-based modeling and optimization of flow rate and radiant exitance for 1,4-dioxane degradation in a vacuum ultraviolet photoreactor, Water Research, 197, 117086, 2021.
  4. Nakazawa, Y., Abe, T., Matsui, Y., Shirasaki, N. and Matsushita, T., Stray particles as the source of residuals in sand filtrate: Behavior of superfine powdered activated carbon particles in water treatment processes, Water Research, 190, 116786, 2021.
  5. Narita, K., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Selection of priority pesticides in japanese drinking water quality regulation: validity, limitations, and evolution of a risk prediction method, Science of The Total Environment, 751, 141636, 2021.
  6. Saito, S., Matsui, Y., Yamamoto, Y., Matsushita, S., Mima, S., Shirasaki, N. and Matsushita, T., Oxidative removal of soluble divalent manganese ion by chlorine in the presence of superfine powdered activated carbon, Water Research, 187, 116412, 2020.
  7. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Koriki, S., Suitability of pepper mild mottle virus as a human enteric virus surrogate for assessing the efficacy of thermal or free-chlorine disinfection processes by using infectivity assays and enhanced viability PCR, Water Research, 186, 116409, 2020.
  8. Matsushita, T., Fujita, Y., Omori, K., Huang, Y., Matsui, Y. and Shirasaki, N., Effect of chlorination on anti-acetylcholinesterase activity of organophosphorus insecticide solutions and contributions of the parent insecticides and their oxons to the activity, Chemosphere, 261, 127743, 2020.
  9. Chen, Y., Nakazawa, Y., Matsui, Y., Shirasaki, N. and Matsushita, T., Sulfate ion in raw water affects performance of high-basicity PACl coagulants produced by Al(OH)3 dissolution and base-titration: removal of SPAC particles by coagulation-flocculation, sedimentation, and sand filtration, Water Research, 183, 116093, 2020.
  10. Nishizawa, S., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Shirasaki, N., Formation of disinfection by-products from coexisting organic matter during vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) or ultraviolet (UV) treatment following pre-chlorination and their fates after post-chlorination, Science of the Total Environment, 737, 140300, 2020.
  11. Nakayama, A., Sakamoto, A., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Shirasaki, N., Effects of pre, post, and simultaneous loading of natural organic matter on 2-methylisoborneol adsorption on superfine powdered activated carbon: reversibility and external pore-blocking, Water Research, 182, 115992, 2020.
  12. Zhao, Y., Kitajima, R., Shirasaki, N., Matsui, Y. and Matsushita, T., Precoating membranes with submicron super-fine powdered activated carbon after coagulation prevents transmembrane pressure rise: Straining and high adsorption capacity effects, Water Research, 177, 115757, 2020.
  13. Matsushita, T., Sugita, W., Ishikawa, T., Shi, G., Nishizawa, S., Matsui, Y. and Shirasaki, N., Prediction of 1,4-dioxane decomposition during VUV treatment by model simulation taking into account effects of coexisting inorganic ions, Water Research, 164, 114918, 2019.
  14. Nishikawa, S., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Assessment of indirect inhalation exposure to formaldehyde evaporated from water, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 106, 43-49, 2019.
  15. Takaesu, H., Matsui, Y., Nishimura, Y., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Micro-milling super-fine powdered activated carbon decreases adsorption capacity by introducing oxygen/hydrogen-containing functional groups on carbon surface from water, Water Research, 155, 66-75, 2019.
  16. Nakazawa, Y., Matsui, Y., Hanamura, Y., Shinno, K., Shirasaki, N. and Matsushita, T., Minimizing residual black particles in sand filtrate when applying super-fine powdered activated carbon: coagulants and coagulation conditions, Water Research, 147, 311-320, 2018.
  17. Takanashia, H., Abiru, K., Hama, T., Shinfuku, Y., Nakajima, T., Ohki, A., Ueda, T., Kondo, T., Matsushita, T. and Kameya, T., Identification of a mutagenic chlorination by-product produced from (E)-1,3-dichloropropene (a component of nematocide DD) by using high resolution LC/MS and multivariate analysis, Water Research, 146, 187-196, 2018.
  18. Nakazawa, Y., Matsui, Y., Hanamura, Y., Shinno, K., Shirasaki, N. and Matsushita, T., Identifying, counting, and characterizing superfine activated-carbon particles remaining after coagulation, sedimentation, and sand filtration, Water Research, 138, 160-168, 2018.
  19. Akiyama, M., Matsui, Y., Kido, J., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Monte-Carlo and multi-exposure assessment for the derivation of criteria for disinfection byproducts and volatile organic compounds in drinking water: allocation factors and liter-equivalents per day, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 95, 161-174, 2018.
  20. Matsushita, T., Morimoto, A., Kuriyama, T., Matsumoto, E., Matsui, Y., Shirasaki, N., Kondo, T., Takanashi, H. and Kameya, T., Removals of pesticides and pesticide transformation products during drinking water treatment processes and their impact on mutagen formation potential after chlorination, Water Research, 138, 67-76, 2018.
  21. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Yamashita, R., Evaluation of the suitability of a plant virus, pepper mild mottle virus, as a surrogate of human enteric viruses for assessment of the efficacy of coagulation-rapid sand filtration to remove those viruses, Water Research, 129, 460-469, 2018.
  22. Matsushita, T., Honda, S., Kuriyama, T., Fujita, Y., Kondo, T., Matsui, Y., Shirasaki, N., Takanashi, H. and Kameya, T., Identification of mutagenic transformation products generated during oxidation of 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol solutions by orbitrap tandem mass spectrometry and quantitative structure-activity relationship analyses, Water Research, 129, 347-356, 2018.
  23. Matsushita, T., Sakuma, M., Tazawa, S., Hatase, T., Shirasaki, N. and Matsui, Y., Use of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-olfactometry and a conventional flask test to identify off-flavor compounds generated from phenylalanine during chlorination of drinking water, Water Research, 125, 332-340, 2017.
  24. Pan, L., Nishimura, Y., Takaesu, H., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Effects of decreasing activated carbon particle diameter from 30 m to 140 nm on equilibrium adsorption capacity, Water Research, 124, 425-434, 2017.
  25. Matsui, Y., Shirasaki, N., Yamaguchi, T., Kondo, K., Machida, K., Fukuura, T. and Matsushita, T., Characteristics and components of poly-aluminum chloride coagulants that enhance arsenate removal by coagulation: detailed analysis of aluminum species, Water Research, 118, 177-186, 2017.
  26. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Ikekame, S., Sakuma M. and Shirasaki, N., Trichloramine removal with activated carbon is governed by two reductive reactions: a theoretical approach with diffusion-reaction models, Environmental Science & Technology, 51, 4541-4548, 2017.
  27. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Murai, K., Assessment of the efficacy of membrane filtration processes to remove human enteric viruses and the suitability of bacteriophages and a plant virus as surrogates for those viruses, Water Research, 115, 29-39, 2017.
  28. Pan, L., Takagi, Y., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Micro-milling of spent granular activated carbon for its possible reuse as an adsorbent: remaining capacity and characteristics, Water Research, 114, 50-58, 2017.
  29. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Murai, K. and Aochi, A., Elimination of representative contaminant candidate list viruses, coxsackievirus, echovirus, hepatitis A virus, and norovirus, from water by coagulation processes, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 326, 110-119, 2017.
  30. Pan, L., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Superiority of wet-milled over dry-milled superfine powdered activated carbon for adsorptive 2-methylisoborneol removal, Water Research, 102, 516-523, 2016.
  31. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Marubayashi, T. and Murai, K., Investigation of enteric adenovirus and poliovirus removal by coagulation processes and suitability of bacteriophages MS2 and φX174 as surrogates for those viruses, Science of the Total Environment, 563-564, 29-39, 2016.
  32. Matsushita, T., Hashizuka, M., Kuriyama, T., Matsui, Y. and Shirasaki, N., Use of orbitrap–MS/MS and QSAR analyses to estimate mutagenic transformation products of iopamidol generated during ozonation and chlorination, Chemosphere, 148, 233-240, 2016.
  33. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Marubayashi, T., Effect of coagulant basicity on virus removal from water by polyferric chloride, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology–AQUA, 65(4), 322-329, 2016.
  34. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Marubayashi, T., Effect of aluminum hydrolyte species on human enterovirus removal from water during the coagulation process, Chemical Engineering Journal, 284, 786-793, 2016.
  35. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Characterization of recombinant norovirus virus-like particles and evaluation of their applicability to the investigation of norovirus removal performance in membrane filtration processes, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 16(3), 737-745, 2016.
  36. Matsui, Y., Nakao, S., Sakamoto, A., Taniguchi, T., Pan, L., Matsushita, T., and Shirasaki, N., Adsorption capacities of activated carbons for geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol vary with activated carbon particle size: effects of adsorbent and adsorbate characteristics, Water Research, 85, 95-102, 2015.
  37. Matsushita, T., Kobayashi, N., Hashizuka, M., Sakuma, H., Kondo, T., Matsui, Y. and Shirasaki, N., Changes in mutagenicity and acute toxicity of solutions of iodinated X-ray contrast media during chlorination, Chemosphere, 135, 101-107, 2015.
  38. Matsushita, T., Nakamura, K., Matsui, Y. and Shirasaki, N., Effect of growth phase of cyanobacterium on release of intracellular geosmin from cells during microfiltration process. Membrane Water Treatment, 6, 225-235, 2015.
  39. Kimura, M., Matsui, Y., Saito, S., Takahashi, T., Nakagawa, M., Shirasaki, N. and Matsushita, T., Hydraulically irreversible membrane fouling during coagulation-microfiltration and its control by using high-basicity polyaluminum chloride, Journal of Membrane Science, 477, 115-122, 2015.
  40. Matsushita, T., Hirai, S., Ishikawa, T., Matsui, Y. and Shirasaki, N., Decomposition of 1,4-dioxane by vacuum ultraviolet irradiation: Study of economic feasibility and by-product formation, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 94, 528-541, 2015.
  41. Sakuma, M., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Aki, T., Isaka, M. and Shirasaki, N., Mechanisms of trichloramine removal with activated carbon: Stoichiometric analysis with isotopically labelled trichloramine and theoretical analysis with a diffusion-reaction model, Water Research, 68, 839-848, 2015.
  42. Ikari, M., Matsui, Y., Suzuki, Y., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Removal of iodide from water by chlorination and subsequent adsorption on powdered activated carbon, Water Research, 68, 227-237, 2015.
  43. Matsui, Y., Sakamoto, A., Nakao, S., Taniguchi, T., Matsushita, T., Shirasaki, N., Sakamoto, N. and Yurimoto, H., Isotope microscopy visualization of the adsorption profile of 2-methylisoborneol and geosmin in powdered activated carbon, Environmental Science & Technologyy, 48, 10897-10903, 2014.
  44. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Urasaki, T., Kimura, M. and Ohno, K., Virus removal by an in-line coagulation-ceramic microfiltration process with high-basicity polyaluminum coagulation pretreatment, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 14(3), 429-437, 2014.
  45. Narita, K., Matsui, Y., Iwao, K., Kamata, M., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Selecting pesticides for inclusion in drinking water quality guidelines on the basis of detection probability and ranking, Environment International, 63, 114-120, 2014.
  46. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Oshiba, A., Marubayashi, T. and Sato, S., Improved virus removal by high-basicity polyaluminum coagulants compared to commercially available aluminum-based coagulants, Water Research, 48, 375-386, 2014.
  47. Takanashi, H., Hama, T., Nakajima, T., Ohki, A., Kondo, T., Kameya, T. and Matsushita, T., A screening study of mutagen formation potential (MFP) of pesticide transformation products in water environments (PTPWs) to investigate the MFP changes from their parent pesticides through transformations, Journal of Water Environment Technology, 12(1), 25-32, 2014.
  48. Kondo, T., Miho, S., Saito, M., Kameya, T., Fujie, K., Matsushita, T. and Takanashi, H., Addressing matrix effects in pesticides and their transformation product analysis using LC-positive-electronspray-MS/MS, Journal of Water Environment Technology, 12(2), 123-133, 2014.
  49. Matsui, Y., Ishikawa, T. B., Kimura, M., Machida, K., Shirasaki, N. and Matsushita, T., Aluminum concentrations of sand filter and polymeric membrane filtrates: a comparative study, Separation and Purification Technology, 119, 58-65, 2013.
  50. Niizuma, S., Matsui, Y., Ohno, K., Itoh, S., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Relative source allocation of TDI to drinking water for derivation of a criterion for chloroform: a Monte-Carlo and multi-exposure assessment, Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 67, 98-107, 2013.
  51. Matsushita, T., Shirasaki, N., Tatsuki, Y. and Matsui, Y. Investigating norovirus removal by microfiltration, ultrafiltration, and precoagulation-microfiltration processes using recombinant norovirus virus-like particles and real-time immuno-PCR, Water Research, 47, 5819-5827, 2013.
  52. Matsui, Y., Nakao, S., Yoshida, T., Taniguchi, T. and Matsushita, T., Natural organic matter that penetrates or does not penetrate activated carbon and competes or does not compete with geosmin, Separation and Purification Technology, 113, 75-82, 2013.
  53. Matsui, Y., Nakao, S., Taniguchi, T. and Matsushita, T., Geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol removal using superfine powdered activated carbon: shell adsorption and branched-pore kinetic model analyse and optimal particle size, Water Research, 47, 2873-2880, 2013.
  54. Kimura, M., Matsui, Y., Kondo, K., Ishikawa, T.B., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Minimizing residual aluminum concentration in treated water by tailoring properties of polyaluminum coagulants, Water Research, 47(6), 2075-2084, 2013.
  55. Matsushita, T., Suzuki, H., Shirasaki, N., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Adsorptive virus removal with super-powdered activated carbon, Separation and Purification Technology, 107, 79-84, 2013.
  56. Takanashi, H., Kishida, M., Abiru, K., Kondo, T., Kameya, T., Matsushita, T., Nakajima, T., Ohki, A., A screening study on the mutagen formation potential of 44 pesticides, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology–AQUA, 62(1), 14-22, 2013.
  57. Takanashi, H., Abiru, K., Tanaka, H., Kishida, M., Nakajima, T., Ohki, A., Kondo, T., Kameya, T. and Matsushita, T., Production of chloro-5-hydroxy-2-nitrobenzoic acid through chlorination of 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol, a typical hydrolysate of fenitrothion, Journal of Water Environment Technology, 10(4), 437-447, 2012.
  58. Kameya, T., Saito, M., Kondo, T., Toriumi, W., Fujie, K., Matsushita, T. and Takanashi, H., Detection of fenitrothion and its degradate 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol in water environment, Journal of Water Environment Technology, 10(4), 427-436, 2012.
  59. Kondo, T., Saito, M., Kameya, T., Fujie, K., Matsushita, T. and Takanashi, H., Analytical method for simultaneous determination of pesticides and pesticide transformation products in water environment using GC-MS and LC-MS/MS, Journal of Water Environment Technology, 10(4), 409-417, 2012.
  60. Matsui, Y., Yoshida, T., Nakao, S., Knappe, D. and Matsushita, T., Characteristics of competitive adsorption between 2-methylisoborneol and natural organic matter on superfine and conventionally sized powdered activated carbons, Water Research, 46, 4741-4749, 2012.
  61. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Urasaki, T. and Ohno, K., Difference in behaviors of F-specific DNA and RNA bacteriophages during coagulation-rapid sand filtration and coagulation-microfiltration processes, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 12(5), 666-673, 2012.
  62. Tani, K., Matsui, Y., Iwao, K., Kamata, M. and Matsushita, T., Selecting analytical target pesticides in monitoring: sensitivity analysis and scoring, Water Research, 46(3), 741-749, 2012.
  63. Matsushita, T., Shirasaki, N., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Virus inactivation during coagulation with aluminum coagulants, Chemosphere, 85(4), 571-576, 2011.
  64. Matsui, Y., Ando, N., Yoshida, T., Kurotobi, R., Matsushita, T. and Ohno, K., Modeling high adsorption capacity and kinetics of organic macromolecules on super-powdered activated carbon, Water Research, 45, 1720-1728, 2011.
  65. Ando, N., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T. and Ohno, K., Direct observation of solid-phase adsorbate concentration profile in powdered activated carbon particle to elucidate mechanism of high adsorption capacity on super-powdered activated carbon, Water Research, 45, 761-767, 2011.
  66. Matsushita, T., Kobayashi, Y., Nakamura, K., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Effect of transmembrane pressure on geosmin release from cyanobacterial cell during microfiltration, Water Practice and Technology, 5(3), doi:10.2166/wpt.2010.049, 2010.
  67. Ohno, K., Ishikawa, K., Kurosawa, Y., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T. and Magara, Y., Exposure assessment of metal intakes from drinking water relative to those from total diet in Japan, Water Science and Technology, 62(11), 2694-2701, 2010.
  68. Tani, K., Matsui, Y., Narita, K., Ohno, K. and Matsushita, T., Sensitivity analysis using a diffuse pollution hydrologic model to assess factors affecting pesticide concentrations in river water, Water Science and Technology, 62(11), 2579-2589, 2010.
  69. Ando, N., Matsui, Y., Kurotobi, R., Nakano, Y., Matsushita, T. and Ohno, K., Comparison of natural organic matter adsorption capacities of super-powdered activated carbon and powdered activated carbon, Water Research, 44, 4127-4136, 2010.
  70. Matsui, Y., Nakano, Y., Ando, N., Sasaki, H., Ohno, K. and Matsushita, T., Geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol adsorption on super-powdered activated carbon in the presence of natural organic matter, Water Science and Technology, 62(11), 2664-2668, 2010.
  71. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Kobuke, M. and Ohno, K., Feasibility of in-line coagulation as a pretreatment for ceramic microfiltration to remove viruses, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology–AQUA, accepted.
  72. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Urasaki, T., Oshiba, A. and Ohno, K., Evaluation of norovirus removal performance in a coagulation-ceramic microfiltration process by using recombinant norovirus virus-like particles, Water Science and Technology, 61 (8), 2027-2034, 2010.
  73. Ohno, K., Matsui, Y., Itoh, M., Oguchi, Y., Kondo, T., Konno, Y., Matsushita, T. and Magara, Y., NF membrane fouling by aluminum and iron coagulant residuals after coagulation-MF pretreatment, Desalination, accepted.
  74. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Oshiba, A. and Ohno, K., Estimation of norovirus removal performance in a coagulation-rapid sand filtration process by using recombinant norovirus VLPs, Water Research, 44 (5), 1307-1316, 2010.
  75. Ohno, K., Kadota, E., Matsui, Y., Kondo, Y., Matsushita, T. and Magara, Y., Plant capacity affects some basic indices of treated water quality: Multivariate statistical analysis of drinking water treatment plants in Japan, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology–AQUA, 58 (7), 476-487, 2009.
  76. Matsui, Y., Hasegawa, H., Ohno, K., Matsushita, T., Mima, S., Kawase, Y. and Aizawa, T., Effects of super-powdered activated carbon pretreatment on coagulation and trans-membrane pressure buildup during microfiltration, Water Research, accepted.
  77. Matsui, Y., Ando, N., Sasaki, H., Matsushita, T. and Ohno, K., Branched pore kinetic model analysis of geosmin adsorption on super-powdered activated carbon, Water Research, 43(12), 3095-3103, 2009.
  78. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Urasaki, T. and Ohno, K., Comparison of behaviors of two surrogates for pathogenic waterborne viruses, bacteriophages Qβ and MS2, during the aluminum coagulation process, Water Research, 43(3), 605-612, 2009.
  79. Ohno, K., Matsuo, Y., Kimura, T., Yanase, T., Rahman, M. H., Magara, Y., Matsushita, T. and Matsui, Y., Effect of rice-cooking water to the daily arsenic intake in Bangladesh: results of field surveys and ricecooking experiments, Water Science and Technology, 59(2), 195-201, 2009.
  80. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Kobuke, M. and Ohno, K., Comparison of removal performance of two surrogates for pathogenic waterborne viruses, bacteriophage Qβ and MS2, in a coagulation–ceramic microfiltration system, Journal of Membrane Science, 326, 564-571, 2009.
  81. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Taniwaki, S., Ikeba, K. and Matsui, Y., Mutagenic fate of insecticide fenitrothion in the environment—mutagenicity increases both by anaerobic biodegradation and photodegradation, Water Science and Technology, 58 (3), 741-747, 2008. download
  82. Matsui, Y., Murai K., Sasaki H., Ohno K. and Matsushita, T., Submicron-sized activated carbon particles for the rapid removal of chlorinous and earthy-musty compounds, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology–AQUA, 57 (8), 577-583, 2008.
  83. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Effects of reversible and irreversible membrane fouling on virus removal by a coagulation-microfiltration system, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology–AQUA, 57 (7), 501-506, 2008.
  84. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Ohno, K. and Sawaoka, D., Simultaneous removal of cyanobacteria and an earthy odor compound by a combination of activated carbon adsorption, coagulation, and ceramic microfiltration, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology–AQUA, 57 (7), 481-487, 2008.
  85. Matsui, Y., Ozu, T., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Occurrence of a veterinary antibiotic in streams in a small catchment area with livestock farms, Desalination, 226, 215-221, 2008.
  86. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Ohno, K. and Kobuke, M., Virus removal in a hybrid coagulation-microfiltration system—Investigating mechanisms of virus removal by a combination of PCR and PFU methods, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 7 (5-6), 1-8, 2007. download
  87. Matsui, Y., Yamagishi, T., Terada, Y., Matsushita, T. and Inoue, T., Suspended particles and their characteristics in water mains: developments of sampling methods, Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology–AQUA, 56 (1), 13-24, 2007. download
  88. Matsui, Y., Narita, K., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Using precise data sets on farming and pesticide properties to verify a diffuse pollution hydrological model for predicting pesticide concentration, Water Science and Technology, 56 (1), 71-80, 2007. download
  89. Matsushita, T., Le-Clech, P., Chen, V. and Wickramasinghe, S.R., Behavior of gold colloid as model viruses during filtration through adsorptive ion exchange membranes, Desalination, 199 (1-3), 105-107, 2006. download
  90. Matsui, Y., Narita, K., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Investigation rice-farming pesticide concentrations in river water using a basin-scale runoff model with uncertain inputs, Transactions of the ASABE, 49 6, 1723-1735, 2006.
  91. Matsui, Y., Sanogawa, T., Aoki, N., Mima, S. and Matsushita, T., Evaluating submicron-sized activated carbon adsorption for microfiltration pretreatment, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 6 (1), 149-155, 2006. download
  92. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Matsui, Y., Estimating mutagenic compounds generated during photolysis of fenitrothion-by HPLC fractionation followed by mutagenicity testing and high-resolution GC-MS analysis, Chemosphere, 64 (1), 144-151, 2006. download
  93. Matsui, Y., Narita, K., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Screening level analysis for monitoring pesticide in river water using a hydrological diffuse pollution model with limited input data, Water Science and Technology, 53 (10), 173-81, 2006. download
  94. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Shirasaki, N., Analyzing mass balance of viruses in a coagulation-ceramic microfiltration hybrid system by a combination of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method and the plaque forming units (PFU) method, Water Science and Technology, 53 (7), 199-207, 2006. download
  95. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Saeki, R. and Inoue, T., Mutagenicity of anaerobic fenitrothion metabolites after aerobic biodegradation, Chemosphere, 61 (8), 1134-1141, 2005. download
  96. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Matsui, Y. and Inoue, T., Fate of mutagenicity produced during anaerobic biodegradation of the herbicide chlornitrofen (CNP), Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B, B40 (6), 851-861, 2005. download
  97. Matsui, Y., Murase, R., Sanogawa, T., Aoki, N., Mima, S., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Rapid adsorption pretreatment with submicron powdered activated carbon particles before microfiltration, Water Science and Technology, 51 (6-7), 249-256, 2005. download
  98. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Shirasaki, N. and Kato, Y., Effect of membrane pore size, coagulation time, and coagulant dose on virus removal by a coagulation-ceramic microfiltration hybrid system, Desalination, 178 (1-3), 21-26, 2005. download
  99. Matsui, Y., Fukuda, Y., Murase, R., Aoki, N., Mima, S., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Ceramic MF with submicron-sized activated carbon adsorption and coagulation pretreatments for rapid and effective NOM removal, In: Loosdrecht, M. V. and Clement, J. (eds.), 2nd IWA Leading-Edge on Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Water and Environmental Management Series (WEMS), 8, 23-32, 2005. download
  100. Matsui, Y., Fukuda, Y., Inoue, T., Matsushita, T., Aoki, N. and Mima, S., Enhancing adsorption-membrane hybrid system with microground activated carbon, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 4 (5-6), 189-197, 2005. download
  101. Matsui, Y., Inoue, T., Matsushita, T., Yamada, T., Yamamoto, M. and Sumigama, Y., Effect of uncertainties of agricultural working schedule and Monte-Carlo evaluation of the model input in basin-scale runoff model analysis of herbicides, Water Science and Technology, 51 (3-4), 329-337, 2005. download
  102. Inoue, T., Matsui, Y., Terada, Y., Baba, K. and Matsushita, T., Characterization of microparticles in raw, treated, and distributed waters by means of elemental and particle size analyses, Water Science and Technology, 50 (12), 71-78, 2004. download
  103. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Inoue, T., Irreversible and reversible adhesions between virus particles and hydrolyzing-precipitating aluminum: a function of coagulation, Water Science and Technology, 50 (12), 201-206, 2004. download
  104. Matsui, Y., Murase, R., Sanogawa, T., Aoki, N., Mima, S., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Micro-ground powdered activate carbon for effective removal of natural organic matter during water treatment, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 4 (4), 155-163, 2004. download
  105. Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T., Inoue, T., Yamamoto, M., Hayashi, Y., Yonekawa, H. and Tsutsumi, Y., Virus removal by ceramic membrane microfiltration with coagulation pretreatment, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 3 (5), 93-99, 2003. download
  106. Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T., Sakuma, S., Gojo, T., Mamiya, T., Suzuoki, H. and Inoue, T., Virus inactivation in aluminum and polyaluminum coagulation, Environmental Science & Technology, 37 (22), 5175-5180, 2003. download
  107. Matsui, Y., Fukuda, Y., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Effect of natural organic matter on powdered activated carbon adsorption of trace contaminants: characteristics and mechanism of competitive adsorption, Water Research, 37 (18), 4413-4424, 2003. download
  108. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Ikeba, K. and Inoue, T., Contribution of metabolites to mutagenicity during anaerobic biodegradation of fenitrothion, Chemosphere, 50 (3), 275-282, 2003. download
  109. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Sakuma, S. and Inoue, T., Changes in mutagenicity of herbicide chlornitrofen during biodegradation, Mutation Research, 516 (1-2), 71-79, 2002. download
  110. Matsui, Y., Itoshiro, S., Buma, M., Matsushita, T., Hosogoe, K., Yuasa, A., Shinoda, S. and Inoue, T., Predicting pesticide concentrations in river water by hydrologically calibrated basin-scale runoff model, Water Science and Technology, 45 (9), 141-148, 2002. download
  111. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Taniwaki, S. and Inoue, T., Changes in mutagenicity during biodegradation of fenitrothion, Chemosphere, 47 (1), 9-14, 2002. download
  112. Matsushita, T., Sakuma, S., Nakamuro, K. and Matsui, Y., The variation on the mutagenicity of CNP during anaerobic biodegradation, Water Research, 35 (11), 2589-2594, 2001. download

International conferences

  1. Matsui, Y., Nakao, S., Taniguchi, T., Sakamoto, A., Shirasaki, N. and Matsushita, T., Enhanced removal of 2-MIB and geosmin by super-fine PAC: Evidence of shell adsorption, The Tenth IWA Symposium on Off-Flavours in the Aquatic Environment, Tainan, Taiwan, 27 October–1 November, 2013.
  2. Matsushita, T., Shirasaki, N., Matsui, Y., Tatsuki, Y. and Oshiba, A., Evaluating norovirus removal during drinking water treatment by using recombinant norovirus virus-like particles, 2nd International Doctoral Symposium with Partner Universites, Sapporo, Japan, 24–26 October 2013. Special lecture
  3. Tazawa, S., Matsushita, T. and Matsui, Y., Chlorinous odor derived from phenylalanine after chlorination: characterization and removal with super-powdered activated carbon, The 5th IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Daejeon, Korea, 8–12 September 2013.
  4. Ikari, M., Niizuma, S., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Removal of radioactive iodine in drinking water by the combination of chlorine oxidation and activated carbon adsorption, The 5th IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Daejeon, Korea, 8–12 September 2013.
  5. Kameya, T., Kondo, T., Kobayashi, T., Fujie, K., Takanashi, H. and Matsushita, T., Monitoring of pesticides degradation products in water environment, The 5th IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Daejeon, Korea, 8–12 September 2013.
  6. Takanashi, H., Hama, M., Nishiyama, M., Abiru, K., Kishida, M., Nakajima, T., Ohki, A., Ueda, T., Kondo, T., Kameya, T., Matsushita, T., Exploring photodegradation products of organophosphorus pesticide fenitrothion by LC/MS, The 5th IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Daejeon, Korea, 8–12 September 2013.
  7. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Tatsuki, Y., Estimating norovirus removal performance in an in-line coagulation-ceramic microfiltration process by using recombinant norovirus VLPs and immuno-PCR method, IWA Membrane Technology Conference (IWA-MTC 2013), Toronto, Canada, 25–29 August 2013.
  8. Takanashi, H., Hama, T., Nakajima, T., Ohki, A., Kondo, T., Kameya, T. and Matsushita, T., A screening study of mutagen formation potential (MFP) of pesticide transformation products in water environments (PTPWs) to investigate the MFP changes from their parent pesticides through transformations, Water and Environment Technology Conference 2013, Tokyo, Japan, 15–16 June 2013. Excellent Research Award
  9. Kondo, T., Miho, S., Saito, M., Kameya, T., Fujie, K., Matsushita, T. and Takanashi, H., Addressing matrix effects in pesticides and their transformation product analysis using LC-positive-electrospray-MS/MS, Water and Environment Technology Conference 2013, Tokyo, Japan, 15–16 June 2013.
  10. Konuma, K., Kondo, T., Miho, S., Kameya, T., Fujie, K., Matsushita, T., Takanashi, T., Pesticide transformation products in environmental waters: comparison between paddy field and drinking water source, Water and Environment Technology Conference 2013, Tokyo, Japan, 15–16 June 2013.
  11. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T. and Matsui, Y., Virus removal by a coagulation-microfiltration process, The 4th IWA Asia-Pacific Young Water Professionals Conference 2012, Tokyo, Japan, 7–10 December 2012.
  12. Takanashi, H., Abiru, K., Tanaka, H., Kishida, M., Nakajima, T., Ohki, A., Kondo, T., Kameya, T. and Matsushita, T., Production of chlorophenols through chlorination of 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol, a typical hydrolysate of fenitrothion, Proceedings of SETAC Asia/Pacific 2012, Kumamoto, Japan, 24–27 September 2012.
  13. Kondo, T., Saito, M., Kameya, T., Fujie, K., Matsushita, T. and Takanashi, H., Monitoring approach of pesticides and their transformation products in water environment, Proceedings of SETAC Asia/Pacific 2012, Kumamoto, Japan, 24–27 September 2012.
  14. Nakao, S., Matsui, Y., Taniguchi, T. and Matsushita, T., Submicron-sized activated carbon: shell adsorption and branched-pore kinetic model analyses to optimize particle size for enhancing geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol removal, Proceedings of IWA World Water Congress, Busan, Korea, 16–21 September 2012.
  15. Nakao, S., Matsui, Y., Yoshida, T., Taniguchi, T. and Matsushita, T., Mechanisms of less-severe competitive adsorption between geosmin and natural organic matter on super-powdered activated carbon than on powdered activated carbon, Proceedings of IWA World Water Congress, Busan, Korea, 16–21 September 2012.
  16. Takanashi, H., Abiru, K., Kishida, M., Nakajima, T., Ohki, A., Matsushita, T. and Kameya, T., Qualitative analysis of chlorination byproducts of organophosphorus pesticide fenitrothion, Proceedings of IWA World Water Congress, Busan, Korea, 16–21 September 2012.
  17. Koike, E., Kameya, T., Kobayashi, T., Fujie, K., Matsushita, T. and Takanashi, H., Comparison of ecotoxicity strength and concentration of chemicals in river water, Proceedings of IWA World Water Congress, Busan, Korea, 16–21 September 2012.
  18. Saito, M., Kameya, T., Fujie, K., Matsushita, T. and Takanashi, H., A simultaneous detection method of the Japanese PRTR chemicals and its application to sewerage treatment plant effluents, Proceedings of IWA World Water Congress, Busan, Korea, 16–21 September 2012.
  19. Takanashi, H., Abiru, K., Tanaka, H., Kishida, M., Nakajima, T., Ohki, A., Kondo, T., Kameya, T. and Matsushita, T., Production of chloro-5-hydroxy-2-nitrobenzoic acid through chlorination of 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol, a typical hydrolysate of fenitrothion, Proceedings of Water and Environment Technology Conference 2012, Tokyo, Japan, 29–30 June 2012.
  20. Kameya, T., Saito, M., Kondo, T., Toriumi, W., Fujie, K., Matsushita, T. and Takanashi, H., Detection of fenitrothion and its degradate 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol in water environment, Proceedings of Water and Environment Technology Conference 2012, Tokyo, Japan, 29–30 June 2012.
  21. Kondo, T. Saito, M., Kameya, T., Fujie, K., Matsushita, T. and Takanashi, H., Simultaneous analytical method for both pesticides and their transformation products in water environment using GC-MS and LC-MS/MS, Proceedings of Water and Environment Technology Conference 2012, Tokyo, Japan, 29–30 June 2012.
  22. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Sato, S., Effective removal of virus by high-basicity polyaluminum coagulation treatment, Proceedings of Particle Separation Conference, Berlin, Germany, 18–20 June 2012.
  23. Kimura, M., Matsui, Y., Takahashi, T., Oshiba, A., Machida, K., Shirasaki, N. and Matsushita, T., Precoagulation by basicity-optimized polyaluminum chloride effectively reduces membrane fouling, Proceedings of Particle Separation Conference, Berlin, Germany, 18–20 June 2012.
  24. Kimura, M., Matsui, Y., Oshiba, A., Ishikawa, T. B., Machida, K., kondo, K., Shirasaki, N. and Matsushita, T., Basicity-optimized polyaluminum chloride to minimize dissolved residual aluminum concentration, Proceedings of Particle Separation Conference, Berlin, Germany, 18–20 June 2012.
  25. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Tatsuki, Y. and Matsui, Y., A new approach to estimate norovirus removal performance in a membrane filtration process by using virus-like particles and immuno-PCR method, Proceedings of AWWA/AMTA 2012 Membrane Technology Conference & Exposition, Glendale, AZ, USA, 27 February–1 March 2012.
  26. Kimura, M., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T., Shirasaki, N. and Ishikawa, T. B., Coagulation by novel high-basicity poly-aluminum chloride effectively reduces ceramic membrane fouling and residual aluminum, Proceedings of AWWA/AMTA 2012 Membrane Technology Conference & Exposition, Glendale, AZ, USA, 27 February–1 March 2012.
  27. Kameya, T., Kondo, T., Kobayashi, T., Fujie, K., Takanashi, H. and Matsushita, T., An estimation about potential load of agricultural chemicals to water environment in japan, Proceedings of 10th Japan-China-Symposium on Water Environment, Shenzhen, China, 13–15 April 2012.
  28. Takanashi, H., Abiru, K., Tanaka, H., Kishida, M., Nakajima, T., Ohki, A., Kondo, T., Kameya, T. and Matsushita, T., Accurate mass analysis of chlorination by-products of fenitrothion, Proceedings of 10th Japan-China-Symposium on Water Environment, Shenzhen, China, 13–15 April 2012.
  29. Hirai, S., Yusa, K., Matsushita, T. and Matsui, Y., Degradation of 1,4-dioxane in drinking water treatment by using VUV/TiO2/H2O2 process with bromate control, Proceedings of the 4th IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2–6 October 2011.
  30. Kimura, M., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T., Shirasaki, N. and Ishikawa, T. B., Reducing ceramic membrane fouling and residual aluminum by precoagulation with high-basicity polyaluminum chloride, Proceedings of the 4th IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2–6 October 2011.
  31. Aki, T., Isaka, M., Matsushita, T. and Matsui, Y., Reductive decomposition of inorganic and organic chloramines with activated carbon, Proceedings of the 4th IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2–6 October 2011.
  32. Suzuki, H., Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T. and Matsui, Y., Virus removal by adsorption on super-powdered activated carbon, Proceedings of the 4th IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2–6 October 2011.
  33. Niizuma, S., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T. and Ohno, K., Evaluating allocation factors of drinking-water quality standard based on the risk and exposure assessment, Proceedings of the 4th IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2–6 October 2011.
  34. Matsui, Y., Taniguchi, T., Nakao, S., Matsushita, T. and Shirasaki, N., Comparison of 2-methylisoborneol adsorption capacities on super-powdered and powdered activated carbon, Proceedings of 9th IWA Symposium on Off-Flavours in the Aquatic Environment, Aberdeen, UK, 14–18 August 2011.
  35. Ando, N., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T. and Ohno, K., Direct observation and modeling of solid-phase macromolecules concentration profile in powdered activated carbon particle, Proceedings of 4th IWA Specialty Conference on Natural Organic Matter, Costa Mesa, CA, USA, 27–29 July 2011.
  36. Matsui, Y., Yoshida, T., Ando, N. and Matsushita, T., Comparison of natural organic matter adsorption capacities of super-powdered activated carbon and powdered activated carbon, Proceedings of 4th IWA Specialty Conference on Natural Organic Matter, Costa Mesa, CA, USA, 27–29 July 2011.
  37. Matsushita, T., Sakuma, H., Kobayashi, N., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Effect of chlorination on toxicities of iodinated X-ray contrast media solutions, Proceedings of IWA Micropol & Ecohazard 2011, Sydney, Australia, 11–13 July 2011.
  38. Matsushita, T., Shirasaki, N., Ohshiba, A., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Evaluating norovirus removal during drinking water treatment by using recombinant NV-VLPs, Proceedings of IWA World Water Congress, Montreal, Canada, 19–24 September 2010.
  39. Matsui, Y., Ando, N., Sasaki, H., Yoshida, T., Matsushita, T. and Ohno, K., Super-powdered activated carbon: optimizing adsorbent particle size for enhancing taste and odor removal, Proceedings of IWA World Water Congress, Montreal, Canada, 19–24 September 2010.
  40. Ando, N., Matsui, Y., Nakano, Y., Yoshida, T., Matsushita, T. and Ohno, K., Mechanism of natural organic matter adsorption on super-powdered activated carbon: observation of internal adsorbed-phase concentration distribution, Proceedings of IWA World Water Congress, Montreal, Canada, 19–24 September 2010.
  41. Tani K., Matsui Y., Kamata M., Iwao K., Ohno K., Matsushita, T., Runoff sensitivity analysis to prioritize pesticides for monitoring, Proceedings of 14th IWA international specialist conference on diffuse pollution: diffuse pollution and eutrophication, Château Mont Sainte-Anne, Canada, 12–17 September 2010.
  42. Kimura, M., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T., Ohno, K., Hasegawa, H. and Ishikawa, T., Novel polyaluminum coagulant to minimize dissolved residual aluminum concentration after coagulation and separation, Proceedings of Water and Environment Technology Conference 2010, Yokohama, Japan, 25–26 June 2010.
  43. Tani, K., Matsui, Y., Kamata, M., Iwao, K., Ohno, K. and Matsushita, T., Determining and verifying property-based pesticide scores for priority setting based on sensitivity analysis with runoff model, Proceedings of Water and Environment Technology Conference 2010, Yokohama, Japan, 25–26 June 2010.
  44. Matsushita, T., Water resources under global change: introduction of focus 2-2, Proceedings of International Symposium–Toward a Sustainable Low Carbon Society-Green New Deal and Global Change-, p. 209, Sapporo, Japan, 4–5 November 2009.
  45. Matsushita, T., Kobayashi, Y., Nakamura, K., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Effect of transmembrane pressure on geosmin release from cyanobacterial cell during microfiltration, Proceedings of The 3rd IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 18–22 October 2009.
  46. Urasaki, T., Matsushita, T., Shirasaki, N., Oshiba, A., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Removal of norovirus VLPs in drinking water treatment process, Proceedings of The 3rd IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 18–22 October 2009.
  47. Matsui, Y., Sasaki, H., Ando, N., Nakano, Y., Matsushita, T.. and Ohno, K., Geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol adsorption on super-powdered activated carbon in presence of natural organic matter, Proceedings of The 3rd IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 18–22 October 2009.
  48. Ishikawa, K., Ohno, K., Kurosawa, Y., Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T. and Magara, Y., Exposure assessment of toxic and essential metals via drinking water and total diet in Japan, Proceedings of The 3rd IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, 18–22 October 2009.
  49. Matsushita, T., Shirasaki, N., Oshiba, A., Urasaki, T., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Removal of norovirus by a coagulation-ceramic MF hybrid system, Proceedings of Euromembrane 2009 Conference, Montpellier, France, 6–10 September 2009.
  50. Matsushita, T., Shirasaki, N., Kobuke, M., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Effective removal of virus by ceramic microfiltration with in-line coagulation pretreatment, Proceedings of Euromembrane 2009 Conference, Montpellier, France, 6–10 September 2009.
  51. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Urasaki, T., Oshiba, A. and Ohno, K., Evaluation of norovirus removal performance in a coagulation–ceramic microfiltration process by using recombinant norovirus VLPs, Proceedings of 5th IWA Specialised Membnrae Technology Converence for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Beijing, China, 1–3 September 2009.
  52. Matsushita, T., Nakamura, K., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Experience in working on cyanobacteria in Japan: release of earthy-musty odor from cells during drinking water treatment, Proceedings of Singapore International Water Week Convention, Singapore, 23–25 June 2009 Invited lecture.
  53. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Oshiba, A., Urasaki, T. and Ohno, K., Application of recombinant norovirus VLPs to evaluate norovirus removal performance in a coagulation–sedimentation–rapid sand filtration process, Proceedings of Nanoparticle and Particle Separation 2009, Durham, USA, 3–5 June 2009.
  54. Matsushita, T., Shirasaki, N., Urasaki, T., Oshiba, A., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Removal of norovirus during conventional drinking water treatment process –application of recombinant NV-VLPs to laboratory-scale experiments, Proceedings of 15th International Symposium of the Health-Related Water Microbiology Group, Naxos, Greece, 31 May–5 June 2009.
  55. Matsui, Y., Sasaki, H., Ando, N., Murai, K., Ohno, K. and Matsushita, T., Branched-pore diffusion model analysis of geosmin adsorption on submicron-sized activated carbon, Proceedings of The 8th IWA Conference on Off-Flavours, Deajeon, Korea, 5–9 October 2008.
  56. Murai, K., Shiratori, Y., Ando, N., Matsui, Y., Ohno, K. and Matsushita, T., Removal of chlorinous odor compounds by submicron-sized powdered activated carbon, Proceedings of The 8th IWA Conference on Off-Flavours, Deajeon, Korea, 5–9 October 2008.
  57. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Taniwaki, S., Ikeba, K. and Matsui, Y., Mutagenic fate of insecticide fenitrothion in the environment—mutagenicity increases both by anaerobic biodegradation and photodegradation, Proceedings of IWA world water congress, Vienna, Austria, 7–12 September 2008.
  58. Ohno, K., Ozeki, T., Matsui, Y. and Matsushita, T., Change in chlorinated, brominated and iodinated disinfection byproducts by coexistent bromide and iodide ions in water, Proceedings of IWA world water congress, Vienna, Austria, 7–12 September 2008.
  59. Ando, N., Matsui, Y., Nakano, Y., Ou, H-H., Ohno, K. and Matsushita, T., NOM adsorption capacity on submicron activated carbon, Proceedings of 4th IWA Specialist Conference NOM2008, Bath, UK, 2–4 September 2008.
  60. Tani, K., Matsui, Y., Ohno, K. and Matsushita, T., Sensitivity analysis of factors affecting pesticide concentration in river water by use of a diffuse pollution hydrological model, Proceedings of IWA DIPCON 2008, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 25–29 August 2008.
  61. Matsui, Y., Hasegawa, H., Ohno, K., Matsushita, T., Aizawa, T. and Kawase, Y., Super-powederd activated carbon: benefits to ceramic membrane filtration, Proceedings of 2008 IWA North American Membrane Research Conference, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, 10–13 August 2008.
  62. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Kobuke, M., Urasaki, T. and Ohno, K., Coagulation–ceramic microfiltration hybrid system effectively removes virus that is difficult to remove in conventional coagulation–sedimentation–sand filtration process, Proceedings of ICOM2008, Honolulu, Hawaii USA, 12–18 July 2008
  63. Shirasaki, N., Kobuke, M., Urasaki, T., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., and Ohno, K., Difference in behaviors of two indicator bacteriophages for waterborne pathogenic viruses during drinking water treatment process, and their effective removals by using coagulation–ceramic microfiltration hybrid system, Proceedings of IWA regional conference–membrane technologies in water and waste water treatment, Moscow, Russia, 2–4 June 2008.
  64. Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T., Hasegawa, H., Mima, S. and Ohno, K., Super-powdered activated carbon pretreatment effectively reduces transmembrane pressure buildup, Proceedings of IWA regional conference–membrane technologies in water and waste water treatment, Moscow, Russia, 2–4 June 2008. Keynote Lecture
  65. Matsui, Y., Hasegawa, H., Ohno, K., Matsushita, T., Aizawa, T. and Kawase, Y., Combination of ceramic membrane and S-PAC to improve dissolved compound removal and filterability, Proceedings of 5th IWA Leading-Edge Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, 1–4 June 2008.
  66. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Matsui, Y., Photodegradation transforms amino-chlornitrofen into much stronger mutagens—mutagenic fate of amino-chlornitrofen, the toxic metabolite of herbicide chlornitrofen, in the environment, Proceedings of 2nd IWA–ASPIRE Asia-Pacific Regional Group Conference & Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 28 October–1 November 2007.
  67. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Sawaoka, D. and Ohno, K., Release of a musty odor compound from cyanobacteria during ceramic microfiltration and its effective remove by a combination of activated carbon adsorption, coagulation, and ceramic microfiltration, Proceedings of 2nd IWA–ASPIRE Asia-Pacific Regional Group Conference & Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 28 October–1 November 2007.
  68. Matsui, Y., Tsuchida, Y., Narita, K., Ohno, K. and Matsushita, T., Predicting pesticides concentrations in a large river basin by exponential smoothing and Monte-Carlo methods, Proceedings of 2nd IWA–ASPIRE Asia-Pacific Regional Group Conference & Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 28 October–1 November 2007.
  69. Ohno, K., Shiratori, Y., Minami, T., Matsui, Y. and Matsushita, T., Desorption and oxon formation of organophosphorus pesticides once adsorbed on activated carbon surface as a result of contact with chlorine, Proceedings of 2nd IWA–ASPIRE Asia-Pacific Regional Group Conference & Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 28 October–1 November 2007.
  70. Ohno, K., Matsui, Y., Kondo, Y., Kadota, E., Matsushita, T., Magara, Y., What factors affect treated water quality? A statistical analysis of drinking water treatment plants in Japan, Proceedings of 2nd IWA–ASPIRE Asia-Pacific Regional Group Conference & Exhibition, Perth, Australia, 28 October–1 November 2007.
  71. Matsui, Y., Ohno, K., Tsuchida, Y., Matsushita, T. and Narita, K., Creation of agricultural practice data sets by exponential smoothing and Monte Carlo methods for the prediction of pesticide concentrations in river water, Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Diffuse Pollution, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 26-31 August 2007, PAP0093 in CD-ROM.
  72. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Ohno, K. and Sawaoka, D., Simultaneous removal of cyanobacteria and a musty odor compound by a combination of activated carbon adsorption, coagulation, and ceramic microfiltration, Proceedings of IWA International Conference on Particle Separation (PS 2007), Toulouse, France, 9-12 July 2007.
  73. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Ohno, K., Effects of reversible and irreversible membrane fouling on virus removal by a coagulation–microfiltration system, Proceedings of IWA International Conference on Particle Separation (PS 2007), Toulouse, France, 9-12 July 2007. Keynote Lecture
  74. Matsui, Y., Murai, K., Sasaki, H., Ohno, K. and Matsushita, T., Submicron-sized activated carbon particles for the rapid removal of chlorinous and earthy-musty compounds, Proceedings of IWA International Conference on Particle Separation (PS 2007), Toulouse, France, 9-12 July 2007.
  75. Shirasaki, N., Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Ohno, K. and Kobuke, M., Virus removal in a hybrid coagulation–microfiltration system—Investigating mechanisms of virus removal by a combination of PCR and PFU methods, Proceedings of IWA 4th International Conference on Membranes for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Harrogate, UK, 14-17 May 2007.
  76. Matsushita, T., Virus removal by a coagulation–microfiltration hybrid system, Proceedings of International Symposium on Clean Process and Energy, 23-35, Daegu, Korea, 9-10 March 2007 Invited lecture.
  77. Matsushita, T., Le-Clech, P., Chen, V. and Wickramasinghe, S.R., Behavior of gold colloid as model viruses during filtration through adsorptive ion exchange membranes, Proceedings of Euromembrane 2006, Giardini Naxos-Taormina, Italy, 24-28 September 2006.
  78. Matsui, Y., Ozu, T., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Occurrence of a veterinary antibiotic in streams in a small catchment area with livestock farms, Proceedings of 10th International Specialized Conference on Diffuse Pollution and Sustainable Basin Management, Istanbul, Turkey, 18-22 September 2006.
  79. Matsui, Y., Narita, K., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Precise data sets on farming and pesticide properties verify a diffuse pollution hydrological model for predicting pesticide concentration, Proceedings of 10th International Specialized Conference on Diffuse Pollution and Sustainable Basin Management, Istanbul, Turkey, 18-22 September 2006.
  80. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Matsui, Y., Identification of mutagenic compounds produced during photodegradation of fenitrothion, Proceedings of IWA 5th World Water Congress, 69, Beijing, China, 10-14 September 2006..
  81. Matsui, Y., Yamagishi, T., Inoue, T., and Matsushita, T., Characteristics of suspended particles in distribution pipes, Proceedings of IWA 5th World Water Congress, Beijing, China, 154, 10-14 September 2006.
  82. Matsui, Y., Narita, K., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Screening level analysis for monitoring pesticide in river water using a hydrological diffuse pollution model with limited input data, 10th International Specialised Conference on Watershed and Riverbasin Management, Calgary, Canada, 13-15 September 2005.
  83. Inoue, T., Matsushita, T., Yamada, T. and Matsui, Y., Changes in pH and major ionic species in a mountainous stream during rain events, Acid Rain 2005, 7th International Conference on Acid Deposition, Prague, Czech Republic, 12-17 June 2005.
  84. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Matsui, Y., Determining main indicators of mutagenicity in the environment induced by derivatives of herbicide chlornitrofen using mutagenic assay in conjunction with instrumental analysis, Proceedings of 1st IWA-ASPIRE Conference, Singapore, 11-14 July 2005.
  85. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Shirasaki, N., Analyzing mass balance of viruses in a coagulation-ceramic microfiltration hybrid system by a combination of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method and the plaque forming units (PFU) method, Proceedings of IWA International Conference on Particle Separation, Seoul, Korea, 487-494, 1-3 June 2005.
  86. Matsui, Y., Sanogawa, T., Aoki, N., Mima, S. and Matsushita, T., Evaluating submicron-sized activated carbon adsorption for microfiltration pretreatment, Proceedings of IWA International Conference on Particle Separation, Seoul, Korea, 553-560, 1-3 June 2005.
  87. Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T., Sanogawa, T., Shirasaki, N., Aoki, N. and Mima, S., Enhanced removal performances of ceramic MF by submicron PAC adsorption and PACl coagulation pretreatments, Proceedings of AWWA Membrane Technology Conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 6-9 March 2005.
  88. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Shirasaki, N. and Kato, Y., Effect of membrane pore size, coagulation time, and coagulant dose on virus removal by a coagulation-ceramic microfiltration hybrid system, Proceedings of EDS 6th International Conference on Membranes in Drinking and Industrial Water Production, L'aquila, Italy, 15-17 November 2004. Keynote Lecture
  89. Matsui, Y., Murase, R., Sanogawa, T., Aoki, N., Mima, S., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Rapid adsorption pretreatment with submicron powdered activated carbon particles before microfiltration, Proceedings of IWA International Conference on Water Environment Membrane Technology, Seoul, Korea, 7-10 June 2004.
  90. Matsui, Y., Fukuda, Y., Murase, R., Aoki, N., Mima, S., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Ceramic MF with submicron-sized activated carbon adsorption and coagulation pretreatments for rapid and effective NOM removal, Proceedings of IWA 2nd Leading-Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Treatment Technologies, Prague, Czech Republic, 1-4 June 2004. download
  91. Matsui, Y., Fukuda, Y., Inoue, T., Matsushita, T., Aoki, N. and Mima, S., Enhancing adsorption-membrane hybrid system with microground activated carbon, Proceedings of IWA 4th World Water Congress, Marrakech, Morocco, 19-24 September 2004.
  92. Matsui, Y., Murase, R., Sanogawa, T., Aoki, N., Mima, S., Inoue, T. and Matsushita, T., Micro-ground powdered activate carbon for effective removal of natural organic matter during water treatment, Proceedings of IWA 3rd International Conference on Natural Organic Material Research: Innovations and Applications for Drinking Water, Victor Harbor, Australia, 2-5 March 2004.
  93. Inoue, T., Matsui, Y., Terada, Y., Baba, K. and Matsushita, T., Characterization of microparticles in raw, treated, and distributed waters by means of elemental and particle size analyses, Proceedings of IWA 2nd International Specialised Conference on Nano and Micro Particles in Water and Wastewater Treatment, Zurich, Switzerland, 22-24 September 2003.
  94. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y. and Inoue, T., Irreversible and reversible adhesions between virus particles and hydrolyzing-precipitating aluminum: a function of coagulation, Proceedings of IWA 2nd International Specialised Conference on Nano and Micro Particles in Water and Wastewater Treatment, Zurich, Switzerland, 22-24 September 2003.
  95. Inoue, T., Ebise., S., Matsui, Y. and Matsushita, T., Estimation of organic pollutant and nutrient loadings in a rural river, Proceedings of IWA 7th International Conference on Diffuse Pollution & Basin Management, Dublin, Ireland, 5, 19-22, 17-22 August 2003. download
  96. Matsui, Y., Inoue, T., Matsushita, T., Yamada, T., Yamamoto, M. and Sumigama, Y., Effect of uncertainties of agricultural working schedule and Monte-Carlo evaluation of the model input in basin-scale runoff model analysis of herbicides, Proceedings of IWA 7th International Conference on Diffuse Pollution & Basin Management, Dublin, Ireland, 10, 66-73, 17-22 August 2003. download
  97. Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T., Inoue, T., Yamamoto, M., Hayashi, Y., Yonekawa, H. and Tsutsumi, Y., Virus removal by ceramic membrane microfiltration with coagulation pretreatment, Proceedings of IWA 3rd International conference on Membranes in Drinking and Industrial Water Production, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, 22-26 September 2002.
  98. Matsui, Y., Itoshiro, S., Buma, M., Hosogoe, K., Yuasa, A., Shinoda, S., Matsushita, T., Inoue, T., Predicting pesticide concentrations in river water by hydrologically calibrated basin-scale runoff model, Proceedings of IWA International Conference: Diffuse/Nonpoint Pollution and Watershed Managemen, 2, Session 16, Milwaukee, USA, 2002.
  99. Matsushita, T., Matsui, Y., Sakuma, S. and Inoue, T., Evaluating contribution of CNP-metabolites to mutagenicity during biodegradation, Proceedings of IWA 3rd World Water Congress in CD-ROM, Melbourne, Australia, 7-12 April 2002.
  100. Matsui, Y., Matsushita, T., Imai, Y., Sakuma, S., and Inoue, T., Virucidal activity of coagulant PACl and alum, Proceedings of IWA 2nd World Water Congress in CD-ROM, Berlin, Germany, 15-19 October 2001.
  101. Matsushita, T., Sakuma, S., Nakamuro, K. and Matsui, Y., Mutagenicity assay on anaerobic CNP-metabolites using Salmonella typhimurium YG1041 and YG1042, Proceedings II of IWA 1st Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Fukuoka, Japan, 253-258, 12-15 September 2001.
  102. Matsui, Y., Itoshiro, S., Buma, M., Matsushita, T., Hosogoe, K., Yuasa, A., Shinoda, S. and Inoue, T., Predicting pesticide concentrations in river water by hydrologically calibrated basin-scale runoff model, Proceedings of IWA 5th International Conference on Diffuse Pollution, Milwaukee, USA, 10-15 June 2001.
  103. Sumitomo, H., Matsushita, T. and Nakamichi, H., Aerobic biodegradation of herbicide CNP (additional study for simazine), Proceedings of IWSA-ASPAC Specialized Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 185-190, 4-6 June 1996.

Academic association membership

  1. Japan Society on Water Environment
  2. Japan Society of Civil Engineers
  3. Bioassay Research Society
  4. Hokkaido University Sanitary Engineering Society
  5. The Association of Environmental & Sanitary Engineering Research, Kyoto University
  6. Japan Association of Environmental Engineering Professors

Extra-academic committee membership

  1. Japan Society on Water Environment Annual Meeting/Symposium examination committee member (2009–2012)
  2. Japan Society on Water Environment Hokkaido Branch Secretary-General (2009–2011)
  3. Japan Society on Water Environment JWET Sub-committee Secretary (2009–2013)
  4. Japan Society of Civil Engineers Environmental Engineering Committee, member of sub-committee for water environment management taking into account global warming (2008–2010)
  5. Japan Society of Civil Engineers Special Committee on Action Plans against Global Warming, Adaption Plan Sub-committee member (2008)
  6. Japan Society on Water Environment Hokkaido Branch Secretary (2007–2013)
  7. Japan Society of Civil Engineers Environmental Engineering Committee member and secretary (2007–2008)
  8. Japan Association of Environmental Engineering Professors Hokkaido Branch Secretary (2006–2009)
  9. Japan Society on Water Environment Safety Evaluation through Bioassay Research Committee Secretary (2006–2013)