Professor

• Satoshi Okabe

Associate Professor

• Mamoru Oshiki

• Masaaki Kitajima

Assistant Professor

Post-Doc

• Koffi Ndah Joel

Ph.D. students

• Ryosuke Matsuo

Master students

• Xi Lan

• Chisato Arakawa

• Rie Ichihara

• Emi Morimoto

• Hiroki Ando

• Baku Tsukada

• Kosuke Higuchi

• Erika Matsumoto

• Yuya Itoiri

Undergraduate students

• Yusuke Sakai

• Keishi Nukada

• Daiki Goto

• Tatsuki Honda

• Yuya Kimura

• Tomoko SEKIGUCHI

Research student

• Shi Zhouqi

• Sun Huixin

Former staff

• Daisuke Sano

• Manami Inaba

• Muhammad Ali

• Satoshi Ishii

• Mamoru Oshiki

• Yosuke Tashiro

• Takayuki Miura

• Toshikazu Fukushima

• May Thithiwat

NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION (Since July 1st, 2013)

Sep. 2007
Ph. D. Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Mar. 2003
M. Sc. Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Mar. 2001
Graduated from University of Tsukuba, Department of Agro-Biological Resource Sciences, Japan

- Environmental microbiology
- Water environment engineering
- Ecotoxicology

Since Oct. 2011	Postdoctoral fellow (CREST), Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan
Dec. 2009 ‐Oct. 2011	Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
Dec. 2008 ‐Dec. 2009	Research Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
Feb. 2008 ‐Sep. 2008	Visiting Academic, The University of Queensland, Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), Australia.
Apr. 2007 ‐Dec. 2008	Postdoctral Research Fellow, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan
Nov. 2005 ‐Dec. 2005	Visiting Scientist, Durban Institute of Technology, South Africa.
Apr. 2003 ‐Sep. 2004	Researcher, SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., Ltd. Environmental Science Group, Environmental Health Science Laboratory, Japan.

1. Linking TFT-LCD wastewater treatment performance to microbial population abundance of Hyphomicrobium and Thiobacillus spp.
   Fukushima, T., Whang, L. M., Chen, P. C., Putri, D. W., Chang, M. Y. Wu, Y. J., and Lee, Y. C.
   Bioresource Technology, in press.
2. Impact of food to microorganism (F/M) ratio and colloidal chemical oxygen demand on nitrification performance of a full-scale membrane bioreactor treating thin film transistor liquid crystal display wastewater
   Wu, Y. J., Whang, L. M., Chang, M. Y., Fukushima, T., Lee, Y. C., Cheng, S. S., Hsu, S. F., Chang, C. H., Shen, W., Yang, C. Y., Fu, R., and Tsai, T. Y.
   Bioresource Technology, in press.
3. Responses of ammonia-oxidizing archaeal and betaproteobacterial populations to wastewater salinity in a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant
   Wu, Y. J., Whang, L. M., Fukushima, T., and Chang, S. H.
   Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, in press.
4. Nitrifying bacterial community structures and their nitrification performance under sufficient and limited inorganic carbon conditions
   Fukushima, T., Whang, L. M., Chiang, T. Y., Lin, Y. H., Chevalier L. R., Chen, M. C., and Wu, Y. J.
   Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, in press.
5. Nitrification performance and microbial ecology of nitrifying bacteria in a full-scale membrane bioreactor treating TFT-LCD wastewater
   Whang, L. M., Wu, Y. J., Lee, Y. C., Chen, H. W., Fukushima, T., Chang, M. Y., Cheng, S. S., Hsu, S. F., Chang, C. H., Shen, W., Huang, C. K., Fu, R., and Chang, B.
   Bioresource Technology, 2012, 122, 70-77.
6. The influence of salinity and ammonium levels on amoA mRNA expression of ammonia oxidizing prokaryotes
   Fukushima, T., Wu, Y. J., and Whang, L. M.
   Water Science and Technology, 2012, 65(12), 2228-2235.
7. Effect of supplementary carbon addition in the treatment of low C/N high-technology industrial wastewater by MBR
   Kumar, M., Lee, P. Y., Fukushima, T., Whang, L. M., and Lin, J. G.
   Bioresource Technology, 2012, 113, 148-153.
8. Evidence of compositional differences between the extracellular and intracellular DNA of a granular sludge biofilm
   Cheng, M., Cook, A. E., Fukushima, T., and Bond, P. L.
   Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2011, 53(1), 1-7.
9. Effect of pH reduction on polyphosphate- and glycogen-accumulating organisms in enhanced biological phosphorus removal processes
   Fukushima, T., Onuki, M., Satoh, H., and Mino, T.
   Water Science and Technology, 2010, 62 (6), 1432-143.
10. Evidence for bacteriophage activity causing community and performance changes in a phosphorus removal activated sludge
    Barr, J. J., Frances, S., Fukushima, T., and Bond, P. L.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2010, 74, 631-642.
11. Potential for growth of Candidatus ‘Accumulibacter phosphatis’ in an aerobic shaking culture
    Fukushima, T., Yano, M., Onuki, M., Satoh, H., and Mino, T.
    Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 2010, 8 (2), 77-83.
12. Abundance of Candidatus 'Accumulibacter phosphatis' in enhanced biological phosphorus removal activated sludge acclimatized with different carbon sources
    Fukushima, T., Uda, N., Okamoto, M., Onuki, M., Satoh, H., and Mino, T.
    Microbes and Environments, 2007, 22, 346-354.
13. Development of the quantitative PCR method for Candidatus 'Accumulibacter phosphatis' and its application to activated sludge
    Fukushima, T., Uda, N., Onuki, M., Satoh, H., and Mino, T.
    Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 2007, 5(1), 37-43.

1. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Technology
   Fukushima, T., and Bond, P. L.
   In Microbial Ecology of Activated sludge, edited by Seviour R., and Nielsen P. H.
   IWA publishing, London, UK, 2011.
2. Clone Library Generation
   Barr, J. J., Cook, A. E., Fukushima, T., and Bond, P. L.
   In Microbial Ecology of Activated sludge, edited by Seviour R., and Nielsen P. H.
   IWA publishing, London, UK, 2011.

1. Toxicity assessment of chlorinated treated wastewater by using toxicogenomics approach
   Fukushima, T., Miyoshi, T., Kimura, K., Watanabe, Y., and Okabe, S.
   The 16th International Symposium on Toxicity Assessment, Cape Town, South Africa (Feb. 21-26, 2013)
2. The influence of salinity and ammonium levels on amoA mRNA expression of ammonia oxidizing prokaryotes
   Fukushima, T., Wu, Y. J., and Whang, L. M.
   The 4th IWA - ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan (Oct. 2-6, 2011).
3. Nitrification performance and microbial ecology of nitrifying bacteria in full-scale TFT-LCD wastewater treatment plants
   Whang, L. M., Lee, Y. C., Chen, H. W., Fukushima, T., Chang, S. H., Cheng, S. S., Hsu, S. F., Shen, W., Huang, C. K., Chang, B., Fu, R., and Hsu, R.
   The 4th IWA - ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan (Oct. 2-6, 2011).
4. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea/bacteria community structures and competition in two bioreactors with different salinity
   Wu, Y. J., Whang, L. M., Fukushima, T., Yao, C. Y., Chang, C. C., and Chang, S. H.
   13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Seattle, USA (Aug. 22-27, 2010).
5. Effect of inorganic carbon on nitrifying community structures
   Lin, Y. H., Whang, L. M., Chiang, T. Y., Wu, Y. J., Fukushima, T., and Chang, S. S.
   13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Seattle, USA (Aug. 22-27, 2010).
6. Characteristics of ammonia oxidizers acclimatized under different salinity conditions
   Fukushima, T., Wu, Y. J., Liang, C. J., Liu, F. L., and Whang, L. M.
   13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Seattle, USA (Aug. 22-27, 2010).
7. Introducing a computer program for selecting restriction enzymes for terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism based on phylogenetic distance
   Chang, S. H., Mei, K. J., Fukushima, T., Wu, Y. J., Lee, R. S., and Whang, L. M.
   13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Seattle, USA (Aug. 22-27, 2010).
8. Community proteomics highlights extra-cellular differences between granular and floccular sludge
   Barr, J. J, Fukushima, T., Hasite, M., Plan, M., Gorman, J., Bond., P. L.
   13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Seattle, USA (Aug. 22-27, 2010).
9. Cluster-oriented strategy for T-RFLP enzyme selection: a case study on archaeal amoA gene from wastewater treatment plant
   Chang, S. H., Wu, N. Y., Wu, Y. J., Fukushima, T., Tseng, I. C., and Whang, L. M.
   The 2nd IWA Asia-Pacific Region Young Water Professionals Conference. Beijing, China (Nov. 4-6, 2009).
10. Effect of pH reduction on polyphosphate and glycogen accumulating organisms in enhanced biological phosphorus removal processes
    Fukushima, T., Onuki, M., Satoh, H., and Mino T.
    The 2nd IWA Asia-Pacific Region Young Water Professionals Conference. Beijing, China (Nov. 4-6, 2009).
11. Effects of inorganic carbon on ammonia oxidizing bacteria community structures and their nitrification performance
    Chiang, T. Y., Whang, L. M., Lin, Y. H., Wu, Y. J., and Fukushima, T.
    The 3rd IWA - ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition. Taipei, Taiwan (Oct. 18-22, 2009).
12. Aerobic growth of Candidatus 'Accumulibacter phosphatis' observed by using the real-time quantitative PCR method
    Fukushima, T., Yano, M., Onuki, M., Satoh, H., and Mino, T.
    The 3rd IWA - ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition. Taipei, Taiwan (Oct. 18-22, 2009).
13. Effect of salinity change on ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant
    Wu, Y. J., Whang, L. M., Fukushima, T., Liang, C. J., and Liu, F. L.
    Young Water Talents Symposium. Singapore (Jun. 22, 2009).
14. Investigations of Accumulibacter‐specific bacteriophage attack on different granule types occurring in an aerobic granular sludge operating for phosphorus removal
    Barr J. J., Fukushima, T., Cook, A. E., and Bond, P. L.
    5th IWA Activated Sludge Population Dynamics Specialist Conference. Aalborg, Denmark (May. 24-27, 2009).
15. A transcriptomic and proteomic investigation: the changes in gene expression between a floccular and granular EBPR sludge system
    Cook, A. E., Barr, J. J., Fukushima, T., McMahon, T., and Bond, P. L.
    5th IWA Activated Sludge Population Dynamics Specialist Conference. Aalborg, Denmark (May. 24-27, 2009).
16. Dissolved organic matter in the sewage effluent of SBR: the impact of pH value
    Guo, J., Wang, S. Y., Satoh, H., Fukushima, T., and Peng, Y. Z.
    The IWA 2008 World Water Congress and Exhibition. Vienna, Austria (Sep. 7-12, 2008).
17. Investigations of different granule types occuring in an aerobic granular sludge operating for phosphorus removal
    Barr, J. J, Fukushima, T., Cook A., Mabbett, A., and Bond., P. L.
    12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Cairns, Australia(Aug. 17-22, 2008).
18. Development of real time quantitative reverse transcription PCR for Candidatus 'Accumulibacter phosphatis' and its application to activated sludge
    Fukushima, T., Onuki, M., Satoh, H., and Mino, T.
    12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Cairns, Australia(Aug. 17-22, 2008).
19. Development of quantitative PCR method for the quantification of Candidatus 'Accumulibacter phosphatis' in activated sludge
    Fukushima, T., Onuki, M., Satoh, H., and Mino, T.
    11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Vienna, Austria (Aug. 20-25, 2006).
20. Investigation of novel bacteria belonging to class Actinobacteria, responsible for enhanced biological phosphate removal process
    Fukushima, T., Onuki, M., Okamoto, M., Satoh, H., and Mino, T.
    4th IWA Activated Sludge Population Dynamics Specialist Conference. Gold Coast, Australia (Jul. 17-20, 2005).

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