This book describes environmental remediation technologies to remove pollutants from the environment and the environmental materials used for remediation. The focus is on the functional design of environmental materials, especially to create materials for coping with a variety of pollutants in different concentrations and conditions. The authors present research highlights from their work in this area and aim to inspire the development of new concepts in environmental remediation. This work is a must-read for practitioners who are exploring restoration technologies and materials for solving environmental pollution as well as researchers and graduate students studying environmental remediation. A number of Asian researchers who have been engaged in these studies are among the authors, and this book will contribute to solving pollution problems in Asia as well as the rest of the world.
Author Biography:
Shunitz Tanaka received Ph.D(Science) from Hokkaido University in 1987. His research interests include analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry and remediation technology. He is currently a chief director at Hokkaido Environmental Science and Technology Center. He is the author of book titled “Analysis of Water(Version 5))” and “Science and Technology for Environmental Remediation”. He published 204 articles, contributed to 21 book chapters and 24 reviews. He published articles in internationally renowned journals such as Analytical Chemistry and Environmental Science and Technology. He won an award for distinguished service in the Japan Society of Analytical Chemistry(JSAC) and an award of Hokkaido Analytical Chemistry of Hokkaido branch of JSAC. He has 37 years in teaching experiences at Faculty of Science and Graduate School of Environmental Science of Hokkaido University.
Masaaki Kurasaki receivedreceived his Ph.D (Environmental Science) from Hokkaido University in 1993. His research interests include environmental toxicology, cell biology, biochemistry and remediation technology. He is currently Associate Professor at Faculty of Environmental Earth Sience, Hokkaido University. He is an author of book titled “Prospect 21st Century People and Environment”, “Basic biochemistry experiments” and “The forefront of photoaging chemistry”. He published 156 articles, contributed to 25 books and 8 reviews. He published articles in internationally renowned journals such as Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Nature.He has 34 years in teaching experiences at Graduate School of Environmental Science of Hokkaido University.
Masaaki Morikawa has been appointed a Professor of Environmental Molecular Biology, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University since May 2004. He has been studied mainly in thefield of environmental microbiology, including thermophiles, psychrophiles, and hydrocarbon degrading bacteria. He also studies about the structure-function relationships of enzymes and biosurfactant molecules. His new research interest is in beneficial plant-microbe interactions, exploring new environmental biotechnology. He published more than one hundred and forty articles including internationally renowned Journal such as Environ. Sci. Technol., Chemosphere, and Microbial Biotechnol. A number of his achievements has been recognized by Best Paper Award of Journal Bioscience and Bioengineering (1992, 1993, 1998), The Takeda Techno-Entrepreneurship Award 2001 (2001), Fermentation and Metabolisms Research Award (2003), The Amano Research Promoted Award on Enzyme Application (2007), and JSBBA Innovative Research Program Award (2011). He is a vice-president of Japan Society for Environmental Biotechnology.
Yuichi Kamiya received his Ph.D(Eng.) from Nagoya University in 2003. His research interests include catalytic chemistry and engineering for water purification and design of heterogeneous catalysts based on ordered assembly of well-defined metal and metal oxide clusters. He is currently a professor at Hokkaido University. He published 105 articles, 3 reviews, and 2 book chapters. He published articles in internationally renowned journals such as Journal of Catalysis, ACS Catalysis, Chemical Communications, and Water Researches. He won The Japan Petroleum Institute Award for Encouragement of Research and Development. He has 17 years in teaching experience at Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University.
