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Curriculum Vitae of

NORIO NAGAO

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Family Name: Nagao

Forename: Norio

Date of Birth: October 9, 1973

Nationality: Japan

Place of birth: Kyoto, Japan

Marital status: Married with 2 children.

Language: Japanese (Spoken/Written)

Proficiency: English (Spoken/Written)

Work Address: Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology

Institute of Bioscience

Universiti Putra Malaysia

43300 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

Tel: +60-(0)3-8947-2141 /Fax: +60-(0)3-8947-2191

E-mail: [email protected]

Home Address: A1-11-4, Vista Komanwel A1, Bukit Jalil 57000, Kuala Lumpur

Tel : 016-6644950 (mobile)


GENERAL OBJECTIVES

1. Contribute to the development of environmental cooperative research with

industries and universities to promote a recycling-oriented society.

2. Contribute to the education for promoting creativity, independence and

cooperativeness, by means of environmental technological sciences.

3. Contribute to the future development of a Environmental Science and Technology

department that encompasses environmental resources, waste management,

wastewater technology, water purification technology, agricultural science and

environmental management.


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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010-Current Title: Senior Research Fellow, laboratory of Marine Biotechnology,

Institute of Bioscience (IBS), Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

Subject: Environmental Science and Technology, Applied Microbiology,

Biotechnology, Wastewater treatment, Bioresource production

Duties: Responsibilities for funding and planning research projects for

undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. course students on the

international cooperative research between UPM and SOKA

university (see supervised students). Long term planning for

joint collaborate research initiatives, policy planning, and

technology patent registration. Planning and advising for

experiments involving several research projects from

government agencies in Japan.

2007-2010 Title: Chief Scientist, Center for Cooperative Research and

Development of Environmental Technology (CRET),

Department of Environmental Engineering for Symbiosis,

Faculty of Engineering, Soka University

Subject: Environmental Science and Technology, Applied Microbiology,

Biotechnology

Duties: Responsibilities for special seminars and teaching courses on

the environmental technology of composting technology, waste

water treatment and methane fermentation. Responsibilities

also include funding and planning research projects for

undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. course students (see

supervised students). Long term planning for joint collaborate

research initiatives, policy planning, and technology patent

registration. Planning and advising for experiments involving

four research projects from government agencies (see research

activities).

2006- 2010 Title: Technical Consultant and Environmental Manager, Department

of Environmental Management, Ohmura Co., Ltd.

Subject: Composting technology of food waste, environmental

management system

Duties: Responsibilities include planning of constriction, management

and advising of food waste composting plant on the scale of 2


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ton/day. Responsibilities also include planning and

consulting for getting permission of ISO14001. Developing

the environmental governing standards in the company.

1998-2006 Title: Chief Engineer, Department of R&D, Seawell Co., Ltd.

Subject: Research and development of new environmental technology

Duties: Developed high efficiency organic waste disposal equipment

by using fed-batch composting technology in

industry-university cooperation. Registered patents for new

organic waste treatment system. Installed and operated the

biological waste and wastewater treatment plant which

developed in cooperative research with Soka university.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

2006-2008 Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (March 2008)

Dissertation: The Study of Fed-batch Composting Process for Organic

Solid Waste Treatment

Subject: Environmental Engineering

Institution: Graduate School of Engineering, Soka University, Japan

1997-1998 Degree: Master of Engineering (March 1998)

Thesis: Study on Egg Production Rate of Calanoid Copepod

Acartia steueri in Sagami Bay: Diel Rhythm and

Individual Variability

Subject: Biological Oceanography

Institution: Graduate School of Engineering, Soka University, Japan

1992-1996 Degree: Bachelor of Engineering (March 1996)

Thesis: Seasonal Variation of Zooplankton Biomass in Sagami

Bay, Japan

Subject: Biological Oceanography

Institution: Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering,

Soka University, Japan


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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

1. Formation of Center of Excellence for Private University, Ministry of Education, Culture,

Sports, Science and Technology (2009-Current)

1) Project Title: Center of excellence for biomass utilization by biological and

thermo-chemical technology towards low carbon society

(Collaborative investigator)

2) Funding agency: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and

Technology

3) Budget: 1,000,000 US$

4) Project purpose: To promote a recycling and low carbon society based on the

technology combined use of biological and thermo-chemical

technology

2. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research about establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society,

Ministry of the Environment (2008-Current)

1) Project Title: A new saline organic waste treatment technology with

low-cost and environmental load by developing

multifunctional reactors in methane fermentation process


2) Funding agency: Ministry of the Environment

3) Budget: 600,000 US$

4) Project purpose: To develop a multifunctional methane fermentation process

for low cost treatment of saline seaweed and biofouling

biomass such as blue mussels from power plant.

3. University-Industry Joint Research Project for Private Universities, Ministry of Education,

Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2004-2008)

1) Project Title: A new high-energy recovering system of aerobic and

anaerobic digestion for organic waste treatment.


2) Funding agency: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and

Technology

3) Budget: 3,000,000 US$

4) Project purpose: To design a new system to recover the biogas from organic

materials such as wastewater, food waste, effectively.

To reduce the generation of secondary production.

4. University-Industry Consortium on Environmental Science and Technology, Ministry of

Economy, Trade and Industry (2002-2003)

1) Project Title: A novel hybrid system of solid state fermentation and

submerged fermentation with recycle for organic solid waste

treatment. (Collaborative investigator)

2) Funding agency: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

3) Budget: 500,000 US$

4) Project purpose: To develop the circulation system of food waste composting

and activated process for minimizing of the secondary product

such as excess sludge and compost.


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SUPERVISED STUDENTS

PhD Candidates (Name and Research Title)

1. Ms. Minako Kawai, The wastewater treatment and production of algal biomass in a

high-rate algal pond treatment (2012).

2. Mr. Koichi Izumi, The effect of particle size of micro-algae biomass in an anaerobic

digestion process (2012).

Master’s Candidates (Name and Research Title)

1. Ms. Yuki Imaizumi, The study for growth characteristics of Chlorella zofingiensis

under ultra high-cell density condition (2011).

2. Mr. Shinichi Akizuki, Continuous aerobic-anaerobic treatment of blue mussels in a

multifunctional reactor (2011).

3. Mr. Yuichi Ezawa, Study of continuous non-dilution anaerobic digestion in a

two-stage reactor treating food waste (2011).

4. Ms. Miki Takada, Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Cost of anaerobic and

aerobic biological treatment process for organic waste treatment.

5. Ms. Minako Kawai, Annual Variation of Chemical Properties and Degradability by

Anaerobic Digestion of Landfill Leachate at Benowo in Surabaya, Indonesia

(2010).

6. Mr. Nobuaki Tajima, A high cell density anaerobic digestion for food waste treatment

in batch and continuous operation (2010).

7. Mr. Koji komemoto, Temperature optimization in anaerobic solubilization of food

waste and methane fermentation by upflow anaerobic sludge blanket

method (2009).

8. Ms. Kazuyo Fukushima, Life Cycle Assessment of anaerobic and aerobic biological

treatment process for organic waste treatment (2009).

9. Mr. Koichi Izumi, Study on methanisation to seaweed biomass under anaerobic

digestion (2007).

10. Ms. Lim Yong Giak, Solubilization and methanogenesis in mesophilic anaerobic

digestion of blue mussels (2007).

11. Mr. Shinichiro Osa, Study on optimization of solid state fermentation of hybrid

recycling system (2005).


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Undergraduate Students (Name and Research Title)

1. Ms. Yuki Imaizumi, The study for Growth characteristics of Chlorella zofingiensis

under high-cell density (2010).

2. Mr. Yumeto Yamada, The pretreatment of microalgae by beads-milling and the effect

seed sludge concentration in an anaerobic digestion of algae biomass

(2010).

3. Mr. Koichi Miyakawa, The effect of HRT and SRT in fed batch anaerobic digestion

treating food waste (2010).

4. Mr. Shinichi Akizuki, The effect on nitrate concentration by concurrent processes of

methane fermentation and denitrification in blue mussel (2010).

5. Mr. Yuichi Ezawa, Granulation of flocculent sludge in UASB reactor using food

waste leachate (2009).

6. Ms. Yoko Anaguchi, The algal wastewater treatment by Chlorella zofingiensis (2009).

7. Mr. Nobuaki Tajima, The effect of seed sludge concentration in an aerobic digestion

of food waste (2008).

8. Ms. Minako Kawai, Chemical quality and quantity of landfill leachates in Surabaya

city, Indonesia (2008).

9. Mr. Koji Komemoto, The effect of temperature on the anaerobic hydrolysis and

acidogenesis of food waste (2006).

10. Mr. Shinichiro Osa, The optimization of solid state fermentation of hybrid recycling

system (2003).

TEACHING PROFICIENCY

Fundamental Science

1. Biology

Biology for freshmen, sophomores and juniors. This class includes the fundamentals

of life chemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, evolutionary biology, biodiversity,

botany and ecology.

2. Chemistry in Perspective

Chemistry for freshmen and sophomore. This class including fundamentals elements

and compounds, molecules and energy, organic chemicals, inorganic chemicals,

biochemistry, chemistry and health, etc.

Specialized Courses

1. Wastewater Treatment

Wastewater treatment including fundamentals of chemical and biological process,

aerobic and anaerobic suspended growth biological treatment process, advanced

wastewater treatment, issues related to treatment-plant performance, water reuse, etc.


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2. Water Science and Technology

Environmental science relating to water system and aquatic ecology. This class

including wind and ocean circulation, microbiological process, primary production and

degradation in the water ecosystem, water pollution, organic and inorganic chemistry in

the water, the chemistry of solid waste and wastewater etc.

3. Environmental Chemistry

Environmental chemistry relating to Earth atmosphere, aquatic systems and the

terrestrial environments including stratospheric chemistry, smog, precipitation, aerosols,

gases and organic matter in water, chemistry of colloids and surfaces, micro biological

process, etc.


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PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1. Nagao, N. *, T. Toda, K. Takahashi, K. Hamasaki, T. Kikuchi and S. Taguchi, 2001. High

ash contents in net-plankton samples from shallow coastal water: possible source of error

in dry weight measurement as zooplankton biomass.

-Journal of Oceanography, 57:105-107 (ISI-cited publication, IF=1.434).

2. Kazutaka Takahashi*, Norio Nagao, Satoru Taguchi, (2002). Respiration of adult

female Calanus hyperboreus (Copepoda) during spring in the North Water Polynya. Polar

bioscience 45-51 (ISI-cited publication, IF=0.707).

3. Nagao, N., T. Matsuyama, H. Yamamoto and T. Toda, 2003.

A novel hybrid system of solid state and submerged fermentation with recycle for organic

solid waste treatment.

-Process Biochemistry, 39:37-43 (ISI-cited publication, IF=3.344).

4. Nagao, N., S. Osa, T. Matsuyama, I. Namiki, H. Yamamoto and T. Toda, 2005.

Optimization of washing rate in a hybrid recycling system of solid state and submerged

fermentation.

-Process Biochemistry, 40: 3321-3326 (ISI-cited publication, IF=3.344).

5. Watanabe, K., N. Nagao, S. Yamamoto, T. Toda and N. Kurosawa, 2007.

Thermobacillus composti sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from

composting reactor.

-International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 57: 1473-1477

(ISI-cited publication, IF=2.488).

6. Lim, Y. G., C. Niwa, N. Nagao and T. Toda, 2008.

Solubilization and methanogenesis of blue mussels in saline mesophilic anaerobic

biodegradation.

-International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 61:251-260 (ISI-cited publication,

IF=2.074).

7. Nagao, N., K. Watanabe, S. Osa, T. Matsuyama, N. Kurosawa and T. Toda, 2008.

Bacterial community and decomposition rate in long term fed-batch composting using

woodchip and Polyethylene therephthalate (PET) as bulking agents.

-World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 24: 1417-1424 (ISI-cited publication,

IF=1.532).

8. Watanabe, K., N. Nagao, T. Toda and N. Kurosawa, 2008.

Changes in bacterial community accompanied by aggregation in a fed-batch composting

reactor.

-Current Microbiology, 56:458-467 (ISI-cited publication, IF=1.440).


The dominant bacteria shifted from the order Lactobacillales to Bacillales and

Actinomycetales during a start-up period of large-scale, completely-mixed composting

reactor using plastic bottle flakes as bulking agent.

-World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 25: 803-811 (ISI-cited publication,

IF=1.532).

10. Komemoto, K., Y. G. Lim, Y. Onoue, N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T. Toda, 2009.


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Effect of temperature on VFA’S and biogas production in anaerobic solubilization of

food waste.

-Waste Management, 29: 2950-2955 (ISI-cited publication, IF=2.924).


Bacterial Community in the personal-use composting reactor revealed by isolation and

cultivation-independent method.

-Journal of Environmental Science and Health, part B,45(5): 372-378 (ISI-cited

publication, IF=1.119).

12. Toda, T., N. Nagao, K. Komemoto and C. Niwa, 2010.

Anaerobic digestion of food waste leachate in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor

-Journal of Water and Waste, 58(8): 66-74 (in Japanese)

13. Izumi, K., Y. Okishio, N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T. Toda, 2010.

Effect of particle size in anaerobic digestion with food wastes.

- International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 64(7): 601-608 (ISI-cited

publication, IF=2.074).

14. Kawai, M., I. F. Purwanti, N. Nagao, A. Slamet, J. Hermana and T. Toda, 2012.

Seasonal Variation in Chemical Properties and Degradability by Anaerobic Digestion of

Landfill Leachate at Benowo in Surabaya, Indonesia.

- Journal of Environmental Management, 110: 267-275 (ISI-cited publication, 3.245).

15. Nagao, N., M. Kawai, N. Tajima, C. Niwa, Fatimah Md. Yusoff, N. Kurosawa, T. Toda,

2012.

Maximum organic loading rate for the single-wet anaerobic digestion of food waste,

-Bioresource Technology, 118: 210-218 (ISI-cited publication, IF=5.039).

16. M. Kawai, M. Kishi, M. R. Hamersley, N. Nagao, J. Hermana and T. Toda, 2012.

Degradability and methane productivity during anaerobic co-digestion of refractory

leachate.

-International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 72: 46-51 (ISI-cited publication,

IF=2.074)

17. M. Takata, K. Fukushima, N. Kino-Kimata, N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T. Toda, 2012.

The effect of recycling loops in food waste management in Japan based on the

environmental economic evaluation of food waste recycling.

-Science of the Total Environment, 432: 309-317 (ISI-cited publication, IF=3.286)

18. M. Kawai*, I. F. Purwanti, N. Nagao, A. Slamet, J. Hermana and T. Toda, (2012).

Seasonal Variation in Chemical Properties and Degradability by Anaerobic Digestion of

Landfill Leachate at Benowo in Surabaya, Indonesia. Journal of Environmental

Management, 110: 267-275 (ISI-cited publication, IF=3.188)

19. M. Takata*, K. Fukushima, M. Kawai, N. Nagao, C. Niwa, T. Yoshida, T. Toda (2013).

The choice of biological waste treatment method for urban areas in Japan—An

environmental perspective, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 23: 557-567

(ISI-cited publication, IF=5.510)

20. S. Akizuki*, K. Izumi, N. Nagao, T. Shiotani, C. Niwa, T. Toda (2013). Effect of ratio and


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seed sludge on simultaneous methanogenesis and denitrification in intermittent organic

solid waste treatment, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 84: 8-13(ISI-cited

publication, IF=2.235)

21. T.Toda and N. Nagao* (2013). Accumulation of microorganisms and high organic rate

operation on anaerobic digestion of food waste (in Japanese) - Saisei to Riyou Vol37,

Issue 140, Pages 36-42 (ISI-cited publication)

22. M. Kawai, N. Nagao*, N. Tajima, C. Niwa, T. Matsuyama, T. Toda (2014). The effect of

the labile organic fraction in food waste and the substrate/inoculum ratio on anaerobic

digestion for a reliable methane yield, Bioresource technology 157: 174-180 (ISI-cited

publication, IF=5.039)

23. Y. Imaizumi, N. Nagao*, Fatimah Md Yusoff, Satoru Taguchi, Tatsuki Toda, (2014).

Estimation of optimum specific light intensity per cell on a high-cell-density continuous

culture of Chlorella zofingiensis not limited by nutrients or CO2. Bioresource Technology.

162: 53-59. (ISI-cited publication, IF=5.039)

24. K. Takahashi, N. Nagao, S. Taguchi, (2015).

Diel distribution and feeding habits of Neomysis mirabilis under seasonal sea ice in a

subarctic lagoon of northern Japan. Vol. 23, No. 2, p 183-190 (ISI-cited publication,

IF=1.118)

CHAPTERS in BOOK


Bacterial communities in the fed-batch composting reactor revealed by 16S rDNA clone

analysis and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.

Sustainable Biotechnology: Natural Resources and New Perspectives. Springer, 323pp,

2009. ISBN: 978-90-481-3294-2

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

1. Nagao, N., T. Matsuyama and T. Toda, 2004.

Feasibility and pilot scale studies on hybrid recycling system of SSF and SmF for organic


-Proceedings of 2nd Bangi World Conference on Environmental Management: 47-53.

2. Nagao, N., S. Osa, T. Matsuyama, N. Kurosawa and T. Toda, 2005.

Study on hyblid recycling system of SSF (Solid State Fermentation) and SmF

(Submerged Fermentation) for organic solid waste treatment.

-Proceedings of 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering: Manuscripts CD-ROM.


Bacterial communities in solid-state fermentation reactor for organic waste composting.


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-Proceedings of 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering: Manuscripts CD-ROM.

4. Lim, Y. G., C. Niwa, N. Nagao, S. Yamamoto and T. Toda, 2006.

The effect of salinity on mesophilic anaerobic digestion of blue mussels.

-Proceedings of the 11th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering

Congress: ID 383.

5. Kamauchi, H., N. Kimata-Kino, T. Matsuyama, N. Kurosawa, N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T.

Toda, 2006.

Metal absorption through the granulation process of the up-flow anaerobic sludge bed

reactor.

-Proceedings of the 11th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress:

ID 496.

6. Kimata-Kino, N., H. Kamauchi, T. Matsuyama, N. Kurosawa, N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T.

Toda, 2006.

Granulation of digestive sludge in the up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor.

-Proceedings of the 11th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress:

ID 485.


Nutrients uptake by mesophilic anaerobic digestion of blue mussels.

-Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Environmental Science and

Technology: 547-553.

8. N. Nagao, 2006

Fed-batch composting using artificial bulking agents for high-rate degradative treatment

of food waste. -Japan Food Science, 45(9): 63-69. (in Japanese)


Mesophilic anaerobic digestion as a post-treatment for biofouling blue mussels.

-Proceedings of Oceans’07: 061214-056.

10. Lim, Y. G., K. Watanabe, N. Nagao, C. Niwa, N. Kurosawa and T. Toda, 2007.

Solubilization and methanogenesis in mesophilic anaerobic digestion of blue mussels.

-Proceedings of The 11th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD11) Bioenergy for

our future: 117.


Bacterial community succession during a start-up period of large-scale composting

reactor

-Conference Proceedings of 6th International Conference ORBIT 2008: 78-87.


Temperature effect on the anaerobic solubilization of food waste.


13. Fukushima, K., Y. Onoue, N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T. Toda, 2008.

LC-CO2 evaluation of integrated anaerobic digestion processes for food waste treatment

in Japan.


14. Toda, T. and N. Nagao, 2008.


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A new saline organic waste treatment technology with low cost and environmental load

by developing multifunctional reactors in methane fermentation process

- Chemical engineering, 53 (9): 15-19. (in Japanese)

15. Kawai, M., I. F. Purwanti, N. Nagao, J. Hermana and T. Toda, 2009.

Chemical characteristics of leachate at the Benowo landfill in Surabaya city, Indonesia.

-Proceedings of The ISWA/APESB World Congress 2009: 54.

16. Tajima, N., N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T. Toda, 2009.

A high cell density anaerobic digestion for food waste treatment at high organic loading

rate.

- Proceedings of The ISWA/APESB World Congress 2009: 282.

17. Nagao, N., S. Osa and T. Toda, 2009.

Large scale fed-batch composting using artificial bulking agents for high-rate degradative

treatment of food waste in urban area, Japan.

- Proceedings of The ISWA/APESB World Congress 2009: 305.


Annual variation of chemical properties and degradability by anaerobic digestion of

landfill leachate at benowo in Surabaya, Indonesia.

- Proceedings of 12th World Congress on Aneaerobic Digestion, IWA-4891.

19. Nagao, N. N. Tajima, C. Niwa and T. Toda, 2010.

Continuous anaerobic digestion process of food waste in the sludge circulation process.


20. Ezawa, Y., N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T. Toda, 2010.

Granulation of flicculent sludge in UASB reactor using food waste leachate.


21. Akizuki, S., K. Izumi, N. Nagao and T. Toda, 2010.

The effect of nitrate concentration on simulataneous processes of methane fermentation

and denitrification in blue mussel treatment.


22. Nagao, N., M. Kawai, Y. Yamada and T. Toda, 2011.

The effect of seed sludge concentration and pretreatment by beads-milling in anaerobic

digestion of microalgae Chlorella vulgaris.

- Proceedings of the International Conference on Solid Waste

23. Kawai, M., M. Kishi, I. F. Purwanti, N. Nagao, A. Slamet, J. Hermana, T. Toda, 2011.

Degradability by anaerobic digestion of landfill leachate at Benowo landfill in Surabaya,

Indonesia.



Influence of the food waste leachate on the anaerobic granulation process in a UASB

reactor.



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Anaerobic Digestion of Landfill Leachate at Benowo in Surabaya, Indonesia.

- Proceedings of The 4th IWA-ASPIRE Conference & Exhibition

26. Koyama, M., K. Izumi, N. Nagao, M. Kawai, K. Ishikawa, S. Ban, T. Toda, The effect of

pre-treatment to methane yield in anaerobic digestion of macro-algae.


27. Akizuki, S., K. Izumi, N. Nagao, T. Shiotani, C. Niwa, T. Toda, 2011.

Simultaneous processes of methane fermentation and denitrification in marine biofouling

treatment.


INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

1. Toda, T., B.H.R. Othman, N. Nagao and M. Terazaki, 1996.

Biodiversity research of copepods associated with invertebrates living in the coral reefs.

- Seventh JSPS Joint Seminar on Marine Science, Tokyo, Abstracts : 17, Proceedings

published in 1998: 154

2. Nagao, N. and T. Toda, 2001.

Little earth: semi-closed circulation system to decompose epigones attached to maritime

structures.

-The Fifth Regional Symposium, PACON 2001. Environmental Technologies for

Sustainable Maritime Development, Burlingame California, 8-11 July 2001. Abstracts:

114.

3. Kondo, M., Y. Onoue, N. Nagao, T. Kikuchi and T. Toda, 2003.

Effect of high temperature on egg production rate of the calanoid copepod Acartia steueri

in the coastal water of Sagami Bay, Japan.

-3rd International Zooplankton Production Symposium, Gijon Spain, 20-23 May 2003.

Abstracts: 70.

4. Nagao, N., T. Matsuyama, I. Namiki and T. Toda, 2003.

The feasibility study of hybrid recycling system using SSF and SmF reactor for organic


-4th European Congress in Chemical Engineering, Granada Spain, 21-25 September 2003.

Proceedings of Chemical Engineering, a Tool for Progress Topics: 4.4-006.

5. Osa, S., N. Nagao, T. Matsuyama, I. Namiki and T. Toda, 2003.

The optimization of washing rate in hybrid recycling system of solid state and submerged

fermentation.

-4th European Congress in Chemical Engineering, Granada, Spain, 21-25 September

2003. Proceedings of Chemical Engineering, a Tool for Progress Topics: 11.1-047.

6. Nagao, N., T. Matsuyama and T. Toda, 2004.

Feasibility and pilot scale studies on hybrid recycling system of SSF and SmF for organic


-2nd Bangi World Conference on Environmental Management, Bangi Malaysia, 13-14


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September 2004. Proceedings: 47-53.


Bacterial communities in different conditions of solid-waste composing system.

-The 5th International Conference on Extremophiles, Massachusetts USA, September

2004. Abstracts: addendum 1.

8. Kondo, M., N. Nagao, T. Matsuyama and T. Toda, 2005.

A model of egg production rate of the neritic copepod Acartia steueri: influences of high

temperature and seasonal food environmental change.

-Plankton Symposium III, Figueira da Foz Portugal, 17-20 March 2005. Abstracts: 118.


Bacterial communities in solid-state fermentation reactor for organic waste composting.

-The 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering Glasgow Scotland, 10-14 July 2005.

Abstract: 267.

10. Nagao, N., S. Osa, T. Matsuyama, N. Kurosawa and T. Toda, 2005.

Study on hyblid recycling system of SSF (Solid State Fermentation) and SmF

(Submerged Fermentation) for organic solid waste treatment.

-The 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Glasgow Scotland, 10-14 July 2005.

Abstracts: 460.


Analysis of Bacterial Communities in the Composting Reactors.

- Joint Meeting of the 3 Divisions of the International Union of Microbiological Societies,

San Francisco USA, 23-25 July 2005. Abstracts: 134.


Nutrients uptake by mesophilic anaerobic digestion of blue mussels.

-The Second International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Texas

USA, 19-22 August 2006. [Awarded as the Best Presentation Poster]


Toda, 2006.

Relationship between metal absorption and organic load in digestive sludge.

- XIX-th national and VII-th international Scientific and Technical Conference "Water

Supply and Water Quality", Zakopane, Poland, 18-21 June 2006.


Toda, 2006.

Metal absorption through the granulation process of the up-flow anaerobic sludge bed

reactor.

-11th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress, Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia, 27-30 August 2006. Abstracts: 234.


The effect of salinity on mesophilic anaerobic digestion of blue mussels.




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16. Nagao, N., S. Osa, T. Matsuyama and T. Toda, 2006.

Evaluation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as the bulking agent in solid state

fermentation for organic waste treatment.


Malaysia, 27-30 August 2006.

17. Kimata-Kino, N., H. Kamauchi, T. Matsuyama, N. Kurosawa, N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T.

Toda, 2006.

Granulation of digestive sludge in the up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor.




Novel moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from fed-batch composting reactor.

-The 6th International Congress on Extremophiles, Brest France, 17-21 September 2006.

Abstracts: 171.


Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion as a Post-treatment for Biofouling Blue Mussels.

-OCEANS’07, Aberdeen UK, June 2007. Program: 50. Proceedings: 061214-056.

20. Lim, Y. G., K. Watanabe, N. Nagao, C. Niwa, N. Kurosawa and T. Toda, 2007.

Solubilization and methanogenesis in mesophilic anaerobic digestion of blue mussels.

-The 11th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion (AD11) Bioenergy for our future,

Brisbane Australia, September 2007. Abstracts: 117.


Bacterial community structures in various composting reactor.

-12th Biennial Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME-12), Cairns Australia, August

2008. Abstract: 1132.


Bacterial community succession during a start-up period of large-scale composting

reactor

-6th International Conference ORBIT 2008. Wageningen Netherlands, 13-15 October

2008. Conference Paper Summaries: 39.


Temperature effect on the anaerobic solubilization of food waste.




LC-CO2 evaluation of integrated anaerobic digestion processes for food waste treatment

in Japan.




Life cycle assessment of anaerobic and aerobic biological treatment process for organic

waste treatment.

-The 8th International Conference on Eco Balance, Tokyo Japan, 9-12 December 2008.

Proceedings: P-039.


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26. Kawai, M., I. F. Purwanti, N. Nagao, J. Hermana and T. Toda, 2009.

Chemical characteristics of leachate at the Benowo landfill in Surabaya city, Indonesia.

-The ISWA/APESB World Congress 2009, Lisbon Portugal, 12-15 October 2009.

Abstract: 54.

27. Tajima, N., N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T. Toda, 2009.

A high cell density anaerobic digestion for food waste treatment at high organic loading

rate.


Abstract: 282.

28. Nagao, N., S. Osa and T. Toda, 2009.

Large scale fed-batch composting using artificial bulking agents for high-rate degradative

treatment of food waste in urban area, Japan.


Abstract: 305.


Annual variation of chemical properties and degradability by anaerobic digestion of

landfill leachate at benowo in Surabaya, Indonesia.

-12th World Congress on Aneaerobic Digestion, Guadalajara, Mexico, 31 October-4

November 2010, Program number: IWA-4891.

30. Nagao, N. N. Tajima, C. Niwa and T. Toda, 2010.

Continuous anaerobic digestion process of food waste in the sludge circulation process.

- 12th World Congress on Aneaerobic Digestion, Guadalajara, Mexico, 31 October-4



Granulation of flicculent sludge in UASB reactor using food waste leachate.




The effect of nitrate concentration on simulataneous processes of methane fermentation

and denitrification in blue mussel treatment.



33. Takata, M., K. Fukushima, N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T. Toda.

Environmental and economic evaluation for accomplishing food waste recycling roop in

Japan.

-Eco Balance 2010, Tokyo, Japan, 9-12 November 2010, Abstract Book: P-005.

34. Imaizumi, Y., K. Nakamura, N. Nagao and T. Toda, 2010.

High density culture of green algae Chlorella zofingiensis.

-The 1st Asia Oceania Algae Innovation Summit, Tsukuba, Japan, 13-14 December 2010,

Poster Session: P1-11.


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35. Kawai, M., Y. Yamada, N. Nagao and T. Toda, 2010.

Energy recovery from aquatic green waste.

- The 1st Asia Oceania Algae Innovation Summit, Tsukuba, Japan, 13-14 December 2010,



Simultaneous processes of methane fermentation and denitrification in marine biofouling

treatment.

- The 1st Asia Oceania Algae Innovation Summit, Tsukuba, Japan, 13-14 December 2010,


37. Kawai, M., Y. Yamada, N. Nagao and T. Toda, 2010.

The effect of pretreatment by beads-milling in anaerobic digestion of microalgae

Chlorella vulgaris.

- 4th Annual Algae Biomass Summit, Arizona, USA, 28-30 September 2010.

38. Nagao, N., M. Kawai, Y. Yamada and T. Toda, 2011.

The effect of seed sludge concentration and pretreatment by beads-milling in anaerobic

digestion of microalgae Chlorella vulgaris.

-The International Conference on Solid Waste 2011 Moving Towards Sustainable

Resource Management- Hong Kong, 2-6 May 2011.


Degradability by anaerobic digestion of landfill leachate at Benowo landfill in Surabaya,

Indonesia.




Influence of the food waste leachate on the anaerobic granulation process in a UASB

reactor.




Anaerobic Digestion of Landfill Leachate at Benowo in Surabaya, Indonesia.

-The 4th IWA-ASPIRE Conference & Exhibition -Toward Sustainable water supply and

recycling systems-(Tokyo, Japan), 2-6 Oct 2011.

42. Koyama, M., K. Izumi, N. Nagao, M. Kawai, K. Ishikawa, S. Ban, T. Toda, The effect of

pre-treatment to methane yield in anaerobic digestion of macro-algae.



43. S. Akizuki*, K. Izumi, N. Nagao, T. Shiotani, C. Niwa, T. Toda, 2011. Simultaneous

processes of methane fermentation and denitrification in marine biofouling treatment.



44. Mitsuhiko Koyama, N. Nagao, C. Niwa, K. Ishikawa, S. Ban, T. Toda, Anaerobic


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digestion of aquatic plants Elodia nuttalli and Potamogeton maackianus excessively

grown in Lake Biwa. -International postgraduate conference on biotechnology 2011

(Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia), 15-18 Dec 2011.

45. Kiyoshi Nakamura, Yuki Imaizumi, Norio Nagao, Tatsuki Toda, The Carotenoid

Accumulation of a Green Microalgae Chlorella zofingiensis in High Cell Cultivation.

-International postgraduate conference on biotechnology 2011 (Kuala Terengganu,

Malaysia), 15-18 Dec 2011.

46. Yuki Imaizumi, Norio Nagao, Minako Kawai, Kenji Tsuchiya, Tatsuki Toda,

Development of Tubular Photobioreactor for High Cell Density Culture of Green

Microalgae Chlorella zofingiensis. -International postgraduate conference on

biotechnology 2011 (Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia), 15-18 Dec 2011.

47. Yukiko Sasakawa, Hiroyo Take , Minako Kawai, Norio Nagao, Tatsuki Toda,

Simultaneous nutrients and COD removal from synthetic wastewater in algal-bacterial

consortium, -International postgraduate conference on biotechnology 2011 (Kuala

Terengganu, Malaysia), 15-18 Dec 2011, Award: Best poster presentator (Biological

&Environmental Technology).

48. Minako Kawai1, Ipung F. Purwanti, Norio Nagao, Joni Hermana, Tatsuki Toda,

Degradability by Anaerobic Digestion of Landfill Leachate. -International postgraduate

conference on biotechnology 2011 (Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia), 15-18 Dec 2011,

Award: Best oral presentator (Biological &Environmental Technology).

49. Erjin Eio, Norio Nagao, Tatsuki Toda, A Review of the Performance of Biological

Wastewater Treatment by High Rate Algal Pond, -International postgraduate conference

on biotechnology 2011 (Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia), 15-18 Dec 2011.

50. Hiroyo Takee, Minako Kawai, Yukiko Sasakawa, Norio Nagao, Tatsuki Toda, Microbial

Succession and Environmental Parameters in a High Rate Algal Pond during Start-Up

Operation. -International postgraduate conference on biotechnology 2011 (Kuala

Terengganu, Malaysia) 15-18 Dec 2011.

51. Yuichi Ezawa, Koichi Izumi, Yumeto Yamada, Norio Nagao, Chiaki Niwa, Tatsuki Toda,

Effects of inoculum substrate ratio (ISR) on the anaerobic digestion of Sargassum

nigrifolium and Chlorella vulgaris. -International postgraduate conference on

biotechnology 2011 (Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia) 15-18 Dec 2011.

52. Shinichi Akizuki, Koichi Izumi, Yuichi Ezawa, Norio Nagao, Tsuyoshi Shiotani, Chiaki

Niwa, Tatsuki Toda, Simultaneous Processes of Methanogenesis and Denitrification in

Marie Biofouling Treatment. -International postgraduate conference on biotechnology

2011 (Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia) 15-18 Dec 2011.

53. Mitsuhiko Koyama, Norio Nagao, Chiaki Niwa and Tatsuki Toda, Effects of

pre-treatment on anaerobic digestion of submerged macrophytes excessively grown in

Lake Biwa, -The 46th Annual Conference of JSWE, Hakusan 2nd Campus TOYO

UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, Japan, 14-16 March 2012

54. Shinichi Akizuki, Norio Nagao, Chiaki Niwa and Tatsuki Toda, Biological treatment of

blue mussels in an anaerobic-aerobic multifunctional batch reactor: a pilot scale

experiment study. Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment 2012 International

Conference, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 25-27 June 2012


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55. Minako Kawai, Koichi Izumi, Nagao Norio, Chiaki Niwa, Tatsushi Matsuyama and

Tatsuki Toda The Effect of Particle Size Reduction on Biodegradability in Anaerobic

Digestion of Seaweed, Sargassum nigrifolium. -5th Asian Particle Technology

Symposium 2012 (Singapore) 2-5 July 2012

PATENTS

1. Toda, T. and N. Nagao, Method and system for treating organic matter utilizing substance

circulation system, Assignee: Soka University: New Zealand Patent, PCT (WO

02/064273 A1), No. 528069 issued on June 9, 2005. Also granted in Singapore (99537)

issued on September 30, 2005; China (ZL02804955.1) issued on August 23, 2006; Hong

Kong (HK1068835) issued on February 9, 2005; Australia (20022232215) issued on July

21, 2008.

2. Kurata, T., T. Matsuyama, I. Namiki, N. Nagao and T. Toda, Method for treating organic

material utilizing solid-liquid two phase circulation process, Assignee: Soka University,

Japan Patent 4066425 issued on January 18, 2008.

3. Nagao, N., T. Matsuyama and T. Toda, Method for treating organic material utilizing

solid-liquid two phase circulation process, Assignee: Soka University, Japan Patent

4066424 issued on January 18, 2008.

4. Nagao, N., T. Matsuyama and T. Toda, Method and system for treating organic matter

utilizing substance circulation system, Assignee: Soka University: Singapore patent, PCT

(WO 2004/087345 A1), No. 115245 issued on February 29, 2008. Also filled on March

30, 2004 as Japan Patent Application PCT/JP2004/004573.

5. Nagao, N., S. Osa, T. Toda and T. Matsuyama, Method and system for treating organic

material, Assignee: Soka University, Japan Patent Application 2005-029372 filed on

February 4, 2005.

6. Nagao, N., S. Osa, T. Toda and T. Matsuyama, Method and system for treating saline

organic solid waste, Assignee: Soka University, Japan Patent Application 2006-228528

filed on August 25, 2006.

7. Nagao, N., S. Osa, T. Toda and T. Matsuyama, Method and system for biogas recovery,

Assignee: Soka University, Japan Patent Application 2008-189115 filed on July 22, 2008.

8. Nagao, N., S. Osa, T. Toda and T. Matsuyama, Circulatory Biomass energy recovery

system and method, Assignee: Soka University, US Patent Application 12/225,387 filed

on September 19, 2008.

9. Tajima, N., N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T. Toda, Effective start-up technology on

wet-anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste: Soka University (Will be submitted in

October 2011)


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AWARDS

1. Lim, Y. G., C. Niwa, N. Nagao, S. Yamamoto and T. Toda, 2006. Nutrients uptake by mesophilic anaerobic digestion of blue mussels. -The Second International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, Texas USA, 19-22 August 2006. [Awarded as the Best Presentation Poster]

2. Fukushima, K., N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T. Toda, 2008 Evaluation of GHG emission in biological treatment processes for effective organic waste

treatment in Japan. - The 19th Annual Conference of the Japan Society of Waste Management, Kyoto Japan, December 2008. [Awarded as the Best Presentation Poster]

3. Komemoto, K., N. Nagao, C. Niwa and T. Toda, 2009. The effect of suspended solid concentration in the UASB reactor for food waste leachate

treatment. -The 20th Annual Conference of Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste

Management, Kyoto Japan, 2009. [Awarded as the Best Presentation Poster]

ADVANCED INSTRUMENTATION PROFICIENCY

Bench top: JEOL JSM-5600LV; Scanning Electron Microscope

LSM 510; Confocal Scanning Laser Microscope

GC-9A, GC-2014; Gas chromatography

SSC-660GSEL, Waters 600E; High performance liquid cromatography

Fisions NA-1500; CHN Element Analyzer

Bran+Luebbe AACS-II Compact System; Nutrient Analyzer

Turner Design 10-AU; Fluorometer

PROFFESIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Japan Society on Water Environment

The Oceanographic Society of Japan

The Society of Chemical Engineers of Japan

HOBBIES

Photography, Reading, Watching movies, Traveling, Hiking, running


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PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES

1. Professor Dr. Fatimah MD. Yusoff

Department of Biology

Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)


Tel: +60-(0)3-691-9455 Fax: +60-(0)42-691-4086

2. Professor Dr. Tatsuki TODA

Dean of Department of Environmental Engineering,


1-236, Tangi-cho, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-8577, JAPAN


Tel: +81-(0)42-691-9455 Fax: +81-(0)42-691-4086

3. Professor Dr. Yasuo IGARASHI

Director of Biotechnology Research Center

Department of Biotechnology

The University of Tokyo

1-1-1, Yoyoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, JAPAN


4. Professor Dr. Tatsushi MATSUYAMA

Department of Environmental Engineering,


1-236, Tangi-cho, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-8577, JAPAN

E-mail: [email protected] Tel & Fax: +81-(0)42-691-8149

5. Professor Dr. Tomohiko KIKUCHI

Faculty of Education and Human Sciences, Yokohama National University

79-2, Tokiwa-dai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 240-8501, JAPAN

E-mail: [email protected] Tel & Fax: +81-(0)45-339-3413

6. Dr. Kazutaka TAKAHASHI

Tohoku Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency

3-27-5, Shinhama-cho, Shiogama-shi, Miyagi 985-0001, JAPAN


Tel: +81-(0)22-365-9929 Fax: +81-(0)22-367-1250

7. Dr. Kawasaki Nobuyuki

Water and Solid Environmental Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies

Ministry of Environment

16-2, Onogawa, Ttukuba-shi, Miyagi 985-0001, JAPAN


Tel: +81-(0)29-850-2527 Fax: +81-(0)22-850-2576

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