WATANABE Toru Last updated: Dec 12, 2019 at 23:58
Academic & Professional Experience
Oct 2010
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Today
Associate Professor, Department of Food, Life and Environmetal Sciences, Yamagata University
Apr 2009
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Sep 2010
Project Associate Professor, Environmental Science Center, University of Tokyo
Apr 2008
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Mar 2009
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Drexel University, USA
Apr 2007
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Mar 2008
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tohoku University
Apr 1998
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Mar 2007
Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, Tohoku University
Education
Apr 1994
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Mar 1998
Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University
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1998
Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University
Awards & Honors
Nov 2016
Cultivation of rice for animal feeding with continuous irrigation of treated municipal wastewater, Best Poster Award at The 12th International Symposium on Seatheast Asian Water Environment
Winner: WATANABE Toru，Pham Duy Dong，倉島須美子，浦剣
Nov 2014
Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli for its source tracking, Outstanding Paper Award at The 7th ASEAN Environmental Engineering Conference 2
Winner: WATANABE Toru，小澤耕平，伊藤紘晃，本多了，Wilai Chiemchaisri，渡辺幸三
Nov 2014
Effect of photochemical reaction in fulvic acid on composition of functional groups and rate constant of complexation with Fe (III), Outstanding Paper Award at The 7th ASEAN Environmental Engineering Conference 1
Winner: WATANABE Toru，櫻庭敬之，伊藤紘晃，藤井学
Published Papers
Water extractable organic matter and iron in relation to land use and seasonal changes
Susan Praise, Hiroaki Ito, Takayuki Sakuraba, Dung Viet Pham, Toru Watanabe
Science of the Total Environment 2019 [Refereed]
Association of dissolved organic matter characteristics and trace metals in mountainous streams with sabo dams
Susan Praise, Hiroaki Ito, Kazuya Watanabe, Atsushi Sasaki, Toru Watanabe
Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2019 [Refereed]
Rice cultivation without synthetic fertilizers and performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) under continuous irrigation with treated wastewater
Dong Duy Pham, Kei Cai, Luc Duc Phung, Nobuo Kaku, Atsushi Sasaki, Yuka Sasaki, Kenichi Horiguchi, Dung Viet Pham, Toru Watanabe
Water 11 1516 2019 [Refereed]
Weekly variation of Rotavirus A concentrations in sewage and oysters in Japan, 2014-2016
Erika Ito, Jian Pu, Takayuki Miura, Shinobu Kazama, Masateru Nishiyama, Hiroaki Ito, Yoshimitsu Konta, Gia Thanh Nguyen, Tatsuo Omura, Toru Watanabe
Pathogens 8 89 2019 [Refereed]
High yield and nutritional quality of rice (Oryza sativa) for animal feed achieved by continuous irrigation of treated municipal wastewater
Lanh Danh Tran, Luc Duc Phung, Dung Viet Pham, Dong Duy Pham, Masateru Nishiyama, Atsushi Sasaki, Toru Watanabe
Paddy and Water Environment 17 507-513 2019 [Refereed]
Oyster contamination with human noroviruses impacted by urban drainage and seasonal flooding in Vietnam
Gia Thanh Nguyen, Jian Pu, Takayuki Miura, Hiroaki Ito, Shinobu Kazama, Yoshimitsu Konta, An Van Le, Toru Watanabe
Food and Environmental Virology 10 61-71 2018 [Refereed]
Toxicological assessment of hospital wastewater in different treatment processes
Nutta Sangnarin Hamjinda, Wilai Chiemchaisri, Toru Watanabe, Ryo Honda, Chart Chiemchaisri
Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25 7271-7279 2018 [Refereed]
Dissolved organic matter characteristics along sabo dammed streams based on ultra-violet visible and fluorescence spectral properties
Susan Praise, Hiroaki Ito, Ying An, Kazuya Watanabe, Toru Watanabe
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 190 146 2018 [Refereed]
Sulfikar, Ryo Honda, Mana Noguchi, Ryoko Yamamoto-Ikemoto, Toru Watanabe
Journal of Water and Environment Technology 16(2) 94-105 2018 [Refereed]
Weekly variations in Norovirus genogroup II genotypes in Japanese oysters
Jian Pu, Takayuki Miura, Shinobu Kazama, Yoshimitsu Konta, Nabila Dhyan Azraini, Erika Ito, Hiroaki Ito, Tatsuo Omura, Toru Watanabe
International Journal of Food Microbiology 284 48-55 2018 [Refereed]
Water extractable organic carbon and nitrogen and their natural stable isotopes from long-term experiment in a Japanese rice paddy
Toan Nguyen-Sy, Weiguo Cheng, Julien Guigue, Samuel Munyaka Kimani, Wisnu Aji Wibowo, Keitaro Tawaraya, Toru Watanabe, Ji Wu, Xingkai Xu
Journal of Wetlands Environmental Management 6(2) 60-73 2018 [Refereed]
Susan Praise, Toru Watanabe, Kazuya Watanabe, Hiroaki Ito, Hiroshi Okubo
International Journal of River Basin Management 15(1) 61-68 2017 [Refereed]
Toru Watanabe, Takuma Mashiko, Rizki Maftukhah, Nobuo Kaku, Dong Duy Pham and Hiroaki Ito
Water Science and Technology 75(4) 898-907 2017 [Refereed]
Lee,Y. P., Fujii, M., Kikuchi, T., Natsuike, M., Ito, H., Watanabe, T., Yoshimura, C
Chemosphere 180 221-228 2017 [Refereed]
Bottom-to-top continuous irrigation of treated municipal wastewater for effective nitrogen removal and high quality rice for animal feeding
Dong Duy Pham, Sumiko Kurashima, Nobuo Kaku, Atsushi Sasaki, Jian Pu, Toru Watanabe
Water Science and Technology: Water Supply 18(4) 1183-1195 2017 [Refereed]
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of norovirus in cases of gastroenteritis in developing countries
Gia Thanh Nguyen, Kevin Phan, Ian Teng, Jian Pu, Toru Watanabe
Medicine 96(40) e8139 2017 [Refereed]
Ryo Honda, Toru Watanabe, Variga Sawaittayotin, Yoshifumi Masago, Rungnapa Chulasak, Kulchaya Tanong, G. Tushara Chaminda, Krison Wongsila, Chawala Sienglum, Varisara Sunthonwatthanaphong, Anupong Poonnotok, Wilai Chiemchaisri, Chart Chiemchaisri, Hiroaki Furumai, Kazuo Yamamoto
Water Science and Technology 73(2) 362-374 2016 [Refereed]
Fuminari Miura, Toru Watanabe, Kozo Watanabe, Kazuhiko Takemoto, Kensuke Fukushi
Journal of Environmental Sciences 50 13-20 2016 [Refereed]
Jian Pu, Shinobu Kazama, Takayuki Miura, Nabila Dhyan Azraini, Yoshimitsu Konta, Hiroaki Ito, You Ueki, Ermaya Eka Cahyaningrum, Tatsuo Omura, Toru Watanabe
Food and Environmental Virology 8 310-312 2016 [Refereed]
Effect of norfloxacin on antibiotic resistance of Eschericia coli: Comparison between sequencing batch reactor and sequencing batch membrane bioreactor
Wilai Chiemchaisri, Phanida Deerut, Toru Watanabe, Ryo Honda, Chart Chiemchaisri
ASEAN Engineering Journal Part C 4(1) 81-92 2015 [Refereed]
A. Muramatsu, H. Ito, A. Sasaki, A. Kajihara, T. Watanabe
Water Science and Technology 72(4) 579-584 2015 [Refereed]
Toru Watanabe, Sondra Teske, Charles N. Haas
Risk Analysis 34(3) 465-484 2014 [Refereed]
Ayumi Muramatsu, Toru Watanabe, Atsushi Sasaki, Hiroaki Ito, Akihiko Kajihara
Water Science and Technology 70(3) 510-516 2014 [Refereed]
Toru Watanabe, Timothy A. Bartrand, Tatsuo Omura, Charles N. Haas
Risk Analysis 32(3) 555-565 2012 [Refereed]
Simanata Threedeach, Wilai Chiemchaisri, Toru Watanabe, Chart Chiemchaisri, Ryo Honda, Kazuo Yamamoto
Bioresource Technology 113 253-258 2012 [Refereed]
Kitajima, M., Huang, Y., Watanabe, T., Hiroyuki, K., Haas, C.N
Letters in Applied Microbiology 53(4) 438-444 2011 [Refereed]
So Kazama, Toshiki Aizawa, Toru Watanabe, Priyantha Ranjan, Luminda Gunawardhana, Ayako Amano
Sustainability Science 7(1) 45-54 2011 [Refereed]
Water, livelihood and health in Attapeu province in Lao PDR
Yutaka Midorikawa, Kaoru Midorikawa, Bounphenh Sangsomsack, Trykhouane Phoutavane, Kampheng Chomlasak, Toru Watanabe, Nanthasane Vannavong, Shigehisa Habe, Masami Nakatsu, Yasuyuki Kosaka, Kongsap Akkhavong, Micheal Strobel, Boungnong Boupha, Satoshi Nakamura
Southeast Asian Studies 47(4) 113-133 2010 [Refereed]
Toru Watanabe, Timothy A. Bartrand, Mark H. Weir, Tatsuo Omura, Charles N. Haas
Risk Analysis 30(7) 1129-1137 2010 [Refereed]
Daisuke Sano, You Ueki, Toru Watanabe, Tatsuo Omura
Environmental Science and Technology 40(23) 7423-7427 2006 [Refereed]
Yoshifumi Masago, Hiroyuki Katayama, Toru Watanabe, Eiji Haramoto, Atsushi Hashimoto, Tatsuo Omura, Tsuyoshi Hirata, Shinichiro Ohgaki
Environmental Science and Technology 40(23) 7428-7433 2006 [Refereed]
Environmental Engineering Research 43 245-254 2006 [Refereed]
D. Sano, Y. Ueki, T. Watanabe, T. Omura
Water Science and Technology 54(3) 77-82 2006 [Refereed]
You Ueki, Daisuke Sano, Toru Watanabe, Kazuo Akiyama and Tatsuo Omura
Water Research 39(18) 4271-4280 2005 [Refereed]
T. Watanabe, K. Hashimoto, Y. Abe, T. Omura
Journal of Water and Environment Technology 3(2) 223-233 2005 [Refereed]
環境工学研究論文集 42 451-462 2005 [Refereed]
Environmental Engineering Research 42 443-449 2005 [Refereed]
Genetic analysis of noroviruses taken from gastroenteritis patients, river water and oysters
You Ueki, Kazuo Akiyama, Toru Watanabe, Tatsuo Omura
Water Science and Technology 50(1) 51-56 2004 [Refereed]
Detection of infectious pathogenic viruses in water and wastewater samples from urbanized areas
Daisuke Sano, Toru Watanabe, Takahiro Matsuo, Tatsuo Omura
Water Science and Technology 50(1) 247-251 2004 [Refereed]
Risk Evaluation for Pathogenic Bacteria and Viruses in Sewage Sludge Composts
T. Watanabe, D. Sano, T. Omura
Water Science and Technology 46(11-12) 325-330 2002 [Refereed]
Toru WATANABE, Kensuke FUKUSHI, Tatsuo OMURA
Journal of Environmental Systems and Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers 650 25-32 2000 [Refereed]
Toru WATANABE, Tatsuo OMURA
Journal of Environmental Systems and Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers 664 75-83 2000 [Refereed]
Yasuko MAKANAE, Toru WATANABE, Tatsuo OMURA, Ginro ENDO
Journal of Japan Society on Water Environment 23(12) 771-777 2000 [Refereed]
Books etc
Health in Ecological Perspectives in the Anthropocene
Toru Watanabe, Chiho Watanabe (Part:Joint Editor)
Springer Singapore 2019
Conference Activities & Talks
Risk evaluation of waterborne infectious diarrhea using geographical information in Lao PDR and Cambodia
Proceedings of 2nd IWA-ASPIRE Conference and Exhibition 2007
Risk evaluation for infectious diarrhea in the water utilization in the Mekong watershed with a GIS-based model
Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology 2007
Viral contamination of the water environment in the southern part of Lao PDR
Proceedings of 1st IWA-ASPIRE (Asia-Pacific Regional Group) Conference & Exhibition 2005
Effects of sunlight, temperature and suspended solids on inactivation of poliovirus in river water
Proceedings of 13th IWA International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology 2005
Risk Evaluation of Pathogens in Wastewater Reclamation as a Drinking Water Source
Proceedings of WEFTEC 2003 (the 76th Annual Water Environment Federation (WEF) Technical Exhibition and Conference) 2003
Research Grants & Projects
Role of of That Luang Marsh for Environmental Health of Laos Vientiane Metropolitan Area
Project Year: Apr 2016 - Mar 2021
Development of database for health and environment in southeast Asia
Project Year: Apr 2017 - Mar 2020
Genetic analysis for behavior of antibiotic resistant bacteria at wastewater treatment plants in tropical Asia
Project Year: Apr 2015 - Mar 2018
Development of risk assessment models for infectious diseases considering changes in climate, society and ecosystem
Project Year: Apr 2014 - Mar 2017
Development of a method to estimate burden of infectious diseases caused by waterborne antibiotic resistant bacteria and its application to water reclamation scenarios
Project Year: Apr 2014 - Mar 2017
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