Updated on 2023/11/30

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WATANABE Toru
 
Title
Professor
Date of Birth
1975
Contact information
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Laboratory Phone number
+81-235-28-2907
 
Laboratory Fax number
+81-235-28-2907
 

Research Areas

  • Social Infrastructure (Civil Engineering, Architecture, Disaster Prevention) / Environmental systems for civil engineering

  • Environmental Science/Agriculture Science / Environmental load and risk assessment

Graduating School

  • Tohoku University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

    1998.03, Graduated

Degree

  • Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tohoku University, 2006.12

  • Bachelor of Engineering, Tohoku University, 1998.03

External Career

  • Tohoku University, Research Assistant, 1998.04 - 2007.03

  • Tohoku University, Assistant Professor, 2007.04 - 2008.03

  • Drexel University, USA, Visiting Research Assistant Professor, 2008.04 - 2009.03

  • The University of Tokyo, Project Associate Professor, 2009.04 - 2010.09

  • Iwate University, Associate Professor, 2011.09 - 2015.05

  • Iwate University, Professor, 2015.06 -

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Academic Society Affiliations

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers

  • Japan Society on Water Environment

  • International Water Association

  • Society for Risk Analysis

 

Papers

  • CuO nanoparticles in irrigation wastewater have no detrimental effect on rice growth but may pose human health risks., The Science of the total environment, 847 157602, 2022.11

    Phung LD, Kumar A, Watanabe T

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Seasonal variation and source identification of heavy metal(loid) contamination in peri-urban farms of Hue city, Vietnam, Environmental Pollution, 278 116813, 2021.06

    Viet-Dung Pham, Mila-Siti Fatimah, Atsushi Sasaki, Van-Hieu Duong, Khac-Lieu Pham, Praise Susan, Toru Watanabe

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Detection of rotavirus vaccine strains in oysters and sewage and their relationship with the gastroenteritis epidemic, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87(10) e02547-20, 2021.04

    Erika Ito, Jian Pu, Takayuki Miura, Shinobu Kazama, Masateru Nishiyama, Hiroaki Ito, Yoshimitsu Konta, Tatsuo Omura, Toru Watanabe

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Continuous Sub-Irrigation with Treated Municipal Wastewater for Protein-Rich Rice Production with Reduced Emissions of CH4 and N2O, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1) 5485, 2020.03

    Phung Luc Duc, Pham Dung Viet, Sasaki Yuka, Masuda Shuhei, Takakai Fumiaki, Kaku Nobuo, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Development of a dose-response model for SARS coronavirus., Risk Analysis, 30(7) 1129-1137, 2010

    Toru Watanabe, Timothy A. Bartrand, Mark H. Weir, Tatsuo Omura, Charles N. Haas

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Characterization of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolated from municipal and hospital wastewaters in Japan., Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 32 145-151, 2023.02

    Rio Shibuki, Masateru Nishiyama, Masaya Mori, Hiroaki Baba, Hajime Kanamori, Toru Watanabe

    Single Author

  • Detection and genetic analysis of Escherichia coli from Tonle Sap Lake and its tributaries in Cambodia: Spatial distribution, seasonal variation, pathogenicity, and antimicrobial resistance, Environmental Pollution, 315 120406, 2022.12

    Ichiro Yoneda, Ulya Nur Rozanah, Masateru Nishiyama, Hasika Mith, Toru Watanabe

    Single Author

  • Drip fertigation with treated municipal wastewater and soil amendment with composted sewage sludge for sustainable protein-rich rice cultivation, ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION, 28 , 2022.11

    Ouoba Nindia, Luc Duc Phung, Sasaki Atsushi, Pham Dung Viet, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Potential impact factors on the enhancement of antibiotic resistance in a lake environment, JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH, 20(6) 1017-1026, 2022.06

    Sovannlaksmy Sorn, Sulfikar, Lin M-Y, Shuto M., Noguchi M., Honda R., Yamamoto-Ikemoto R., Watanabe T.

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from dairy cows and their surrounding environment on a livestock farm practicing prudent antimicrobial use., International journal of hygiene and environmental health, 240 113930, 2022.03

    Suzuki Y, Hiroki H, Xie H, Nishiyama M, Sakamoto SH, Uemura R, Nukazawa K, Ogura Y, Watanabe T, Kobayashi I

    Single Author

  • Review of antibiotic resistance in wastewater in Japan: Current challenges and future perspectives, Antibiotics, 11 849, 2022

    Hiroaki Baba, Masateru Nishiyama, Toru Watanabe, Hajime Kanamori

    Single Author

  • FACTORS AFFECTING THE INTENTION TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTION AGAINST INFECTION BASED ON INFORMATION ABOUT ITS PREDICTED SPREAD—A CASE STUDY OF COVID-19—, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 78(3) 104-111, 2022

    HIRAYAMA Naoko, MORINAGA Koji, OMURA Tatsuo, WATANABE Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • FEEDING EXPERIMENT OF ZOOPLANKTON (ARTEMIA SPP.) WITH MICROALGAE CULTIVATED IN TREATED MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 78(1) 13-20, 2022

    TAKAARA Tomoko, SATO Keita, NISHIYAMA Masateru, WATANABE Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Evaluation of Dissolved Greenhouse Gas Profiles in Paddy Fields Irrigated with Treated Sewage Effluent, Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 20(2) 59-69, 2022

    Shuhei Masuda, Fumiaki Takakai, Kunihiro Okano, Sota Takeda, Dong D. Pham, Naoyuki Miyata, Toru Watanabe

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • FACTORS AFFECTING THE INTENTION OF STRENGTHEN PROTECTIONS AGAINST COVID-19 BASED ON SEWAGE MONITORING INFORMATION – A SURVEY TWO YEARS AFTER ITS PANDEMIC, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 78(7) III_275-III_284, 2022

    KOYAMA Yuriko, HIRAYAMA Naoko, MORINAGA Koji, OMURA Tatsuo, WATANABE Toru

    Single Author

  • ACTUAL USE AND EVALUATION OF TAP WATER BY UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN VIETNAM: COMPARISON BETWEEN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 78(5) I_309-I_316, 2022

    KOYAMA Yuriko, PHAM Dong Duy, WATANABE Toru, HIRAYAMA Naoko

    Single Author

  • Characteristics of Norovirus GII Accumulation in Oysters: Comparison of GII. 2 and GII. 4, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 78(7) III_23-III_32, 2022

    YONEDA Ichiro, SAITO Miki, NISHIYAMA Masateru, UEKI Yo, SAKAGAMI Akie, WATANABE Toru

    Single Author

  • Initial behaviors and removal of extracellular plasmid gene in membrane bioreactor, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 298 113541, 2021.11

    Wang Rongxuan, Matsuura Norihisa, Hara-Yamamura Hiroe, Watanabe Toru, Honda Ryo

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Quality of Life and Factors Affecting It: A Study Among People Living Near a Solid Waste Management Facility, FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH, 9 720006, 2021.09

    Long Thanh Phan, Gia Thanh Nguyen, Quynh Anh Dac Nguyen, Hieu Song Nguyen, Tin Trung Nguyen, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Tracking Fecal Bacterial Dispersion from Municipal Wastewater to Peri-Urban Farms during Monsoon Rains in Hue City, Vietnam, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, 18(18) , 2021.09

    Prayoga Windra, Nishiyama Masateru, Praise Susan, Dung Viet Pham, Hieu Van Duong, Lieu Khac Pham, Loc Thi Thanh Dang, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Prevalence of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria ESKAPE among Healthy People Estimated by Monitoring of Municipal Wastewater, ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL, 10(5) , 2021.05

    Nishiyama Masateru, Praise Susan, Tsurumaki Keiichi, Baba Hiroaki, Kanamori Hajime, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Biocomposite spheres based on aluminum oxide dispersed with orange-peel powder for adsorption of phenol from batch membrane fraction of olive mill wastewater, COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE COMMUNICATIONS, 42 , 2021.05

    Njimou Jacques Romain, Godwin John, Pahimi Hugues, Maicaneanu S. Andrada, Kouatchie-Njeutcha Fridolin, Tripathy Bankim C., Talla Andre, Watanabe Toru, Elambo Nkeng George

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Methane mitigation is associated with reduced abundance of methanogenic and methanotrophic communities in paddy soils continuously sub-irrigated with treated wastewater, Scientific Reports, 11 7426, 2021.04

    Luc Duc Phung, Masaaki Miyazawa, Dung Viet Pham, Masateru Nishiyama, Shuhei Masuda, Fumiaki Takakai, Toru Watanabe

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Possible transmission of viruses from contaminated human feces and sewage: Implications for SARS-CoV-2, SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 755(Pt 1) 142575, 2021.02

    Elsamadony Mohamed, Fujii Manabu, Miura Takayuki, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from paddy fields with no fertilizer use under continuous irrigation with treated municipal wastewater, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28 23420-23431, 2021.01

    Dong Duy Pham, Agnes Hoki Briliana Suhono, Nobuo Kaku, Shuhei Masuda, Fumiaki Takakai, Toru Watanabe

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • PIG FARMING USING PROTEIN-RICH FORAGE RICE CULTIVATED WITH TREATED MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER AND ITS ECONOMIC EVALUATION, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 77(7) III_169-III_178, 2021

    MATSUYAMA Hiroki, URAKAWA Syuji, SUTANI Daisuke, SASAKI Toshiro, PHAM Dung Viet, PHUNG Luc Duc, ARICHI Hiroyuki, WATANABE Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Fate and seasonal change of Escherichia coli resistant to different antibiotic classes at each stage of conventional activated sludge process., Journal of water and health, 18(6) 879-889, 2020.12

    Honda R, Tachi C, Noguchi M, Yamamoto-Ikemoto R, Watanabe T

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Frontier review on the propensity and repercussion of SARS-CoV-2 migration to aquatic environment., Journal of hazardous materials letters, 1 100001, 2020.11

    Kumar M, Thakur AK, Mazumder P, Kuroda K, Mohapatra S, Rinklebe J, Ramanathan A, Cetecioglu Z, Jain S, Tyagi VK, Gikas P, Chakraborty S, Tahmidul Islam M, Ahmad A, Shah AV, Patel AK, Watanabe T, Vitha...

    Single Author

  • High yield of protein-rich forage rice achieved by soil amendment with composted sewage sludge and topdressing with treated wastewater, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1) 10155, 2020.06

    Luc Duc Phung, Ichikawa Megumi, Dung Viet Pham, Sasaki Atsushi, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Letter to the Editor: Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Can Overcome Representativeness and Stigma Issues Related to COVID-19., Environmental science & technology, 54(9) 5311, 2020.05

    Michio Murakami, Akihiko Hata, Ryo Honda, Toru Watanabe

    Single Author

  • Estimated discharge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria from combined sewer overflows of urban sewage system, NPJ CLEAN WATER, 3(1) , 2020.03

    Honda Ryo, Tachi Chihiro, Yasuda Keisuke, Hirata Tatsuki, Noguchi Mana, Hara-Yamamura Hiroe, Yamamoto-Ikemoto Ryoko, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • EXPERIMENT ON LAYER FEEDS COMPRISING OF PROTEIN-RICH RICE CULTIVATED BY TREATED MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 76(3) 28-35, 2020

    HORIGUCHI Kenichi, WATANABE Toru, MATSUYAMA Hiroki, PHUNG Luc Duc, NISHIYAMA Masateru, KATO Hiroyuki, PHAM Dung Viet

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Soil organic matter dynamics as affected by land use change from rice paddy to wetland, Wetland, 40 2199-2207, 2020

    Xian Wu, Toan Nguyen-Sy, Zheng Sun, Toru Watanabe, Keitaro Tawaraya, Weiguo Cheng

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • PROPOSAL OF ECONOMIC EVALUATION METHOD FOR FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS CONSIDERING CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES IN AGRICULTURE, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering), 76(1) 98-106, 2020

    TAKAGI Hideharu, IIJIMA Masaaki, TAMURA Ayano, WATANABE Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • INCUBATION OF INDIGENOUS MICROALGAE IN TREATED MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER AND A TEST OF ITS FEEDING FOR ARTEMIA, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 76(7) III_131-III_139, 2020

    NISHIYAMA Masateru, SOEDA Kei, TAKAARA Tomoko, ARICHI Hiroyuki, WATANABE Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Stable carbon isotope ratios of water-extractable organic carbon affected by application of rice straw and rice straw compost during a long-term rice experiment in Yamagata, Japan, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 66(1) 125-132, 2019.12

    Nguyen-Sy Toan, Cheng Weiguo, Kimani Samuel Munyaka, Shiono Hiroyuki, Sugawara Reo, Tawaraya Keitaro, Watanabe Toru, Kumagai Katsumi

    Single Author

  • Water extractable organic matter and iron in relation to land use and seasonal changes., The Science of the total environment, 707 136070, 2019.12

    Praise S, Ito H, Sakuraba T, Pham DV, Watanabe T

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Association of dissolved organic matter characteristics and trace metals in mountainous streams with sabo dams., Environmental science and pollution research, 27 456-468, 2019.12

    Praise S, Ito H, Watanabe K, Sasaki A, Watanabe T

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Rice Cultivation without Synthetic Fertilizers and Performance of Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) under Continuous Irrigation with Treated Wastewater, WATER, 11(7) 1516, 2019.07

    Dong Duy Pham, Cai Kei, Luc Duc Phung, Kaku Nobuo, Sasaki Atsushi, Sasaki Yuka, Horiguchi Kenichi, Dung Viet Pham, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Weekly Variation of Rotavirus A Concentrations in Sewage and Oysters in Japan, 2014-2016, PATHOGENS, 8(3) 89, 2019.06

    Ito Erika, Pu Jian, Miura Takayuki, Kazama Shinobu, Nishiyama Masateru, Ito Hiroaki, Konta Yoshimitsu, Gia Thanh Nguyen, Omura Tatsuo, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • EVALUATION OF SAFETY AND THE BREWERY-RICE QUALITY CULTIVATED WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT WATER, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 75(2) 65-74, 2019.05

    MASUDA Shuhei, TAKEDA Sota, KODAMA Masa, PHAM Duy Dong, OKANO Kunihiro, MIYATA Naoyuki, WATANABE Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • High yield and nutritional quality of rice for animal feed achieved by continuous irrigation with treated municipal wastewater, PADDY AND WATER ENVIRONMENT, 17(3) 507-513, 2019.04

    Lanh Danh Tran, Luc Duc Phung, Dung Viet Pham, Dong Duy Pham, Nishiyama Masateru, Sasaki Atsushi, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Analysis of Bacterial Communities Resistant to Ciprofloxacin and Tetracycline in Municipal Activated Sludge, Journal of Japan Society on Water Environment, 42(2) 43-52, 2019.02

    MIURA Itsumi, NISHIYAMA Masateru, PU Jian, PRAYOGA Windra, CHIEMCHAISRI Chart, CHIEMCHAISRI Wilai, WATANABE Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Corrigendum: Bottom-to-top continuous irrigation of treated municipal wastewater for effective nitrogen removal and high quality rice for animal feeding (Water Science and Technology: Water Supply 18:4 (1183-1195) DOI: 10.2166/ws.2017.190), Water Supply, 19(1) 346, 2019.02

    Dong Duy Pham, Sumiko Kurashima, Nobuo Kaku, Jian Pu, Toru Watanabe, Atsushi Sasaki

    Single Author

  • CHARACTERIZATION OF DISTRIBUTION OF FLOATING VILLAGES IN TONLE SAP LAKE AND ITS ESTIMATION BASED ON GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 75(7) III_309-III_320, 2019

    YONEDA Ichiro, NISHIYAMA Masateru, WATANABE Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • CHANGES IN ESBL-PRODUCING GENE CONCENTRATION IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE BY CULTURE IN THE PRESENCE OF ANTIBIOTICS, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 75(7) III_173-III_183, 2019

    SHIBUKI Rio, NISHIYAMA Masateru, CHIEMCHAISRI Wilai, CHIEMCHAISRI Chart, WATANABE Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • CHANGES IN WATER USAGE AND WATER ENVIRONMENT IN A TOWN ORDERED TO EVACUATE AFTER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 74(7) III_357-III_365, 2018.12

    TAKAARA Tomoko, HAYASHI Toshihiro, AKUTAGAWA Kazuhiro, WATANABE Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • NOROVIRUS CONTAMINATION OF WILD SHELLFISHES IN AN ESTUARY RECEIVING TREATED MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 74(7) III_349-III_356, 2018.12

    ITO Erika, ITO Hiroaki, NISHIYAMA Masateru, KONTA Yoshimitsu, OMURA Tatsuo, WATANABE Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF PROTEIN-RICH RICE CULTIVATED WITH TREATED MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER IRRIGATION AS ANIMAL FODDER, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. G (Environmental Research), 74(7) III_341-III_348, 2018.12

    WATANABE Toru, HORIGUCHI Kenichi, MATSUYAMA Hiroki, PHAM Dong Duy, TRAN Lanh Danh, NISHIYAMA Masateru, PHAM Dung Viet

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Water extractable organic carbon and nitrogen and their natural stable isotopes from long-term experiment in a Japanese rice paddy, Journal of Wetlands Environmental Management, 6(2) 60-73, 2018.12

    Toan Nguyen-Sy, Weiguo Cheng, Julien Guigue, Samuel Munyaka Kimani, Wisnu Aji Wibowo, Keitaro Tawaraya, Toru Watanabe, Ji Wu, Xingkai Xu.

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Weekly variations in norovirus genogroup II genotypes in Japanese oysters, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY, 284 48-55, 2018.11

    Pu Jian, Miura Takayuki, Kazama Shinobu, Konta Yoshimitsu, Azraini Nabila Dhyan, Ito Erika, Ito Hiroaki, Omura Tatsuo, Watanabe Toni

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Bottom-to-top continuous irrigation of treated municipal wastewater for effective nitrogen removal and high quality rice for animal feeding, WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-WATER SUPPLY, 18(4) 1183-1195, 2018.08

    Dong Duy Pham, Kurashima Sumiko, Kaku Nobuo, Sasaki Atsushi, Pu Jian, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Effect of Sedimentation and Aeration on Antibiotic Resistance Induction in the Activated Sludge Process, Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 16(2) 94-105, 2018.04

    Sulfikar, Honda Ryo, Noguchi Mana, Yamamoto-Ikemoto Ryoko, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • Toxicological assessment of hospital wastewater in different treatment processes, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH, 25(8) 7271-7279, 2018.03

    Hamjinda Nutta Sangnarin, Chiemchaisri Wilai, Watanabe Toru, Honda Ryo, Chiemchaisri Chart

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Oyster Contamination with Human Noroviruses Impacted by Urban Drainage and Seasonal Flooding in Vietnam, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL VIROLOGY, 10(1) 61-71, 2018.03

    Gia Thanh Nguyen, Pu Jian, Miura Takayuki, Ito Hiroaki, Kazama Shinobu, Konta Yoshimitsu, An Van Le, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Dissolved organic matter characteristics along sabo dammed streams based on ultraviolet visible and fluorescence spectral properties, ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, 190(3) 146, 2018.02

    Praise Susan, Ito Hiroaki, An Ying, Watanabe Kazuya, Watanabe Toru

    Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

  • 水中の健康関連微生物リスク研究の歴史的変遷と最先端, 日本リスク研究学会誌, 27(2) 1-11, 2018

    三浦尚之, 渡部徹, 藤井健吉, 金谷祐里, 田中宏明, 村上道夫

    Single Author

  • Water extractable organic carbon and nitrogen and their natural stable isotopes from long-term experiment in a Japanese rice paddy, Journal of Wetlands Environmental Management, 6(2) 60-73, 2018

    Toan Nguyen-Sy, Weiguo Cheng, Julien Guigue, Samuel Munyaka Kimani, Wisnu Aji Wibowo, Keitaro Tawaraya, Toru Watanabe, Ji Wu, Xingkai Xu

    Single Author

  • Impact of closed sabo dams on manganese concentration change in mounteinous streams, International Journal of River Basin Management, 15(1) 61-68, 2017

    Susan Prise,Toru Watanabe,Kazuya Watanabe,Hiroaki Ito,Horoshi Okubo,

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • A systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of norovirus in cases of gastroenteritis in developing countries, Medicine, 96(40) e8139, 2017

    Gia Thanh Nguyen, Kevin Phan, Ian Teng, Jian Pu, Toru Watanabe.

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Importance of allochthonous and autochthonous dissolved organic matter in Fe(Ⅱ) oxidation: A case study in Shizukaawa Bay waterched Japan, Chemosphere, 180 221-228, 2017

    Lee,Y.P.,Fujii,M.Kikuchi,T.Natsuike,M.,Ito,H.,Watanabe,T.,Yoshimura,C.,

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Nitrogen removal and power generation from treated municipal wastewater by its circulated irrigation for resource-saving rice cultivation, Water Science and Technology, 75(4) 898-907, 2017

    Toru Watanabe,Takuma Mashiko,Rizki Maftukhah,Nobuo Kaku,Dong Duy Pham and Hiroaki Ito

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Pyrosequencing analysis of Norovirus genogroup Ⅱ distribution in sewage and oysters, Food and Environmental Virology , 8 310 -312 , 2016

    Jian Pu,Shinobu Kazama,Takayuki Miura,Nabila Dhyan Azraini,Yoshimitsu Konma,Horoaki Ito,You Ueki,Ermaya Eka Chayaningrum,Tatsuo Omura,Toru Watanabe

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Impacts of urbanization on the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coil in the Chaophraya River and its tributaries., Water Science and Technology , 73(2) 362-374, 2016

    Ryo Honda,T.watanabe,Variga Sawaittayotin,Yoshifumi Masago,Rungnapa Chulasak, Kulchaya Tanong,G.Tusyara Chaminda,Krison Wongsila,Chawara Sienglum,Varisara Sunthonwatthanaphong,Anupong Poonnotok,Wilai ...

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Comparative assessment of primary and secondary infection risks in a norovirus outbreak using a household model simulation, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 50 13-20, 2016

    Fuminari Miura,Toru Watanabe,Kozo Watanabe,kazuo Takemoto,Kenskuke Fukushi

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Effect of norfloxacin on antibiotic resistance of Eschericia coli: Comparison between sequencing batch reactor and sequencing batch membrane bioreactor., ASEAN Engineering Journal Part C, 4(1) 81-92, 2015

    Wilai Chiemchaisri, Phanida Deerut, Toru Watanabe, Ryo Honda, Chart Chiemchaisri

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Cultivation of rice for animal feed with circulated irrigation of treated municipal wastewater for enhanced nitrogen removal: Comparison of cultivation systems feeding irrigation water upward and downward. , Water Science and Technology, 72(4) 579-584, 2015

    A. Muramatsu, H. Ito, A. Sasaki, A. Kajihara, T. Watanabe

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Classic dose response and time post inoculation models for Leptospira, Risk Analysis, 34(3) 465-484, 2014

    Toru Watanabe, Sondra Teske, Charles N. Haas

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Rice production with minimal irrigation and no nitrogen fertilizer by intensive use of treated municipal wastewater., Water Science and Technology, 70(3) 510-516, 2014

    Ayumi Muramatsu, Toru Watanabe, Atsushi Sasaki, Hiroaki Ito, Akihiko Kajihara

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Dose-response assessment for influenza A virus based on the datasets of infection with its live attenuated reassortants., Risk Analysis, 32(3) 555-565, 2012

    Toru Watanabe, Timothy A. Bartrand, Tatsuo Omura, Charles N. Haas

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli in leachates from municipal solid waste landfills: Comparison between semi-aerobic and anaerobic operations., Bioresource Technology, 113 253-258, 2012

    Simanata Threedeach, Wilai Chiemchaisri, Toru Watanabe, Chart Chiemchaisri, Ryo Honda, Kazuo Yamamoto

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Dose-Response Time Modeling for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A (H5N1) Virus Infection., Letters in Applied Microbiology, 53(4) 438-444, 2011

    Toru Watanabe, Timothy A. Bartrand, Mark H. Weir, Tatsuo Omura, Charles N

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • A quantitative risk assessment of waterborne infectious disease in the inundation area of a tropical monsoon region., Sustainability Science,, 7(1) 45-54, 2011

    So Kazama, Toshiki Aizawa, Toru Watanabe, Priyantha Ranjan, Luminda Gunawardhana, Ayako Amano

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Water, livelihood and health in Attapeu province in Lao PDR., Southeast Asian Studies, 47(4) 113-133, 2010

    Yutaka Midorikawa, Kaoru Midorikawa, Bounphenh Sangsomsack, Trykhouane Phoutavane, Kampheng Chomlasak, Toru Watanabe, Nanthasane Vannavong, Shigehisa Habe, Masami Nakatsu, Yasuyuki Kosaka, Kongsap Akk...

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Genetic variation in the conservative gene region of norovirus genogroup II strains in environmental and stool samples. , Environmental Science and Technology, 40 7423-7427, 2006

    Daisuke Sano, You Ueki, Toru Watanabe, Tatsuo Omura

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Membrane separation of indigenous noroviruses from sewage sludge and treated wastewater. , Water Science and Technology, 54(3) 77-82, 2006

    D. Sano, Y. Ueki, T. Watanabe, T. Omura

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Quantitative risk assessment of noroviruses in drinking water based on qualitative data in Japan., Environmental Science and Technology, 40 7428-7433, 2006

    Yoshifumi Masago, Hiroyuki Katayama, Toru Watanabe, Eiji Haramoto, Atsushi Hashimoto, Tatsuo Omura, Tsuyoshi Hirata, Shinichiro Ohgaki

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Norovirus pathway in water environment estimated by genetic analysis of strains from patients of gastroenteritis, sewage, treated wastewater, river water and oysters. , Water Research, 39 4271-4280, 2005

    You Ueki, Daisuke Sano, Toru Watanabe, Kazuo Akiyama and Tatsuo Omura

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Evaluation of health risks in the wastewater reclamation in the Abukuma watershed, Japan. , Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 3(2) 223-233, 2005

    T. Watanabe, K. Hashimoto, Y. Abe, T. Omura

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Genetic analysis of noroviruses taken from gastroenteritis patients,river water and oysters., Water Science and Technology, 50(1) 51-56, 2004

    You Ueki, Kazuo Akiyama, Toru Watanabe, Tatsuo Omura

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Detection of infectious pathogenic viruses in water and wastewater samples from urbanized areas. , Water Science and Technology, 50(1) 247-251, 2004

    Daisuke Sano, Toru Watanabe, Takahiro Matsuo, Tatsuo Omura

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

  • Risk evaluation for pathogenic bacteria and viruses in sewage sludge compost, Water Science and Technology, 46 325-330, 2002

    T. Watanabe, D. Sano, T. Omura

    Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

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Books

  • Water and Life in Tonle Sap Lake, Springer Singapore, 2022.06

    Toru Watanabe, Masateru Nishiyama, In Sokneang, Takashi Nakamura, et al.

  • Health in ecological perspectives in the anthropocene, Springer, 2018.11

    Watanabe Toru, Watanabe Chiho

  • Municipal Wastewater Irrigation for Rice Cultivation., In: Current Perspective on Irrigation and Drainage, edited by Suren Kulshreshtha and Amin Elshorbagy, 2017.02

    Dong Duy Pham and Toru Watanabe

  • Performance of long-term operation of membrane bioreactor with in-line sludge thickener enhanced by inclined tubes (itMBR). , IWA Publishing, London, UK., 2013

    Toru Watanabe, Chen Jinxian, Wei Chunhai, Ryo Honda, Fumiyuki Nakajima and Kazuo Yamamoto

  • Cholera in Lao P. D. R.: Past and Present., In: Cholera,edited by Sivakumar Joghi Thatha Gowder, 2012.03

    Satoshi Nakamura, Yutaka Midorikawa, Masami Nakatsu, Toru Watanabe, Rattanaphone Phethsouvanh, Phengta Vongphrachanh, Kongsap Akkhavong and Paul Brey

  • Health risks due to contamination of groundwater with heavy metals and pathogenic microorganisms at an arsenic-affected village in Cambodia., IWA publishing LONDON,UK, 2009

    Toru Watanabe, Tsukasa Sasaki, Takayuki Miura, Satoshi Nakamura, Tatsuo Omura

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Review Papers

  • 下水処理水の投入負荷量が酒造好適米の生育特性および品質におよぼす影響, 下水道研究発表会講演集, 56th 497‐499, 2019.07

    竹田壮太, 増田周平, 児玉雅, 岡野邦宏, PHUNG Duc Luc, PHAM Viet Dung, 渡部徹

  • 活性汚泥に存在する抗菌薬に耐性を示す細菌群集の探索, Precision Medicine, 2(9) 83-86, 2019

    西山 正晃, 渡部 徹

  • 雨天時越流水を考慮した合流式下水道からの薬剤耐性菌の拡散の定量的評価, 環境工学研究フォーラム講演集, 55th 5, 2018.12

    本多了, 舘智大, 安田佳祐, 野口愛, 渡部徹, 池本良子

  • 下水処理プロセスにおける薬剤耐性遺伝子の消長, 日本水環境学会年会講演集, 52nd 694, 2018.03

    伊掛賢人, YANG Sen, 本多了, 池本良子, 渡部徹

  • 下水処理水を用いた酒造好適米栽培システムの構築に向けた基礎的検討, 日本水環境学会年会講演集, 52nd 64, 2018.03

    増田周平, PHAM D. Dong, 高階史章, 岡野邦宏, 宮田直幸, 渡部徹

  • 水中の健康関連微生物リスク研究の歴史的変遷と最先端, 日本リスク研究学会誌, 27(2) 1-11, 2018

    三浦尚之, 渡部徹, 藤井健吉, 金谷祐里, 田中宏明, 村上道夫

  • Risk management of viral infectious diseases in wastewater reclamation and reuse, Review.Environment International,accepted, 2016

    Daisuke Sano,Mohan Amarasiri,Akihiko Hata,Toru Watanabe,Hiroyuki Katayama

  • Urban flood and infectious diseases. , Alliance, 2013

    Toru Watanabe.

  • What do we do?, SRA RISK Newsletter, Third Quarter 2011 , 31(3) 16, 2011

    Toru Watanabe

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Academic Awards Received

  • Best Poster Award at The 12th International Symposium on Seatheast Asian Water Environment , 2016.11, Viet Nam

  • Best Paper Award, Environmental Engineering Research, 2009.11.27, Japan, Tsukasa Sasaki, Toru Watanabe, Takayuki Miura, Yoshifumi Masago, Satoshi Nakamura, Tatsuo Omura

  • Best Paper Award, Environmental Engineering Research, 2007.11.16, Japan, Toru Watanabe, Takayuki Miura, Tsukasa Sasaki, Satoshi Nakamura, Tatsuo Omura

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2023.04 - 2026.03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A),2023.04 - 2024.03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C),2021.04 - 2023.03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A),2019.04 - 2021.03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2019.04 - 2021.03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A),2018.04 - 2021.03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A),2018.04 - 2020.03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A),2018.04 - 2020.03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2018.04 - 2019.03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A),2017.04 - ,Development of database for health and environment in southeast Asia

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A),2016.04 -

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2016.04 - ,Role of of That Luang Marsh for Environmental Health of Laos Vientiane Metropolitan Area

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2015.07 - 2018.03

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2015.04 - 2018.03,Genetic analysis for behavior of antibiotic resistant bacteria at wastewater treatment plants in tropical Asia

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A),2014.04 - 2017.03,Development of risk assessment models for infectious diseases considering changes in climate, society and ecosystem

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2014.04 - 2017.03,Development of a method to estimate burden of infectious diseases caused by waterborne antibiotic resistant bacteria and its application to water reclamation scenarios

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2013.04 - 2016.03,A Landscape Genetic Study of Dengue Vector Mosquitoes in The Philippines: Dispersal Pattern and Infection Route

  • Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up,2012.08 - 2014.03,Mechanism for photochemical reaction of organically complexed iron

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A),2012.04 - 2015.03,Elucidation of the fate of human noroviruses in water environments

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2012.04 - 2015.03,Estimation of sources of antibiotic resistant bacteria and analysis of their aquired resistance in Southeast Asian water environment

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A),2010 - 2012,International cooperation research concerning water-borne diseases in relocated people and the development of related risk management techniques

  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B),2010 - 2011,Risk assessment and management of infection with waterborne pathogens via skin route

  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B),2008

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(S),2007 - 2011,Development of virus-binding protein-based technologies for concentration, detection and identification of pathogenic viruses in water environment

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2006 - 2009,HAZARD MAP OF WATERBORNE INFECTION DISEASE IN THE MEKONG FLOODING AREAS

  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B),2006 - 2007

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2004 - 2006,Development of new technology for removing viruses from water environment

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(A),2004 - 2006,Investigation on the Growth Mechanism of the Toxic Cyanobacterium (Lyngbya majuscula) in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Austraria

  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B),2004 - 2005

  • Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists(B),2002 - 2003

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),2001 - 2003,Development of virus removal technology using virus-binding proteinsDevelopment of virus removal technology using virus-binding proteins

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C),2001 - 2002,Behavior Analysis and Risk Evaluation of Paftogens for the Water Utilization System in the Watershed

  • Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Scientists,2000 - 2001

  • Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(B),1999 - 2001,Development of Thermophilic Oxic Process for High Rate Degradation of Livestock Organic Waste and Recovery of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Resources

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Other external funds procured

  • Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants,2018.04 - 2021.03

    Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Presentations

  • 24th Social Infrastructure Technology Forum in Shonai, Domestic presentation, 2019.01, Response of resistance genes of activated sludge bacteria to addition of antimicrobial agents, Oral presentation (general)

Preferred joint research theme

  • Resource-saving Agricultural production using wastewater and solid waste, No Setting, Technical Consultation, Funded Research, Cooperative Research

  • Risk assessment of water, food and environment, No Setting, Technical Consultation, Funded Research, Cooperative Research

 

Academic Activity

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 1998 -

  • Japan Society on Water Environment, 1998 -

  • International Water Association, 2000 -

  • Japan Society on Water Environment, Secretary of Health-Related Water Microbiology Study Group, 2004.04 - 2008.03

  • Society for Risk Analysis, 2009 -

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Secretary of Tohoku branch, 2010.10 -

  • 農業農村工学会 , 2011 -

  • Japan Society on Water Environment, 2011.04 - 2012.03

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Member of Environmental Engineering Committee, 2011.04 - 2015.03

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Secretary of Environmental Engineering Committee, 2011.04 - 2015.03

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2012 - 2013.03

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2013.06 - 2015.03

  • Japan Society on Water Environment, 2013.07 - 2014.03

  • 日本エコヘルス学会(J-EcoHealth) , 2013.12 -

  • Japan Society on Water Environment, 2014.04 - 2018.03

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2015.07 - 2017.05

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2015.10 - 2018.03

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2016.04 - 2016.11

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2017 - 2018.03

  • Japan Society on Water Environment, 2019.04 - 2020.03

  • Japan Society on Water Environment, 2020.05 -

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 2020.06 -

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Media Coverage

  • 「シリーズ 次代を担う衛生・環境工学者No.22」におけるインタビュー,2018.09