Masahiro Sakata
Professor
Food and Nutritional Sciences
University of Shizuoka
Japan
Biography
Masahiro Sakata has been a Professor of the Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka since April 2005. He currently serves as the dean of the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences. He received his BS degree (1976) in chemistry from Shizuoka University and his MS (1978) and PhD (1985) degrees in geochemistry from Nagoya University. He worked at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) from April 1979 to March 2005, and engaged in research on environmental chemistry related to electric utility, e.g., monitoring and risk assessment of hazardous pollutants from coal-fired power stations. His papers have been published in several professional journals, including Environmental Science & Technology and Atmospheric Environment. His current activities include the evaluation of the long-range transport of toxic trace elements from the Asian continent to Japan and their wet and dry depositions, and the distribution of mercury and other trace elements in food web from Suruga Bay, Japan.
Research Interest
Masahiro Sakata has been a Professor of the Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka since April 2005. He currently serves as the dean of the School of Food and Nutritional Sciences. He received his BS degree (1976) in chemistry from Shizuoka University and his MS (1978) and PhD (1985) degrees in geochemistry from Nagoya University. He worked at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) from April 1979 to March 2005, and engaged in research on environmental chemistry related to electric utility, e.g., monitoring and risk assessment of hazardous pollutants from coal-fired power stations. His papers have been published in several professional journals, including Environmental Science & Technology and Atmospheric Environment. His current activities include the evaluation of the long-range transport of toxic trace elements from the Asian continent to Japan and their wet and dry depositions, and the distribution of mercury and other trace elements in food web from Suruga Bay, Japan.
