Researcher Profile Horii

Department・Position

Chemical Substances and Environmental Radioactivity Group / Researcher

Field

Environmental chemistry

Theme of investigation and research

Method development, monitoring, and risk assessment of hazardous chemicals in environment

Joint researches with outside organizations（optional matters）

University of Shizuoka, The Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (#K113032), “Formation pathways and health risk assessment of halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in waste incinerator”, 2011-2013.

Meijyo University, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (#23310011) from JSPS, 2011-2013.

The subject of research Future aspirations

“Development for high precision analysis of low molecular weight methylsiloxanes and their distribution in water environment”, The Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (#Rfb-1202), 2012-2014.

Degree

Ph.D., Physical Sciences, 2006. Graduate School of Science and Engineering Ibaraki University.

Career

2006-2008, Postdoctoral fellow, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health

2008- Center for Environmental Science in Saitama

Academic society to which belongs

• Japan Society for Environmental Chemistry
• The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
• Society of Environmental Science, Japan
• The Geochemical Society of Japan

Writings and Papers

Peer review paper

Horii Y., Ohtsuka N., Minomo K., Nojiri K., Kannan K., Lam P.K.S., Yamashita N. Distribution, characteristics, and worldwide inventory of dioxins in kaolin ball clays. Environ. Sci. Technol., 45, 7517-7524, 2011.

Horii, Y., Jiang, Q., Nanari, N., Lam, P.K.S., Yamashita, N., Jansing, R., Aldous, K.M., Mauer, M.P., Eadon, G.A., Kannan, K. Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, biphenyls, and naphthalenes in plasma of workers deployed at the World Trade Center after the Collapse. Environ Sci Technol, 44, 5188-5194, 2010.

Horii Y., Ohura T., Yamashita N., Kannan, K., Chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments from industrial areas in Japan and the United States, Arch. Environ Contam. Toxicol. 57, 651-660, 2009.

Horii Y., Khim J.S., Higley E.B., Giesy J.P., Ohura T., Kannan K. Relative potencies of individual chlorinated and brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for induction of aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated responses, Environ. Sci. Technol., 43, 2159-2165, 2009.

Horii Y., Kannan K., A survey of organosilicone compounds, including cyclic and linear siloxanes, in personal-care and household products. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 55, 701-710, 2008.

Horii Y., Ok G., Ohura T., Kannan K., Occurrence and profiles of chlorinated and brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in waste incinerators. Environ. Sci. Technol., 42, 1904-1909, 2008.

Horii Y., van Bavel B., Kannan K., Petrick G., Nachtigall K., Yamashita N. Novel evidence for natural formation of dioxins in ball clay. Chemosphere, 70, 1280-1289, 2008.

Horii Y., Reiner J.L., Loganathan B.G., Kumar K.S., Sajwan, K., Kannan K. Occurrence and fate of polycyclic musks in wastewater treatment plants in Kentucky and Georgia, USA. Chemosphere, 68, 2011-2020, 2007.

Book

Global Contamination Trends of Persistent Organic Chemicals, Chapter “History of PCNs Use and Environmental Contamination Trends in Japan and China”, Taylor & Francis, 2011