Researcher Profile Motegi

Department・Position

Chemical Substances and Environmental Radioactivity Group  / Senior Researcher

Field

Environmental chemistry

Theme of investigation and  research

Research for behavior in the environment of hazardous chemical substances

Joint researches with outside organizations（optional matters）

A study on behavior and source of PFOS, PFOA and their precursors in the aquatic environment (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, FY2011-2013)
Research on biodegradation behavior of precursors of PFOS and PFOA in the aquatic environment (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, FY2014-2016)

The subject of research Future aspirations

Effect for ecosystem and behavior of chemical substances changed in the environment by a biodegradation, etc.

Degree

Ph. D.

Career

2000-  Center for Environmental Science in Saitama

Academic society to which belongs

Japan Society of Endocrine Disrupters Research, The Zoological Society of Japan, The Herpetological Society of Japan

Writings and Papers

•Motegi M., Nojiri K., and Horii Y.: Behavior of 8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol and the biotransformation compounds in sewage treatment processes, Organohalogen Compounds, Vol. 76, 301-304 (2014)
•Motegi M., Nojiri K., and Horii Y.: Biodegradation of fluorinated compounds in river water/sediment system by a shake-flask batch test, Organohalogen Compounds, Vol. 75, 301-304 (2013)
•Zushi Y., Ye F., Motegi M., Nojiri K., Hosono S., Suzuki, T.,Kosugi Y., Yaguchi K., and Masunaga S.: Spatial distribution and loading amounts of particle sorbed and dissolved perfluorinated compounds in the basin of Tokyo Bay, Chemosphere, Vol. 88(11), 1353-1357 (2012)
•Zushi Y., Ye F., Motegi M., Nojiri K., Hosono S., Suzuki, T.,Kosugi Y., Yaguchi K., and Masunaga S.: Spatially Detailed Survey on Pollution by Multiple Perfluorinated Compounds in the Tokyo Bay Basin of Japan, Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 45(7), 2887-2893 (2011)
•Motegi M., Horii Y., Hosono S., and Nojiri K.: Method development of volatile perfluorinated compounds in water using purge and trap extraction – GC/MS, Organohalogen Compounds, Vol. 72, 880-883 (2010)
•Motegi, M., Nojiri, K., Hosono, S., and Kawamura, K.: Mass Balance Study of Nonylphenol Ethoxylates and Their Metabolites in an Urban River Contaminated by Nonylphenol, Environmental Sciences, Vol.14(Supplement), 9-21 (2007)
•Motegi, M., Nojiri, K., Hosono, S., and Kawamura, K.: Seasonal Changes in Nonylphenol Ethoxylates and Their Metabolites in Water and Sediment of Urban River Polluted by Nonylphenol, Environmental Sciences, Vol.14(3), 109-128 (2007)