Researcher Profile Motegi

Motegi Mamoru

Chemical Substances and Environmental Radioactivity Group  / Senior Researcher

Environmental chemistry

Research for behavior in the environment of hazardous chemical substances

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)

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

Ph. D.

2000-  Center for Environmental Science in Saitama

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

•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)