Hiroshima University
Environmental Preservation Engineering Laboratory

People

Staff

Professor Tomonori Kindaichi

Curriculum Vitae

Education and Experience

1999.3 B.Eng., Toyohashi University of Technology
2001.3 M.Eng., Toyohashi University of Technology
2004.3 Ph.D., Hokkaido University
2004.3 Assistant Professor (Research Associate), Hiroshima University
2010.7-2011.3 Visiting Researcher, Aalborg University, Denmark
2018.11-2020.3 Distinguished Researcher, Hiroshima University
2020.4 Associate Professor, Hiroshima University
2021.9-2023.3 Distinguished Researcher, Hiroshima University
2023.10 Professor, Hiroshima University

Awards

2004 Paper Award (Committee of Environmental Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers)
2005 Paper Award for Young Researchers (Committee of Environmental Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers)
2005 Best Poster Award (Committee of Environmental Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers)
2005 Best Presentation Award (Japan Society of Civil Engineers)
2006 Best Poster Award 11th International Symposium for Microbial Ecology in Vienna(ISME)
2007 Best Poster Award (Japan Society of Microbial Ecology)
2007 Best Poster Award (Committee of Environmental Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers)
2007 Best Presentation Award (Japan Society of Civil Engineers)
2015 Best Poster Award (Japan Society of Microbial Ecology)
2022 Research Paper Award 2021 of the Microbes and Environments (Japan Society on Water Environment)

Social Activities

2014- Secretary, Research Committee of Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering, Japan Society on Water Environment
2017- Associate Editor, Microbes and Environments
2017- Director, Chugoku/Shikoku Branch, Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management

2019-2020

2025-2026

Councilor, Japan Society of Microbial Ecology
2019-2023 Editor, Journal of Japan Society on Water Environment
2021-2024 General Affairs, Japan Society of Microbial Ecology
2023- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Japan Society on Water Environment

Associate Professor Zen-ichiro Kimura

Curriculum Vitae

Education and Experience

2007.3 B. Eng., Toyohashi University of Technology
2009.3 M. Eng., Toyohashi University of Technology
2011.4-2013.3 Research Fellow (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2013.3 Ph.D., Hokkaido University
2013.5-2015.3 Postdoctoral Researcher, Biomass Refinery Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
2015.4 Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kure College
2019.4 Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Kure College
2020.12-2023.3 Researcher, ACT-X, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
2023.3-2024.3 Visiting Researcher, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
2024.4- Researcher, FOREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
2026.8 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University

Awards

2023.2 Ono Sekiyuten Award and Hiroshima VC Award, Hiroshima Tech Plan Grand Prix
2025.7 College President’s Commendation, National Institute of Technology, Kure College

Social Activities

2023- Member, Environmental Engineering Committee, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)
2024.3-2026.3 Branch Officer and Awards Committee Member, Chugoku Branch, JSCE
2026.6- Member, Editorial Committee of the JSCE Magazine

Researcher Yangbo Chen

Secretary Masami Ohyama

Visiting Professor Akiyoshi Ohashi