Staff Members CV

The Center has more than 45 senior-level faculty from national, regional, and international institutions. ACEWM affiliated 38 faculty who are engaged in teaching, research, joint supervision of students, and offering short courses.

Yoshihiko Inagaki

Assistant professor of Water and Environment
Visiting Faculty
Personal Information
  1. Full Name: Yoshihiko Inagaki
  2. Title: Assistant professor of Water and Environment
Professional Preparation/Educational Background
  1. 2010, B.Eng. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Waseda University, School of Science and
  2. Engineering, Tokyo, Japan
  3. 2012, M.Eng. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Waseda University, Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering
  4. 2016, Dr. Eng. in Water and Environmental Engineering at Waseda University, Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering
Experiences and Appointments
  1. 2014, Visiting Scholar at Environmental Research and Training Centre, Pathumthani, Thailand
  2. 2015-2016, Research Associate at Waseda Univerisity, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Tokyo, Japan
  3. 2016-2018, Assistant Professor at Waseda Univerisity, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Tokyo, Japan
  4. 2018-2019, Visiting Scholar at University of Pittsburgh, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pittsburgh, the United States
  5. 2019-2020, Visiting Scholar at Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Selected Publications/Conference Participation/Pertinent Selected Publications
  1. M. Eridadi, Y. Inagaki, E. Alemayehu, M. Kiwanuka: Evaluation of willingness to pay toward improving water supply services in Sebeta town, Ethiopia. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development In press, https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2021.204, 2021.
  2. Inagaki, D. Yamada, M. Komori and Y. Sakakibara: Modeling an in-situ hydrogenotrophic denitrification and oxidation process in an experimental scale aquifer. Journal of Water Process Engineering Vol. 38, 101685, 2020.
  3. Vaddake Pariyarath, Y. Inagaki, and Y. Sakakibara: Modeling an in-situ hydrogenotrophic denitrification and oxidation process in an experimental scale aquifer. Journal of Water Process Engineering In press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101851, 2020.
  4. D. Tran, N.T. Dao, R. Sasaki, M.B. Tu, G.H.M.Dang, H.G. Nguyen, H.M. Dang, C.H. Vo, Y. Inagaki, N.V. Nguyen, Y. Sakakibara: Accelerated remediation of organochlorine pesticide contaminated soils with phyto-Fenton approach: a field study. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Vol. 42, 3597-3608, 2020.
  5. M. Dang, N.T.T. Nguyen, Y. Inagaki, J. Akkanen and Y. Sakakibara: 17α-Ethinylestradiol in Lakes of Hanoi and its effect on seed germination. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, Vol. 101, No.7-8, 420-432, 2019
  6. Inagaki, K. Naito, J. Ye, M. Komori and Y. Sakakibara: Modeling an in-situ hydrogenotrophic denitrification and oxidation process in an experimental scale aquifer. Journal of Water Process Engineering, Vol. 26, 308-311, 2018.
  7. Inagaki, N. Shigeki and Y. Sakakibara: OH radical generation by a novel phyto-remediation process and its application to remove POPs. Journal of Water and Waste, The Industrial Water Institute, Vol. 60, No. 8, 39-45, 2018 (in Japanese).
  8. M. Hieu, Y. Inagaki, Y. Yamauchi, T. Kurihara, H.C. Vo and Y. Sakakibara; Acute exposure to 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol alters aggressive behavior of mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) toward Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes). Bull Environ. Contam. Toxicol., Vol. 98, No. 5, 643-648, 2017.
  9. Inagaki, V.H. Cong and Y. Sakakibara: Identification and application of Phyto-Fenton reactions. Chemosphere, Vol. 144, 1443-1450, 2016.
  10. Kasai, Y. Inagaki, Y. Sakakibara, M. Milintawisamai, and S. Srilachai: Field Survey on the Removal of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Residues in Oxidation Ponds and Constructed Wetlands in Tropical Areas, Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Japan Society on Water Environment, Vol.10, No.4, 337-345, 2012.
  11. Inagaki, T. Fujita, A.R. dos Reis, S. Suzuki and Y. Sakakibara: Removal performances of estrogens by aquatic plants, Journal of JSCE, Ser. G (Environmental Research), Vol.68, No.7, III_77-III_85, 2012 (in Japanese).
Selected Conference Proceedings
  1. Lue, Y. Inagaki,Y. Sakakibara. Removal of disinfection byproduct precursors by a combined electrochemical and adsorption process. Presented at International Environmental Engineering Conference 2015; 2015 October 28-30, Busan, South Korea (Abstract #ORS5-220).
  2. Inagaki, S. Nagahashi, A. Fujiwara, A.R. dos Reis, Y. Sakakibara. Semi-continuous treatment of pentachlorophenol by biological Fenton reaction. Presented at11th International Phytotechnologies Conference; 2014, September 30-October 3, Crete, Greece (Abstract # SP158).
  3. Inagaki, T. Fujita, A.R. dos Reis, S. Suzuki, Y. Sakakibara. Performance and Kinetics of Estrogens Removals by Aquatic Plants. Presented at 4th IWA Young Water Professional Conference; 2012, December 7-10, Tokyo, Japan (Abstract #oral-95).
  4. Inagaki, A.R. dos Reis, Y. Kyuma, Y. Sakakibara. A Biological Fenton Reaction for the Complete Decomposition of Chlorinated Compounds. Presented at the Eighth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds; 2012, May 21-24, Monterey, California, USA (Abstract # F8 106).
  5. Kasai, Y. Inagaki, Y. Sakakibara, M. Milintawisamai, S. Srilachai. Field Survey on Removals of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Pharmaceutical Residues in Oxidation Ponds and Constructed Wetlands in Tropical Areas. Presented at the 4th IWA-ASPIR; 2011, October 3-5, Tokyo, Japan (Abstract #18-7).
Participation in Research Projects and Community Engagement Participation in Research Projects
  1. 2013-2014, Removals of emerging contaminants by biological Fenton reactions Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Grant-in-aid for JSPS Fellows Role: PI Annual direct cost: $100,000. The main objective of this project is to study the possibility of heterogeneous iron catalysts as iron source in biological Fenton process, as well as the application of the process to a pilot-scale constructed wetland in Thailand.
  2. 2016, Development of advanced water reuse technology with a phyto-Fenton process, JX Nippon Oil & Energy, Fund for Encouraging Young Researchers, Role: PI, Annual direct cost: $50,000, The major goal of this study is to develop a cost effective biological method for the removal of refractory organic compounds, using diatoms.
Community Engagement
  1. 2016, Invited Speaker, BIT's 7th Annual Global Congress of Catalysis, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
  2. 2017, Invited Speaker, BIT's 5th Annual Conference of AnalytiX-2017, Fukuoka, Japan
Training and Professional Development
  1. 2020-2021 Instructor; Environmental Engineering; Waseda University Graduate School of Science and Engineering; master students
  2. 2020 Instructor; Surface Water Quality Engineering; Africa Center of Excellence for Water Management, Addis Ababa University; 1st year master students
  3. 2015-2018 Graduate and undergraduate research mentor; Waseda University; assistance in supervision of graduate and undergraduate students by Dr. Sakakibara
  4. 2015-2017 Teaching Assistant; Laboratory Work on Hydraulics and Water Quality; Waseda University School of Creative Science and Engineering; 3rd year undergraduate students
  5. 2016-2017 Instructor; Environmental Engineering B; Waseda University School of Creative Science and Engineering 2nd year undergraduate students.
Main Research Activities/Interts
  • My research interest is in water and environment.