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Satoshi Irei
The research group I work for : Nature Environment
Group
Specializing in atmospheric chemistry, I have been conducting research on
chemical reactions of organic matter in the atmosphere. At the National Institute for Minamata Disease,
I engage in the measurement of initial stable isotopic compositions in the chemical reaction mechanism
and emission sources of mercury that are present in minute quantities in the atmosphere, as well as
research on its dynamics in the atmospheric environment.
Research theme - Areas of work
Characterization of compositions of stable isotopes of mercury by emission
source
Main research achievements
2024
S. Irei, S. Yonemura, S. Kameyama, A. Sakuma, and H.
Shimazaki (2024) Emission of Particulate Inorganic Substances from Prescribed Open
Grassland Burning in Hirado, Akiyoshidai, and Aso, Japan. Air,2, p 61-72,
https://doi.org/10.3390/air2010004.
S. Irei and T.W. Chan (2024) Editorial Sources, Processing, Transport, Health and Climate Impacts of Air Pollutants. Special Issue “Sources, Processing, Transport, Health and Climate Impacts of Air Pollutants”, Applied Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/app14041361.
2023
S. Irei, S. Kameyama, H. Shimazaki, A. Sakuma, and S. Yonemura (2023) Chapter Mercury Emission from Prescribed Open Grassland Burning in the Aso Region, Japan. Book Grasslands - Conservation and Development, Muhammad Aamir (Ed) https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/88520.
2022
S. Irei (2022) Stable isotope ratios of mercury in
commercially available thermometers and fluorescent tubes, ACS Omega, 7 (11), 9291-9302.
2021
S. Irei (2021) Isotopic characterization of gaseous
mercury and particulate water-soluble organic carbon emitted from open grass field burning in
Aso, Japan, Applied Sciences, 12(1), 109, doi:10.3390/app12010109.
S. Irei (2021) Oxidation of gaseous elemental mercury in
acidified water: Evaluation of possible sinking pathway of atmospheric gaseous mercury in acid
cloud, fog, and rain drops, Applied Sciences, 11, 1196, doi: 10.3390/app11031196.
2020
S. Irei (2020) Development of fast sampling and high
recovery extraction method for stable isotope measurement of gaseous mercury, Applied Sciences,
10, 6691, doi:10.3390/app10196691.
Irei S (2020): Measurement of mercury in environment
samples for evaluating the effectiveness of the Minamata Convention. Kagaku To Kyoiku (Chemistry
& Education), 68(5), pp. 218-219.
2018
S. Irei, A. Takami, K. Hara, M. Hayashi (2018)
Evaluation of transboundary secondary organic aerosol in the urban air of western Japan: Direct
comparison of two site observations, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 2(12), pp 1231-1239.
2017
S. Irei, J. Stupak, X. Gong, T. Chan, M. Cox, R.
McLaren, J. Rudolph (2017) Molecular marker study of particulate organic matter in southern
Ontario air, Journal of Analytical Method in Chemistry, doi: 10.1155/2017/3504274.
2016
S. Irei, A. Takami, Y. Sadanaga, S. Nozoe, S. Yonemura,
H. Bandow, Y. Yokouchi (2016) Photochemical age of air pollutants, ozone, and secondary organic
aerosol in transboundary air observed on Fukue Island, Nagasaki, Japan, Atmospheric Chemistry
and Physics, 16, pp 4555-4568, doi:10.5194/acp-16-4555-2016.
2015
Satoshi Irei, Jochen Rudolph, Lin Huang, Janeen Auld,
Fabrice Collin, and Donald Hastie (2015) Laboratory studies of carbon kinetic isotope effects on
the production mechanism of particulate phenolic compounds formed by toluene photooxidation: A
tool to constrain reaction pathways Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 119 (1), pp 5-13.
2014
Irei, S., Takami, A., Hayashi, M., Sadanaga, Y., Hara,
K., Kaneyasu, N., Sato, K., Arakaki, T., Hatakeyama, S., Bandow, H., Hikida, T., and Shimono, A.
(2014) Transboundary secondary organic aerosol in western Japan indicated by the delta 13C of
water soluble organic carbon and the m/z 44 signal in organic aerosol mass spectra Environmental
Science and Technology, 48, pp 6273-6281.
2011
Satoshi Irei, Jochen Rudolph, Lin Huang, Janeen Auld,
and Donald Hastie (2011) Stable carbon isotope ratio of secondary particulate organic matter
formed by photooxidation of toluene in indoor smog chamber, Atmospheric Environment, 45(4), pp
856-862.
2006
Satoshi Irei, Lin Huang, Fabrice Collin, Wendy Zhang,
Donald Hastie, and Jochen Rudolph (2006) Flow reactor studies of the stable carbon isotope
composition of secondary particulate organic matter generated by OH-radical-induced reactions of
toluene, Atmospheric Environment, 40(30), pp 5858-5867.
Externally-funded research
FY2014
ESPEC Prize for the Encouragement of Environmental Studies
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