Name: Junko NAKANISHI

Doctoral:  Doctor of Engineering

Research Subjects:
1)Evaluation of risk associated with small fine particulate matters in the Kanto region.
2)Methodology development for identifying emission sources of pollutants: Case studies of small fine particulate matters, dioxins, PCBs and volatile organic chemicals. 
3)Methodology development of ecological risk and human health risks.
4)Evaluation of risk associated with dioxin and economic analysis of various countermeasures of its risk reduction.

Research fields:
Environmental impact analysis, Environmental risk management, Risk-reduction technology

Research papers:
　  1. YWakae　Maruyama, Kikuo Yoshida, Takayuki Tanaka, Junko Nakanishi, Determination of tissue-blood partition coefficients for a physiological model for humans, and estimation of dioxin concentration in tissues, Chemosphere, 46, 975-985, 2002
　　2. Yuan Yao, Takumi Takasuga, Shigeki Masunaga, Junko Nakanishi, Detailed study on the levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans and polychlorinated biphenyls in Yusho rice oil, Chemosphere, 46, 1460-1462, 2002
　　3. Mayuko Nakamaru, Yoh Iwasa, Junko Nakanishi, Extinction Risk to Herring Gull Populations from DDT Exposure, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 21[1], 195-202, 2002