Lab. Environ. Soil Sci. Meijo Univ.

Professor, Hirotatsu MURANO

Career

  • Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Japan, April 2022 - present
  • Visiting Researcher, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, April 2019 - March 2020
    •     Joseph J. Pignatello's laboratory
  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Japan, April 2014 - March 2022
  • Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, Japan, April 2010 - March 2014
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Japan, April 2007 - March 2010
  • Research Scientist, Global Environmental Forum (work at the Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies), Japan, April 2003 - March 2004
  • Research Scientist, Environmental Department, Chiyoda-Dames and Moore Co. Ltd., Japan, April 2000 - March 2003

    • Education

  • PhD, Soil Scinece, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan, March 2007
  • MS, Soil Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Japan, March 2000
  • BS, Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Japan, March 1998

    • ORICD

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    Contact
    e-mail murano@meijo-u.ac.jp
    Membership in Professional Societies
    Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Japanese Society of Pedology, Japanese Society of Environmental Toxicology, Weed Science Society of Japan, Pesticide Science Society of Japan
    Courses
    Advanced soil science
    MA Course     		This course introduces principles of the latest research topics in soil chemistry. By the end of the course, students should have higher knowledge of soil chemistry, and come up with solutions to the research problems.
    Soil science
    UG: 2nd year     		Soil supports not only the crop growth but also ecosystem. Soil is also affected by the agricultural activity and the ecosystem. This course provides an understanding of the essential elements of soil science.
    Environmental soil chemistry
    UG: 3rd year     		This course is intended for students who have already completed an introductory course on Soil Science, and deal with a general introduction to environmental soil chemistry (chemical reactions, isotope geochemistry, environmental toxicology, and soil remediation).
    Recent Publications
    1. Ando et al. (2023) Factors controlling soil nonexchangeable K and its contribution to crop K uptake in vegetable fields in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Jpn. J. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 94(3): 163-169 (in Japanese with English abstract).

      DOI: 10.20710/dojo.94.3_163

    2. Shahidin et al. (2023) Effects of chicken manure applied with inorganic fertilizer on mango tree nutrition and fruit yield in Northern Peninsular Malaysia. Trop. Agr. Develop., 67(1): 36-40.

      DOI: 10.11248/jsta.67.36

    3. Shahidin et al. (2022) Soil spatial variation in a sloping mango orchard of Northern Peninsular Malaysia. Malaysian J. Soil Sci., 26: 104-119.

      4. ISSN: 1394-7990

    4. Isoi et al. (2022) Organic paddy cultivation with Chinese milk vetch in winter and chain-weeder. Scientific Reports of the Faculty of Agriculture, Meijo University, 58: 45-50 (in Japanese with English abstract).

      5. ISSN: 09103376

    5. Hosoda et al. (2022) Correlation between molecular microbial community and nitrogen cycling on ornithogenic soil affected by tsunami in Japan. Ecol. Genet. Genom., 23: 100114.

      6. DOI: 10.1016/j.egg.2022.100114


      All Publications

    Recent International Conference Presentations
    1. Murano, H., A. Watanabe, T. Isoi (2023) Sorption of organic xenobiotics on soil organic matter requires attention to electrolytes as well as organic matter itself: A case study of acetamiprid. 18th EuChemS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment; European Chemical Society, June 11-15, 2023, Venice, Italy.
    2. Wang, Z., H. Murano, J.J. Pignatello (2021) Dynamic aggregation of humic acid in the absence and presence of added low-molecular-weight acids. Soil Science Society of America International Annual Meeting;Soil Science Society of America, November, 2021, Salt Lake City, UT, US.
    3. Asano, K., A. Azhar, H. Naito, H. Murano, T. Isoi, M. Takagi, S. Unoki, M. Kikuta, Y. B. Pasolon, B. Abbas, H. Ehara (2018) Growth of sago palm seedlings under different fertilizer management. ISSAAS Congress 2018; International Society for Southeast Asian Agricultural Sciences. October 12-14, 2018, Sarawak, Malaysia.
    4. Murano, H., M. Sano, S. Orii, T. Isoi (2017) Basic research of effect of soil organic matter on glyphosate sorption onto a soil. The 26th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference; Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society, September 19-22, 2017, Kyoto, Japan.
    5. Murano, H., K. Suzuki, S. Kayada, M. Saito, N. Yuge, T. Arishiro, A. Watanabe, T. Isoi (2016) A basic study on influence of humic substances and iron and aluminum ions on acetamiprid sorption onto a paddy soil. 252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition; American Chemical Society, August 21-25, 2016, Philadelphia, US.

      6. All International Conference Presentations

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