Hajime Akimoto
- Position
- Visiting Researcher
- Expertise
- Atmospheric Chemistry
- akimoto.hajime (*add @nies.go.jp)
Education & Career
- 2015-
- Visiting Researcher, Global Atmospheric Chemistry Section, National Institute for Environmental Studies
- 2010
- Director General, Asia Center for Air Pollution Research
- 2009
- Director General, The Acid Deposition and Oxidant Research Center, the Japan Environmental Sanitation Center
- 2004
- Director, Atmospheric Composition Research Program, FRCGC
- 1998
- 地球フロンティア研究システム領域長(非常勤)
- 1993
- Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo
- 1990
- Director, Global Environmental Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies
- 1987
- Director, Atmospheric Environment Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies
- 1974
- Head, Atmospheric Chemistry Section, National Institute for Environmental Studies
- 1967
- Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- 1967
- Ph.D., Tokyo Institute of Technology (Chemistry)
Awards
- 日経地球環境技術賞
- 大気汚染学会(現大気環境学会)賞
- 島津賞
- ハーゲンシュミット賞
- アジア化学連合賞
- 日本気象学会藤原賞
- 環境保全功労者表彰(環境大臣)
- 日本地球惑星科学連合フェロー
- 米国地球物理学連合(AGU)フェロー
Selected Publications
- Akimoto, H., T. Nagashima, H. Tanimoto, Z. Klimont, and M. Amann (2020), An empirical approach toward the SLCP reduction targets in Asia for the mid-term climate change mitigation, Prog. Earth Planet. Sci., 7, 73, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-020-00385-5.
- Akimoto, H. and H. Tanimoto (2020), Review of comprehensive measurements of speciated NOy and its chemistry: Need for quantifying the role of heterogeneous processes of HNO3 and HONO, Aerosol Air Qual. Res., 21, 200395, https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2020.07.0395.
Books
- 「大気反応化学」浅倉書店
- 「対流圏大気化学と地球環境」学会出版センター
他、共著多数