[Research fields: Environmental facilities] Building Equipment
Supervisor
U YANAGI: Professor
Prof. Yanagi is also a research fellow of Institute of Industrial Science of the University of Tokyo and a visiting researcher of National Institute of Public Health. He has published more than 50 books included co-author, more than 100 Journal papers, more than 100 articles, more than 110 international papers (with review), and more than 530 national conference papers.This laboratory's themes cover the whole field of indoor air quality. Recently, study of this laboratory has focused especially on airborne and surface microbial contamination in various environment such as office building, hospital, social welfare facility, underground city, temporary house, flood house, etc.Moreover, experimental study on the evaluation of the removal efficiency of the air bacteria, fungus, and virus by an air cleaner, and the quantization of mold's growth characteristics on the hygrothermal material's surface is also being conducted.Furthermore, research of the covid-19, mold allergen, DNA analysis of microbes, which is the latest theme of indoor air quality in recent years, is being conducted.
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keyword | Indoor Air Quality / Particulate matter / Environmental microbiology / Allergen |