CURRICULUM VITAE (11 March 2020)
NAME: Yukinori Tani
BIRTH: 21, November, 1967
TITLE: Professor
AFFILIATION: Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology
Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Japan
MAJOR RESEARCH INTERESTS: Biogenic manganese oxide and its application for metal remediation,
Paleolimnological research using sediment core records, Lake ecosystmes, Electroanalytical chemistry
ACADEMIC CAREER HISTORY:
2017-Present: Professor, Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Food and Nutritional
Sciences/Graduate Program in Environmental Health Sciences, Graduate School of Integrated
Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka
2014-2017: Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Life Sciences, School of Food andNutritional Sciences/Graduate Program in Environmental Health Sciences, Graduate School of Integrated
Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka
2008-2014: Associate Professor, Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University ofShizuoka
1996-2008: Assistant Professor, Graduate Division of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University ofShizuoka
1996: Ph.D. Degree (Chemistry, The University of Tokyo)

PUBLICATIONS:(A) BIOGEOCHMISTRY
1. Y. Tani*, N. Miyata, K. Iwahori, M. Soma, S. Tokuda, H. Seyama and B.K.G. Theng, Biogeochemistry ofmanganese oxide coatings on pebble surfaces in the Kikukawa River System, Shizuoka, Japan. Applied
Geochemistry 18(10), 1541-1554 (2003).
2. N. Miyata, Y. Tani, K. Iwahori and M. Soma Enzymatic formation of manganese oxides by an
Acremonium-like Hyphomycete fungus, strain KR21-2. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 47(1), 101-109(2004).
3. Y. Tani*, M. Ohashi, N. Miyata, H. Seyama, K. Iwahori and M. Soma, Sorption of Co(II), Ni(II) andZn(II) ions on biogenic manganese oxide produced by a Mn-oxidizing fungus, strain KR21-2. The Journalof Environmental Science and Health, Part A 39(10), 2641-2660 (2004).
4. Y. Tani*, N. Miyata, M. Ohashi, T, Ohnuki, H. Seyama, K. Iwahori and M. Soma, Interaction of inorganic
arsenic with biogenic manganese oxide produced by a Mn-oxidizing fungus, strain KR21-2.
Environmental Science and Technology 38(24), 6618-6624 (2004).
5. N. Miyata, K. Maruo, Y. Tani, H. Tsuno, H. Seyama, M. Soma, and K. Iwahori, Production of BiogenicManganese Oxides by Anamorphic Ascomycete Fungi Isolated from Streambed Pebbles,
Geomicrobiology Journal 23, 63-73 (2006).
6. N. Miyata, Y. Tani, K. Maruo, H. Tsuno, M. Sakata, and K. Iwahori, Manganese(IV) oxide production byAcremonium sp. Strain KR21-2 and extracellular Mn(II) oxidasa activity. Applied and Environmental
Microbiology 72(10), 6467-6473 (2006).
7. K. Tanaka, F. Akagawa, K. Yamamoto, Y. Tani, I. Kawabe and T. Kawai: Rare earth element geochemistryof Lake Baikal sediment: Its implication for geochemical response to climate change during the Last

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Glacial/Interglacial Transition. Quaternary Science Review 26, 1362-1368 (2007).
N. Miyata, D. Sugiyama, Y. Tani, H. Tsuno, H. Seyama, M. Sakata and K. Iwahori, Production of biogenic
manganese oxides by repeated-batch cultures of laboratory microcosms. Journal of Bioscience andBioengineering 103(5), 432-439 (2007).
N. Miyata, Y. Tani, M. Sakata, and K. Iwahori, Microbial Manganese oxide formation and interaction withtoxic metal ions, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 104(1), 1-8 (2007).
H. Seyama, Y. Tani, N. Miyata, M. Soma and K. Iwahori, Characterization of pebble surfaces coated withbiogenic manganese oxides by SIMS, XPS and SEM. Applied Surface Science 255, 1509-1511 (2008).
K. Tanaka, Y. Tani, Y. Takahashi, M. Tanimizu, Y. Suzuki, N. Kozai, T. Ohnuki, A specific Ce oxidation
process during sorption of rare earth elements on biogenic Mn oxide produced by Acremonium sp. strain
KR21-2. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, 5463-5477 (2010).
S. Grangeon, B. Lanson, N. Miyata, Y. Tani and A. Manceau, Structure of nanocrystalline
phyllomanganates produced by freshwater fungi, American Mineralogist 95, 1608-1616 (2010).
K. Tanaka, Y. Tani, T. Ohnuki, Specific sorption behavior of actinoids on biogenic Mn oxide, Chemistry
Letters, 40(8) , 806-807 (2011).
J. Watanabe, Y. Tani*, N. Miyata, H. Seyama, S. Mitsunobu, H. Naitou, Concurrent sorption of As(V) andMn(II) during biogenic manganese oxide formation. Chemical Geology 306-307, 123-128 (2012).
N. Miyata, Y. Tani, Microbial manganese(II) oxidation: A potential tool for treatment of metalcontaminated waters, In Handbook of Metal Biotechnology: Applications for Environmental Conservationand Sustainability, M. Ike, M. Yamashita, S. Soda (eds.) Chapter 1, p1-10, Pan Stanford Publishing Pte.
Ltd.(2012).
J. Watanabe, Y. Tani*, J. Chang, N. Miyata, H. Naitou, H. Seyama, As(III) oxidation kinetics of biogenic
manganese oxides formed by Acremonium strictum strain KR21-2. Chemical Geology 347, 227-232(2013).
J. Chang, Y. Tani*, H. Naitou, N. Miyata, H. Seyama, Fungal Mn oxides supporting Mn(II) oxidase
activity as effective Mn(II) sequestering materials. Environmental Technology 34, 2781-2787 (2013).
J. Chang, Y. Tani*, H. Naitou, N. Miyata, H. Seyama, K. Tanaka, Cobalt(II) sequestration on fungal
biogenic manganese oxide enhanced by manganese(II) oxidase activity. Applied Geochemistry 37, 170178 (2013).
K. Iwahori, J. Watanabe, Y. Tani, H. Seyama, N. Miyata, Removal of heavy metal cations by biogenic
magnetite nanoparticles produced in Fe(III)-reducing microbial enrichment cultures. Journal of Biosienceand Bioengineering 117, 333-335 (2014).
H. Naitou, Y. Tani, S. Nishi, Verification of Drainage Sterilization System that Uses Low-Voltage Pulsed
Electric Field in a Prawn Farm. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A4, 189-196 (2014).
J. Chang, Y. Tani*, H. Naitou, N. Miyata, H. Seyama, Zn(II) sequestration by fungal biogenic manganeseoxide through enzymatic and abiotic processes. Chemical Geology 383, 155-163 (2014).
J. Chang, Y. Tani*, H. Naitou, N. Miyata, H. Seyama, Sequestration of Cd(II) and Ni(II) on fungalmanganese oxides associated with Mn(II) oxidase activity. Applied Geochemistry 47, 198-208 (2014).
D. Inthorn, Y. Tani*, J. Chang, H. Naitou, N. Miyata, Magnetically modified fungal Mn oxides with highsequestration efficiency for simultaneously removing multiple heavy metal ions from wastewater. Journalof Environmental Chemical Engineering 2, 1635-1641 (2014).
Q. Yu,, T. Ohnuki, K. Tanaka, N. Kozai, S. Yamasaki, F. Sakamoto, Y. Tani: Fungas-promoted
transformation of lanhtanides during the biooxidation of divalent manganese. Geochimica etCosmochimica Acta 174, 1-12 (2016).
H. Zheng, Y. Tani*, H. Naitou, N. Miyata, F. Tojo: Oxidative Ce3+ sequestration on fungal manganese

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oxides with an associated Mn(II) oxidase activity. Applied Geochemistry 71, 110-122 (2016).
H. Zheng, Y. Tani*, H. Naitou, N. Miyata, F. Tojo, H. Seyama: Sequestration of La3+ by fungal manganeseoxides and the effect of Mn(II) oxidase activity. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 5, 735743 (2017).
R. Grandbois, C. Yeager, Y. Tani, C. Xu, S. Zhang, M. Beaver, K. Schwehr, D. Kaplan, P. Santschi,
Biogenic manganese oxides facilitate iodide oxidation at pH ≤ 5, Geomicrobiology Journal, 35, 167-173(2018).
Q. Yu, K. Tanaka, N. Kozai, F. Sakamoto, Y. Tani, T. Ohnuk: Adsorption of Cs onto biogenic birnessite:
effects of layer structure, ionic strength, and competition cations. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2、797810 (2018).
R. Suzuki, Y. Tani*, H. Naitou, N. Miyata, K. Tanaka: Sequestration and oxidation of Cr(III) by fungal
Mn oxides with Mn(II) oxidizing activity. Catalysts 10(1), 44(15 pages), (2020).
doi:10.3390/catal10010044(B) PALEOLIMNOLOGY and LAKE ECOSYSTEM
1. Y. Tani, K. Kurihara, F. Nara, N. Itoh, M. Soma*, Y. Soma, A. Tanaka, M. Yoneda, M. Hirota and Y. Shibata,Temporal changes in the phytoplankton community of the southern basin of Lake Baikal over the last
24,000 years recorded by photosynthetic pigments in a sediment core. Organic Geochemistry 33, 16211634 (2002).
2. N. Itoh, Y. Tani, T. Nagatani and M. Soma*, Phototrophic activity and redox condition in Lake Hamana,
Japan, indicated by sedimentary photosynthetic pigments and molybdenum over the last ~250 years.
Journal of Paleolimnology 29, 403-422 (2003).
3. M. Soma, Y. Soma, Y. Tani, N. Itoh, K. Kurihara, F. Nara, A. Tanaka, T. Kawai, Residual photosynthetic
pigments in the sediment of Lake Baikal as indicators of phytoplankton history, In Long Continental
Records from Lake Baikal, K. Kashiwaya (ed.), pp137-160, Springer-Verlag (2003).
4. N. Itoh, Y. Tani and M. Soma*, Sedimentary photosynthetic pigments of algae and phototrophic bacteria
in Lake Hamana, Japan: temporal changes of anoxia in its five basins. Limnology 4(3), 139-148 (2003).
5. T. Sakai, K. Minoura*, M. Soma, Y. Tani, A. Tanaka, F. Nara, N. Itoh, and T. Kawai, Influence of climate
fluctuation on clay formation in the Baikal drainage basin. Journal of Paleolimnology 33(1), 105-121(2005).
6. Y. Soma*, N. Itoh, Y. Tani and M. Soma, Sterol composition of steryl chlorin esters (SCEs) formed throughgrazing of algae by freshwater crustaceans and its relevance to the composition of sedimentary SCEs.
Limnology 6(1), 45-51 (2005).
7. F. Nara, Y. Tani, Y. Soma, M. Soma*, H. Naraoka, T. Watanabe, K. Horiuchi, T. Kawai, T. Oda and T.
Nakanura, Response of phytoplankton productivity to climate change recorded by sedimentary
photosynthetic pigments and other biological indicators in Lake Hovsgol (Mongolia) for the last 23,000years. Quaternary International 136(1), 71-81 (2005).
8. Y. Soma, Y. Tani, M. Soma, H. Mitake, R. Kurihara, S, Hashimoto, T. Watanabe, and T. Nakamura,
Sedimentary steryl chlorine esters (SCEs) and other photosynthetic pigments as indicators ofpaleolimnological change over the last 28,000 years from the Buguldeika Saddle of Lake Baikal. Journalof Paleolimnology 37, 163-175 (2007).
9. N. Itoh, Y. Tani, Y. Soma and M. Soma, Accumulation of sedimentary photosynthetic pigmentscharacterized by pyropheophytin a and steryl chlorine seters (SCEs) in a shallow eutrophic coastal lake
(Lake Hamana, Japan). Estuarine, Coastal and Self Science 71, 283-300 (2007).

10. G.I. Matsumoto, H. Suzuki, M. Sato, M. Makishita, Y. Tani, Y. Hase, N. Takamatsu, T. Takemura, and T.
Kawai, Paleoenvironmental record of Lake Hovsgol (Mongolia) in northeast Eurasia. VerhandlungInternationale Vereinigung Limnologie 30, 318-322 (2008).
11. Y. Tani*, G.I. Matsumoto, M. Soma, Y. Soma, S. Hashimoto, and T. Kawai, Photosynthetic pigments insediment core HDP-04 from Lake Hovsgol, Mongolia, and their implication for changes in algal
productivity and lake environment for the last 1 Ma, Quaternary International 205, 74-83(2009).
12. Y. Tani*, F. Nara, Y. Soma, M. Soma, N. Itoh, G.I. Matsumoto, A. Tanaka, and T. Kawai, Phytoplankton
assemblage in the Plio-Pleistocene record of Lake Baikal as indicated by sedimentary steryl chlorin esters,Quaternary International 205, 126-136 (2009).
13. G.I. Matsumoto, Y. Tani, K. Seto, T. Tazawa, M. Yamamuro, T. Watanabe, T. Nakamura, T. Takemura, S.
Imura and H. Kanda, Holocene paleolimnological changes in Lake Skallen O-ike of the Syowa Stationarea in Antarctica estimated from organic components in a sediment core (Sk4C-02). Journal ofPaleolimnology, 44, 677-693 (2010).
14. K. Kusunoki, M. Sakata, Y. Tani, Y. Seike, K. Ayukawa, Evaluating the contribution of long-range transportof heavy metals from the Asian Continent to their concentrations in sediment cores from Lake Shinji,
western Japan. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 223, 1151-1160 (2012).
15. K. Kusunoki, M. Sakata, Y. Tani, Y. Seike and K. Ayukawa, Analysis of historical trend of carotenoid
concentrations in sediment cores from Lake Shinji, Japan. Geochemical Journal 46, 225-233 (2012).
16. N. K. Tsugeki, T. Agusa, S. Ueda, M. Kuwae, H. Oda, S. Tanabe, Y. Tani, K. Toyoda, W. Wang, J. Urabe,Eutrophication of mountain lakes in Japan due to increasing deposition of anthropogenically-produced dust.
Ecological Research 27, 1041-1052 (2012).
17. M. Kuwae, N. K Tsugeki, T. Agusa, K. Toyoda, Y. Tani, S. Ueda, S. Tanabe, J. Urabe, Sedimentary recordsof metal deposition in Japanese alpine lakes for the last 250 years: Recent enrichment of airborne Sb andIn in East Asia. Science of the Total Environment 442, 189-197 (2013).
18. K. Shichi, H. Takahara Y. Hase, T. Watanabe, F. W. Nara, T. Nakamura, Y. Tani, T. Kawai, Vegetation
response in the southern Lake Baikal region to abrupt climate events over the past 33 cal kyr.
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 375, 70-82 (2013).
19. G.I. Matsumoto, E. Honda, K. Seto, Y. Tani, T. Watanabe, S. Ohtani, K. Kashima, T. Nakamura and S.
Imura: Holocene paleolimnological changes of Lake Oyako-ike in the Soya Kaigan of East Antarctica,Inland Waters 4, 105-112 (2014).
20. N.K. Tsugeki, M. Kuwae, Y. Tani, X. Guo., K. Omori, H. Takeoka, Temporal variations of phytoplankton
abundance over the past 150 years in the western Seto Inland Sea, Japan. Journal of Oceanography 73,
309-320 (2017).
21. N. Katsuta, G. I. Matsumoto, Y. Tani, E. Tani, T. Murakami, S. Kawakami, T. Nakamura, M. Takano, E.
Matsumoto, O. Abe, M. Morimoto, T. Okuda, S. K. Krivonogov, T. Kawai: A higher moisture level in theearly Holocene in northern 1 Mongolia as evidenced from sediment records of Lake Hovsgol and Lake
Erhel. Quaternary International 455, 70-81, (2017).
22. N. Katsuta, H. Ikeda, K. Shibata, Y. Kokubu, T. Murakami, Y. Tani, M. Takano, H. Seyama, T. Nakamura,
A. Tanaka, S. Naito, S. Ochiai, Koji Shichi, S. Kawakami, T. Kawai: Hydrological and climate changes insoutheast Siberia over the last 33 kyr , Global and Planetary Change 164, 11-26 (2018).
23. N. Katsuta, M. Takano, N. Sano, Y. Tani, S. Ochiai, S. Naito, T. Murakami, M. Niwa, S. Kawakami:
Quantitative µ-XRF scanning spectroscopy of wet sediment based on the X-ray absorption and emission
theories: its application to freshwater lake sedimentary sequences. Sedimentology 66(6), 2490-2510(2019).

(C) ELECTROANALITICAL CHEMISTRY
1. Y. Tani, Y. Umezawa*, K. Chikama, A. Hemmi and M. Soma, Non-stoichiometric dissolution of lanthanum
fluoride (LaF3) and its relevalence to a process of ion-selective charge separation at the soild/solution
interface, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 378, 205-213 (1994).
2. K. Iitaka, Y. Tani and Y. Umezawa*, Orthophosphate ion sensor based on a quartz crystal microbalancecoated with insoluble orthophosphate salts, Analytica Chimica Acta 338, 77-87 (1997).
3. Y. Tani and Y. Umezawa*, Alkali metal ion-selective electrodes based on relevant alkali metal ion doped
manganese oxides, Mikrochimca. Acta 129, 81-91 (1998).
4. Y. Tani, H. Eun and Y. Umezawa*, A cation selective electrodes based on copper(II) and nickel(II)hexacyanoferrates: dual response mechanisms, selective uptake or adsorption of analyte cations,Electrochimca Acta 43, 3431-3441 (1998).
5. Y. Tani, M. Soma, E.G. Harsanyi and Y. Umezawa*, Effect of dissolved oxygen on the response of Cu(II)ion-selective electrodes in metal buffer solutions, Analytica Chimica Acta 395, 53-63 (1999).
6. Y. Tani and Y. Umezawa, Ion-selective electrodes, Sensor Letters 3(2), 99-107 (2005).
7. Y. Tani and Y. Umezawa, Ion-selective adsorption/desorption processes at inorganic materials/solution
interfaces as a novel mode for ion sensing, Analytical Letters 37 (5), 845-869 (2004).