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Name
Akira Tani
PositionProfessor, University of Shizuoka
Education
B.S. in Agriculture
Master of Agriculture
PhD (Agriculture)
Academic Experience
Nov. 1991-Mar. 1997
Apr.1997-Mar.2007
Apr.1997-Mar.2015
Apr.2015-Present
June 2001-Mar. 2002

Osaka Prefecture University, March 1989
Graduate School, Osaka Prefecture University,
March 1991
Osaka Prefecture University, February 1996

Assistant professor, Osaka Prefecture
UniversityLecture, Associate professor, Tokai University
Associate professor, University of Shizuoka
Professor, University of Shizuoka
Visiting researcher, Lancaster University, UK

Research Experience
Air quality improvement by plant
Terpenoid emissions by plant
Plant cultivation under controlled environment
Plant cultivation under solar panel
Recent publications
Tani, A., Shiina, S., Nakaashima, K., Hayashi, M., Improvement in lettuce growth by light diffusion
under solar panels, J. Agric. Meteorol., 70, 139-149 (2014).
Yuan Ren, Ying Ge, Baojing Gu, Yong Min, Akira Tani, Jie Chang, The role of management
strategies and environmental factors in determining the emissions of biogenic volatile organic
compounds from urban greenspace. Environ. Sci. Technol., 48, 6237–6246 (2014).
Tomoki Mochizuki, Akira Tani, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Nobuko Saigusa, Masahito Ueyama,Long-term measurement of terpenoid flux above a Larix kaempferi forest using a relaxed eddy
accumulation method, Atmos. Environ., 83, 53–61 (2014)
Tani A: Fragmentation and reaction rate constants of terpenoids determined by proton transferreaction–mass spectrometry. Environ. Control Biol., 51, 23-29. (2013)

Tani, A., Bobe, S., Shimizu, S., Leaf uptake of methyl ethyl ketone and croton aldehyde byCastanopsis sieboldii and Viburnum odoratissimum saplings. Atmos. Environ., 70, 300-306.
(2013)Peipei Guo, Kejian Guo, Yuan Ren, Yan Shi, Jie Chang, Akira Tani, Ying Ge, Biogenic volatileorganic compound emissions in relation to plant carbon fixation in a subtropical urban–ruralcomplex, Landscape and Urban Planning 119:74-84 (2013)
Sou N. Matsunaga, Shigeru Niwa, Tomoki Mochizuki, Akira Tani, Dai Kusumoto, Yasuhiro Utsumi,Tsutomu Enoki, Tsutom Hiura: Seasonal variation in basal emission rates and composition ofmono- and sesquiterpenes emitted from dominant conifers in Japan. Atmos. Environ., 69,
124-130. (2013)
Tani A, Nozoe S: Workplace concentrations and exposure assessment of monoterpenes in rosemaryand lavender-growing greenhouses. J. Occupational health, 54, 459-468. (2012)
Miyama T, Okumura M, Kominami, Y, Yoshimura K, Ataka M, Tani A: Nocturnal isopreneemission from mature trees and diurnal acceleration of isoprene oxidation rates near Quercus
serrata Thunb. leaves. J. Forest Research DOI 10.1007/s10310-012-0350-5, (2012)
Chang J, Ren Y, Shi Ya, Zhu Y, Ge Y, Hong S, Jiao L, Lin F, Peng C, Mochizuki T, Tani A, Mu Y,
Fu C: An inventory of biogenic volatile organic compounds for a subtropical urban-ruralcomplex. Atmos. Environ., 56, 115-123, (2012)
Matsunaga SN, Chatani S, Nakatsuka S, Kusumoto D, Kubota K, Utsumi Y, Enoki T, Tani A, HiuraT., Determination and potential importance of diterpene (kaur-16-ene) emitted from dominantconiferous trees in Japan. Chemosphere, 87(8), 886-893, (2012)
Tomomi Yasuda, Seiichiro Yonemura, Akira Tani. Comparison of the Characteristics of Small
Commercial NDIR CO2 Sensor Models and Development of a Portable CO2 MeasurementDevice. Sensors, 12, 3641-3655, (2012)
Tani A, Tozaki D, Okumura M, Nozoe S, Hirano T: Effect of drought stress on isoprene emission
from two major Quercus species native to East Asia. Atmos. Environ., 2011. 45(34),6261-6266 (2011)
Mochizuki T, Endo Y, Matsunaga S, Chang J, Ge Y, Haung C, Tani A: Factors affecting
monoterpene emission from Chamaecyparis obtuse. Geochemical J., 45, pp. e15 to e22 (2011).
Matsunaga S, Chatani S, Nakatsuka S, Kusumoto D, Kubota K, Utsumi Y, Enoki T, Tani A, HiuraT: Volatile diterpene emission from dominant conifers in Japan. Biogeosciences Discussions
8(4), 6681-6700 (2011).

Sou N. Matsunaga, Tomoki Mochizuki, Takuo Ohno, Yukiko Endo, Dai Kusumoto, Akira Tani:
Monoterpene and sesquiterpene emissions from Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) based on a branch
enclosure measurements. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 2, 16‐23 (2011).
Akira Tani, Seita Bobe, Sachiko Shimizu: Uptake of methacrolein and methyl vinyl ketone by tree
saplings and implications for forest atmosphere. Environ. Sci. Technol., 44, 7096-7101（2010）.
Akira Tani, C. Nicholas Hewitt: Uptake of aldehydes and ketones at typical indoor concentrations byhouseplants. Environ. Sci. Technol., 43 (21), 8338-8343（2009）.