Hydrology: Current Research

Shoji Motomizu

Shoji Motomizu
Professor
Okayama University, Emeritus and Specialty in Research, Japan

Biography

Prof Shoji Motomizu received his BSc degree in 1966 and MSc degree in 1968 in Analytical Chemistry from Okayama University in Japan. His DSc in Analytical Chemistry was awarded in 1973 from Kyoto University in Japan. In 1968, he started his study on analytical chemistry at Okayama University as a research associate and later he was promoted to a professor of Analytical Chemistry of Okayama University in 1992. He is currently a Professor of Specialty in Research of Okayama University and a Professor of Aichi Institute of Technology. He was a chairman of JAFIA the Japanese Association for Flow Injection Analysis in 1994-2005 and was the Editor in Chief of JSAC Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry journals Bunseki Kagaku in 2003-2006. Now he is a Titular Member of Analytical Chemistry Division IUPAC and is an Advisory/Editorial Board of Talanta International, J Environmental Chemistry, International J AnalChem, J Flow Injection Analysis, RSC Analytical Methods etc., He received several awards for his contribution to analytical chemistry. Some of them are: JSAC Award for Young Scientist in 1973, The 37th Award for Excellent Paper in Fat/Oil Techniques in 1994, Warsaw University Award in 2000 and JSAC Award in 2001.

Research Interest

Physical Hydrology
Development of new organic reagents
Flow-based analysis (FIA/SIA, HPLC, IC and CE), especially computer-controlled flow-based analysis systems
New instrumentation for ultratrace analysis