Satoshi Ishii

Satoshi Ishii
Associate Professor
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Education
  • BS, University of Tokyo - 2001
  • MS, Iowa State University - 2003
  • PhD, University of Minnesota - 2007
External Affiliations

BioTechnology Institute 

Areas of Interest

Aquatic Microbiology, Biogeochemistry, Biotechnology, Contaminant Hydrology and Water Quality, Environmental Microbiology, Soil Environmental Microbiology

Research

My research focuses on environmental microbiology and biotechnology in the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate as well as the BioTechnology Institute at the University of Minnesota. The goal of my research is to solve key environmental problems, specifically (1) nitrogen pollution and (2) the occurrences of pathogens.

Select Publications

  • Byappanahalli, M.N., M. B. Nevers, R. L. Whitman, and S. Ishii. 2015. Application of a microfluidic quantitative polymerase chain reaction technique to monitor bacterial pathogens in beach water and complex environmental matrices. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2:347–351.
  • Segawa, S., S. Ishii, N. Ohte, A. Akiyoshi, A. Yamada, F. Maruyama, Z. Li, Y. Hongoh, and N. Takeuchi. 2014. The nitrogen cycle in cryoconites: naturally occurring nitrification-denitrification granules on a glacier. Environ. Microbiol. 16:3250-3262.
  • Ishii, S., Y. Song, L. Rathnayake, H. Satoh, A. Tumendelger, S. Toyoda, N. Yoshida, and S. Okabe. 2014. Identification of key N2O production pathways in aerobic partial nitrifying granules. Environ. Microbiol. 16:3168-3180.
  • Ishii, S., T. Nakamura, S. Ozawa, A. Kobayashi, D. Sano, and S. Okabe. 2014. Water quality monitoring and risk assessment by simultaneous multipathogen quantification. Environ. Sci. Technol. 48:4744-4749. (Related article in Chemical and Engineering News)
  • Ishii, S., T. Segawa, and S. Okabe. 2013. Simultaneous quantification of multiple food and waterborne pathogens by use of microfluidic quantitative PCR. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79:2891-2898.
  • Ishii, S., H. Ohno, M. Tsuboi, S. Otsuka, and K. Senoo. 2011. Identification and isolation of active N2O reducers in rice paddy soil. ISME J. 5:1936-1945.

Honors and Awards

  • 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, 2018
  • Young Investigator Award, Japanese Society for Microbial Ecology, 2015