Ryunosuke Kikuchi

He has been a full professor of Ryukoku University since 2010. He was an associate professor at Coimbra College of Agriculture in Portugal where he gave the following lectures from 1999 to 2010: Physic-chemical Treatments, Treatments of Effluent I, Industrial Waste Management, Cost Engineering of Processes, Atmospheric Pollution, Energy and Environment, Solid Waste Treatments, Technical Design, Electro-mechanic Equipments, Gas Effluents and Process Treatments, Environmental Pollution, Energy Valorization of Waste, Ecotoxicology and Organic Chemistry (Laboratory Experiments). The 2008 National Prize of Environmental Innovation was awarded for his work “One-process gasification/smelting unit for production of energy from mixed waste” in Lisbon. He was a researcher at Limnology and Environmental Protection Department of Helsinki University in Finland from 1997 to 1999.
He performed the duties of assistant coordinator at the Environment Ministry in Bulgaria from 1995 to 1997.
Various research works have made progresses during his activity in countries such as Portugal, Japan, South Africa, Angola, Czech, Finland, East-Timor, Norway, Russia, Slovenia, etc.
He has bee a member of CERNAS since 2001.

Name: Ryunosuke Kikuchi
ORCID Number: 0000-0002-4819-8605
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Institucional Adress: Faculty of Sci. & Tech., Ryukoku University, 1-5 Yokotani, Seta, Otsu, 520-2194 Japan
Email: kikuchi@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp
Institutional Telephone: (+81) 77 544 7129

R. Kikuchi
A Sustainable Approach to the Harmonization of Electric Power Availability with the Mining Industry in Africa: a Case Study of Mozambique. (2015)
Energy and Environmental Research ,vol.5 (2) , pp.15-21
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.5539/eer.v5n2p16

R. Kikuchi, T. Yamamoto & M. Nakamoto
41. Kikuchi, R., Yamamoto, T. and Nakamoto, M. 2014. Preliminary Information of Laboratorial Tantalum Recovery and Considerations for a Potential Solution for Conflict Mineral and Wildlife Conservation (2014)
Environment and Natural Resources Research ,vol.4 (1) , pp.31-38
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.5539/enrr.v4n1p31

R. Kikuchi, T. Yamamoto & M. Nakamoto
Pre-Feasibility Study for Coupling Electronic Waste Recycling With Desert Greening in Africa (2013)
Journal of Sustainable Development ,vol.6 (10) , pp.69-77
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.5539/jsd.v6n10p69

R. Kikuchi & T. Gobacheva
Dominant factors of the nature regulating CO2 release from boreal forest land (2012)
International Journal of Geosciences ,vol.3 , pp.333-339
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.4236/ijg.2012.32036

R. Kikuchi
African adaptation to climate change from the viewpoint of Green Revolution II (2012)
Journal of Sustainable Development ,vol.5 (5) , pp.42-49
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.5539/jsd.v5n5p42

R. Kikuchi
Captive bears in human-animal welfare conflict – a case study of bile extraction on Asia’s bear farms (2012)
Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics ,vol.25 , pp.55-77
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI: 10.1007/s10806-010-9290-2

R. Kikuchi
Environmental and socio-economic factors in carbon offsets: an approach to sustainable management and planning in climate change strategy (2011)
Journal of Environmental Planning & Management ,vol.54 (3) , pp.355–367
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2010.506084

R. Kikuchi
External forces acting on the Earth’s climate: an approach to understanding the complexity of climate change (2010)
Energy and Environment ,vol.21(8) , pp.953–968
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.21.8.953

R. Kikuchi & M. Vanneste
A theoretical exercise in the modeling of ground-level ozone resulting from the K-T asteroid impact: its possible link with the extinction selectivity of terrestrial vertebrates (2010)
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology ,vol.288, 14–23 , pp.14–23
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.027

R. Kikuchi
Risk formulation for sonic effects of offshore wind farms on fish in the EU region (2010)
Marine Pollution Bulletin ,vol.60 , pp.172-177
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.09.023

R. Kikuchi & R. Gerardo
More than a decade of conflict between hazardous waste management and public resistance: a case study of NIMBY syndrome in Souselas (Portugal) (2009)
Journal of Hazardous Materials ,vol.179 , pp.1681-1685
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.07.062

R. Kikuchi & T. Gorbacheva
A field survey – Staroe lake suffering from atmospheric deposition in the region north of the Arctic Circle. (2009)
Environmental Science and Pollution Research ,vol.16 (4) , pp.431-438
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0108-6

R.. Kikuchi & Y. Pelovski
Low-dose irradiation by electron beam for the treatment of high-SOx flue gas on a semi-pilot scale – consideration of by-product quality and approach to clean technology (2009)
Process Safety and Environmental Protection ,vol.87 , pp.135-143
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.1016/j.psep.2008.10.003

R. Kikuchi, R. Gerardo & S. Santos
Energy lifecycle assessment and environmental impacts of ethanol biofuel (2008)
International Journal of Energy Research ,vol.33 (2) , pp.186-193
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI: 10.1002/er.1435

R. Kikuchi & P. B. Amaral
Conceptual schematic for capture of biomethane released from hydroelectric power facilities (2008)
Bioresource Technology ,vol.99 , pp.5967-5971.
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2007.10.030

R. Kikuchi
Aspectos da gestão de resíduos sólidos urbanos na cidade do Lubango – Angola (2008)
Tecnologias do Ambiente ,vol.83 , pp.24-27

R. Kikuchi, J. Kukacka & R. Raschman
Grouping of mixed waste plastics according to chlorine content. (2008)
Separation and Purification Technology ,vol.61 (1) , pp.75-81
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.1016/j.seppur.2007.10.001

R. Kikuchi
Adverse impacts of wind power generation on collision behavior of birds and anti-predator behavior of squirrels (2008)
Journal for Nature Conservation ,vol.16 (1) , pp.44-55
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.1016/j.jnc.2007.11.001

R. Kikuchi & R. Gerardo
Solução alternativa na recolha dos óleos alimentares através de ecopontos – solidificação dos óleos usados com sésamo (2007)
Tecnologias do Ambiente ,vol.76 , pp.24-28

R. K0ikuchi, A.B. Mukherjee & S.M. Santos
Test results of laboratorial waste co-incineration and considerations for industrial cement production (2006)
Journal of the Energy Institute ,vol.79 (3 , pp.145-151
DOI: http://doi.org/DOI:10.1179/174602206X117751

Resource logistics as a support tool of science, technology and innovation policy decision
Membro da Equipa de Investigação: Ryunosuke Kikuchi
Institution: Tokoku University, National Institute for Environmental Studies and National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, etc.
Period: 04/2012 - 09/2015
Grant: RISTEX – Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society
Project Code: 150227
Funding value: 94,000 euros (12,220,000 JPY)
http://www.resourcelogistics-for-stipolicy.com/en/

Sustainable resource utilization towards biodiversity conservation: Global supply chain analysis of nickel
Membro da Equipa de Investigação: Ryunosuke Kikuchi
Institution: National Institute for Environmental Studies , Tohoku University, Kyoto University and Ryukoku University
Period: 11/2012 - 10/2013
Grant: Sumitomo Foundation
Project Code: 123106
Funding value: 15,400 euros (2,000,000 JPY)
http://www.sumitomo.or.jp/html/kankyo/kantaisyo2012.htm