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Dr. Daisuke Minakata is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering at Michigan Technological University (MTU), with affiliations as an Associate Professor in Chemistry and Physics at the same institution. He holds a PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology (2010), and MS/BS degrees in Environmental Engineering from Kyoto University (Japan, 2005/2002). Prior to MTU, he worked as a Research Engineer at Georgia Tech’s Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (2007–2013).
His research focuses on sustainable water treatment technologies, computational tools for water treatment assessment, energy-saving/water reuse systems, and molecular modeling. Notable grants include NSF awards CBET-1435926 and 1531454, exploring radical-driven water treatment and UV-based oxidation processes. He has received multiple awards, including the Environmental Science & Technology Excellence in Review Award (2022–2023) and the 2023 Professional Excellence-Individual Award from the American Water Works Association (MI).
Dr. Minakata’s teaching spans physical-chemical water treatment, environmental process design, and computational environmental engineering. He has advised projects on water-energy nexus, reverse osmosis membrane modeling, and FEW metabolism. His lab integrates experimental and theoretical approaches to address global water sustainability challenges.
