Kanako Sekimoto

Kanako Sekimoto

Affiliation

Graduate School of Nanobioecience,
Yokohama City University

Degree: Ph.D. (Yokoama City University)

Keyword

Mass spectrometry, Atmospheric ion chemistry, Electrostatics

Background

B.Sc. 2005Department of Science, Yokohama City University
M.Sc. 2007International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,
Yokohama City University
Ph.D. 2010International Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,
Yokohama City University
2008-2010JSPS Research Fellow
Supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yokohama City University
2010Post-doctoral Fellow
Advisor: Dr. Satoshi Inomata and Dr. Hiroshi Tanimoto
Atmospheric Environment Division, National Institute of Environmental Studies
2011-2018Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University
2015-2017JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad
Supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sicnece (JSPS)
Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad
Advisor: Prof. Joost de Gouw
Chemical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
2019-presentAssociate Professor
Graduate School of Nanobioscience,
Yokohama City Univeristy

Award（excerpt）

2020 2020 NASA Group Achievement Award (as a member of FIREX-AQ)
2013 19th Symposium on Application of Plasma Processes Jan D. Skalny’s Award
“Ionization of organic compounds using negative atmospheric ions formed
in atmospheric pressure corona discharges”
2010The President’s Award in Yokohama City University
2009The Institute of Electrostatics Japan Award for Young Scientists (Masuda Award)
2009Fourth Symposia Award – Journal of Mass Spectrometry -,
18th International Mass Spectrometry Conference

Achievement

  • Kanako Sekimoto*, M.M. Coggon, G.I. Gkatzelis, C.E. Stockwell, J. Peischl, A. Soja, and C. Warneke,
    “Fuel-type independent parameterization of volatile organic compound emissions from western US wildfires”,
    Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 13193-13204 (2023).
    doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c00537
  • Kanako Sekimoto* and Abigail R. Koss,
    “Modern mass spectrometry in atmospheric sciences: Measurement of volatile organic compounds in the troposphere using proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry”,
    Journal of Mass Spectrometry (Special Feature: Tutorial), e4619 (2020).
    doi: 10.1002/jms.4619
  • Kanako Sekimoto*, Daisuke Fukuyama and Satoshi Inomata,
    “Accurate identification of dimers from a-pinene oxidation using high-resolution collision-induced dissociation mass spectrometry”,
    Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 55, e4508 (2020).
    doi: 10.1002/jms.4508
  • Kanako Sekimoto*, Motoshi Sakakura, Hiroshi Hike, Takatomo Kawamukai, Teruhisa Shiota and Mitsuo Takayama,
    “Atmospheric pressure dark-current argon discharge ionization with comparable performance to direct analysis in real time mass spectrometry”,
    Mass Spectrometry, 8, A0075 (2019).
    doi: 10.5702/massspectrometry.A0075
  • Kanako Sekimoto*, Abigail R. Koss, Jessica B. Gilman, Vanessa Selimovic, Matthew M. Coggon, Kyle J. Zarzana, Bin Yuan, Brian M. Lerner, Steven S. Brown, Carsten Warneke, Robert J. Yokelson, James M. Roberts and Joost de Gouw,
    “High- and low-temperature pyrolysis profiles describe volatile organic compound emissions from western US wildfire fuels”,
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 9263-9281 (2018).
    doi: 10.5194/acp-18-9263-2018
  • Abigail R. Koss*, Kanako Sekimoto, Jessica B. Gilman, Vanessa Selimovic,Matthew M. Coggon, Kyle J. Zarzana, Bin Yuan, Brian M. Lerner, Steven S. Brown, Jose L. Jimenez, Jordan Krechmer, James M. Roberts, Carsten Warneke, Robert J. Yokelson and Joost de Gouw,
    “Non-methane organic gas emissions from biomass burning: identification, quantification, and emission factors from PTR-ToF during the FIREX 2016 laboratory experiment”,
    Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 3299-3319 (2018).
    doi: 10.5194/acp-18-3299-2018
  • Kanako Sekimoto*, Shao-Meng Li, Bin Yuan, Abigail R. Koss, Matthew M. Coggon, Carsten Warneke and Joost de Gouw,
    “Calculation of the sensitivity of proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry (PTR-MS) for organic trace gases using molecular properties”,
    International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 421, 71-94 (2017).
    doi: 10.1016/j.ijms.2017.04.006
  • Bin Yuan*, Abigail R. Koss, Carsten Warneke*, Matthew M. Coggon, Kanako Sekimoto and Joost de Gouw*,
    “Proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry: Applications in atmospheric sciences”,
    Chemical Reviews, 117 (21), 13187-13229 (2017).
    doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00325
  • Kanako Sekimoto*, Motoshi Sakakura, Takatomo Kawamukai, Hiroshi Hike, Teruhisa Shiota, Fumihiko Usui, Yasuhiko Bando and Mitsuo Takayama,
    “Improvement in ionization efficiency of direct analysis in real time-mass spectrometry (DART-MS) by corona discharge”,
    Analyst, 141, 4879-4892 (2016).
    doi: 10.1039/c6an00779a
  • Kanako Sekimoto*, Rena Gonda and Mitsuo Takayama,
    “Effects of H3O+, OH-, O2-, NOx- and NOx for Escherichia coli inactivation in atmospheric pressure DC corona discharges”,
    Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 48, 305401 (2015).
    doi: 1088/0022-3727/48/30/305401
  • Kanako Sekimoto* and Mitsuo Takayama,
    “Negative ion formation and evolution in atmospheric pressure corona discharges between point-to-plane electrodes with arbitrary needle angle”,
    The European Physical Journal D, 60, 589-599 (2010).
    doi: 10.1140/epjd/e2010-10449-7