Ph.D. in Bioengineering, University of Tsukuba

Biofunction and bioprocess engineering, Biofunction/Bioprocess

Transport phenomena and unit operations, Properties in chemical engineering process/Transfer operation/Unit operation

2019
Assistant Professor, Research Initiative for Supra-Materials, Interdisciplinary Cluster for Cutting Edge research, Shinshu University

2018
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University

2012 - 2018
Assistant Professor, Kobe University

2011 - 2012
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kobe University

2009 - 2011
JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)

2008 - 2011, University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Life Sciences and Bioengineering

2006 - 2008, University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Agro-Bioresources Science and Technology

2002 - 2006, University of Tsukuba, Second Cluster of College, College of Agro-Biological Resource Sciences

2019
The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, The SCEJ Award for Outstanding Young Researcher (2017)

2018
The Aseanian Membrane Society, AMS11 (2018) 2nd Prize Presentation Award

2010
The 8th International Symposium on Membrane Stress Biotechnology "Best poster award"

2009
The Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, The 13th International Conference on Miniaturlized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences “Student Travel Grant”

2008
The Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society, The 12th International Conference on Miniaturlized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences “Student Travel Grant”

Improvement of Water Permeability of Polyamide Nanofiltration Membranes: Post–pore Expansion using Methoxycarbonyl–diamine
Daisuke Saeki
Membrane, 49(1), 2-6, 04 Dec. 2023, Refereed, Invited
Lead, Last, Corresponding

Effect of hydrophilic polymer modification of reverse osmosis membrane surfaces on organic adsorption and biofouling behavior
Daisuke Saeki, Genki Yonamine, Hideto Matsuyama
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 609, 125680, 04 Oct. 2020, Refereed

Highly Improved Organic Solvent Reverse Osmosis (OSRO) Membrane for Organic Liquid Mixture Separation by Simple Heat Treatment
Cuijing Liu, Ryosuke Takagi, Daisuke Saeki, Liang Cheng, Takuji Shintani, Tomoki Yasui, Hideto Matsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science, 618, 118710, 08 Sep. 2020, Refereed

Effect of hydrophilic-hydrophilic interactions between the foulant and membrane surface on the fouling propensity of different foulants
Saeid Rajabzadeh, Hiroki Awaji, Yuchen Sun, Daisuke Saeki, Noriaki Kato, Hideto Matsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science and Research, 6, 383-389, 10 Aug. 2020, Refereed

Antifouling Thin-Film Composite Membranes with Multi-defense Properties by Controllably Constructing Amphiphilic Diblock Copolymer Brush Layer
Zhe Yang, Xinyu Zhang, Ming Xie, Hao-Chen Wu, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Daisuke Saeki, Hideto Matsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science, 614, 118515, 29 Jul. 2020, Refereed

Phase separation behavior of binary mixture of photopolymerizable diacetylene and unsaturated phospholipids in liposomes
Kenta Okuno, Daisuke Saeki, Hideto Matsuyama
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, 1862, 183377, 25 May 2020, Refereed

Effect of polyelectrolyte structure on formation of supported lipid bilayers on polyelectrolyte multilayers prepared using the layer-by-layer method
Ataru Seimei, Daisuke Saeki, Hideto Matsuyama
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, 569, 211-218, 20 Feb. 2020, Refereed

Improved anti-biofouling performance of polyamide reverse osmosis membranes modified with a polyampholyte with effective carboxyl anion and quaternary ammonium cation ratio
Zhe Yang, Daisuke Saeki, Ryosuke Takagi, Hideto Matsuyama1
Journal of Membrane Science, 117529, 04 Oct. 2019, Refereed

Enzyme-aided forward osmosis (E-FO) process to enhance removal of micropollutants from water resources
Cuijing Liu, Ryosuke Takagi, Liang Cheng, Daisuke Saeki, Hideto Matsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science, 593, 117399, 22 Aug. 2019, Refereed

Molecular simulation of a modified amphotericin B-Ergosterol artificial water channel to evaluate structure and water molecule transport performance
Hao-Chen Wu, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Keizo Nakagawa, Takuji Shintani, Daisuke Saeki, Hideto Matsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science, 583, 49-58, 16 Apr. 2019, Refereed

Effect of polymer structure modified on RO membrane surfaces via surface-initiated ATRP on dynamic biofouling behavior
ZheYang, Daisuke Saeki, Hao-Chen Wu, Tomohisa Yoshioka, HidetoMatsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science, 582, 111-119, 03 Apr. 2019, Refereed

Polyketone-based membrane support improves the organic solvent resistance of laccase catalysis
Cuijing Liu, Daisuke Saeki, Liang Cheng, Jianquan Luo, Hideto Matsuyama
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, 544, 230-240, 02 Mar. 2019, Refereed

Dual superlyophobic aliphatic polyketone membranes for highly efficient emulsified oil-water separation: performance and mechanism
Liang Cheng, Da-Ming Wang, Abdul Rajjak Shaikh, Li-Feng Fang, Sungil Jeon, Daisuke Saeki, Lei Zhang, Cui-Jing Liu, and Hideto Matsuyama
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(36), 30860-30870, 15 Aug. 2018, Refereed

Surface engineered biocatalytic composite membrane for reduced protein-fouling and self-cleaning
Anbharasi Vanangamudi, Daisuke Saeki, Ludovic F. Dumée, Mikel Duke, Todor Vasiljevic, Hideto Matsuyama, Xing Yang
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(32), 27477-27487, 27 Jul. 2018, Refereed

Preparation of carboxylated silver nanoparticles via a reverse micelle method and covalent stacking onto porous substrates via amide bond formation
Daisuke Saeki, Shinji Kawada, Hideto Matsuyama
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 552, 98-102, 12 May 2018, Refereed

Zwitterionic polymer modification of polyamide reverse-osmosis membranes via surface amination and atom transfer radical polymerization for anti-biofouling
Zhe Yang, Daisuke Saeki, Hideto Matsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science, 550, 332-339, 01 Jan. 2018, Refereed

Formation of supported lipid bilayers on porous polymeric substrates induced by hydrophobic interaction
Wakana Miyashita, Daisuke Saeki, Hideto Matsuyama
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 538, 297-303, 02 Nov. 2017, Refereed

A novel strategy to immobilize enzymes on microporous membranes via dicarboxylic acid halides
Cuijing Liu, Daisuke Saeki, Hideto Matsuyama
RSC Advances, 7, 48199-48207, 06 Oct. 2017, Refereed

Applying Amphotericin B-Ergosterol in Forward Osmosis: a simulation study
Hao-Chen Wu, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Keizo Nakagawa, Takuji Shintani, Toshinori Tsuru, Daisuke Saeki, Hideto Matsuyama
Membrane, 42(6), 250-254, 27 Sep. 2017, Refereed

Water transport and ion rejection investigation for application of cyclic peptide nanotubes to forward osmosis process: A simulation study
Hao-Chen Wu, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Keizo Nakagawa, Takuji Shintani, Toshinori Tsuru, Daisuke Saeki, Yi-Rui Chen, Kuo-Lun Tung, Hideto Matsuyama
Desalination, 424, 85-94, 10 Sep. 2017, Refereed

Preparation of Amphotericin B-Ergosterol structures and molecular simulation of water adsorption and diffusion
Hao-Chen Wu, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Keizo Nakagawa, Takuji Shintani, Toshinori Tsuru, Daisuke Saeki, Abdul Rajjak Shaikh, Hideto Matsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science, 545, 229-239, 09 Sep. 2017, Refereed

Preparation of positively charged PVDF membranes with improved antibacterial activity by blending modification
Yuriko Kakihana, Liang Cheng, Li-Feng Fang, Sheng-Yao Wang, Sungil Jeon, Daisuke Saeki, Saeid Rajabzadeh, Hideto Matsuyama
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 533, 133-139, 30 Aug. 2017, Refereed

Effects of operating conditions on biofouling in crossflow ultrafiltration membrane processes
Daisuke Saeki, Reiko Minami, Hideto Matsuyama
Separation and Purification Technology, 189, 138-144, 30 Jul. 2017, Refereed

Niobate nanosheet membranes with enhanced stability for nanofiltration
Keizo Nakagawa, Hiroharu Yamashita, Daisuke Saeki, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Takuji Shintani, Eiji Kamio, Hannah Theresa Kreissl, Shik Chi Edman Tsang, Sigeru Sugiyama, Hideto Matsuyama
Chemical Communications, 53(56), 7929-7932, 21 Jun. 2017, Refereed

Preparation of cyclic peptide nanotube structures and molecular simulation of water adsorption and diffusion
Hao-Chen Wu, Tomohisa Yoshioka, Hiroki Nagasawa, Masakoto Kanezashi, Toshinori Tsuru, Daisuke Saeki, Hideto Matsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science, 537, 101-110, 28 Apr. 2017, Refereed

Ultrathin and ordered stacking of silica nanoparticles via spin-assisted layer-by-layer assembly under dehydrated conditions for the fabrication of ultrafiltration membranes
Daisuke Saeki, Hideto Matsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science, 523, 60-67, 28 Sep. 2016, Refereed

Effect of hydrophobicity of polymer materials used for water purification membranes on biofilm formation dynamics
Daisuke Saeki, Yasunori Nagashima, Isao Sawada, Hideto Matsuyama
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 506, 622-628, 19 Jul. 2016, Refereed

Efficient condensation of organic colloids in deep groundwater using surface-modified nanofiltration membranes under optimized hydrodynamic conditions
Daisuke Aosai, Daisuke Saeki, Teruki Iwatsuki, Hideto Matsuyama
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 495, 68-78, 29 Jan. 2016, Refereed

Effect of operating conditions on biofouling in reverse osmosis membrane process: bacterial adhesion, biofilm formation, and permeate flux decrease
Daisuke Saeki, Hamed Karkhanechi, Hirotaka Matsuura, Hideto Matsuyama
Desalination, 378, 74-79, 19 Sep. 2015, Refereed

Concentration and characterization of organic colloids in deep granitic groundwater using nanofiltration membranes for evaluating radionuclide transport
Daisuke Aosai, Daisuke Saeki, Teruki Iwatsuki, Hideto Matsuyama
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 485, 55-62, 04 Sep. 2015, Refereed

Reverse osmosis membranes based on a supported lipid bilayer with gramicidin A water channels
Daisuke Saeki, Tsuyoshi Yamashita, Akihiro Fujii, Hideto Matsuyama
Desalination, 375, 48-53, 31 Jul. 2015, Refereed

Preparation of a forward osmosis membrane using a highly porous polyketone microfiltration membrane as a novel support
Masahiro Yasukawa, Shoji Mishima, Masafumi Shibuya, Daisuke Saeki, Tomoki Takahashi, Taro Miyoshi, Hideto Matsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science, 487, 51-59, 16 Mar. 2015, Refereed

Effect of membrane polymeric materials on relationship between surface pore size and membrane fouling in membrane bioreactors
Taro Miyoshi, Kotaku Yuasa, Toru Ishigami, Saeid Rajabzadeh, Eiji Kamio, Yoshikage Ohmukai, Daisuke Saeki, Jinren Ni, Hideto Matsuyama
Applied Surface Science, 330, 351-357, 04 Jan. 2015, Refereed

Anti-biofouling of polyamide reverse osmosis membranes using phosphorylcholine polymer grafted by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization
Daisuke Saeki, Tatsuya Tanimoto, Hideto Matsuyama
Desalination, 350, 21-27, 01 Jul. 2014, Refereed

Development of ultrafiltration membrane by stacking of silver nanoparticles stabilized with oppositely charged polyelectrolytes
Shinji Kawada, Daisuke Saeki, Hideto Matsuyama
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 451, 33-37, 15 Mar. 2014, Refereed

Microcompartmentalized cell-free protein synthesis in semipermeable microcapsules composed of polyethylenimine-coated alginate
Daisuke Saeki, Shinji Sugiura, Toshiyuki Kanamori, Seigo Sato, Sosaku Ichikawa
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 118(2), 199-204, 27 Feb. 2014, Refereed

Prevention of bacterial adhesion on polyamide reverse osmosis membranes via electrostatic interactions using a cationic phosphorylcholine polymer coating
Daisuke Saeki, Tatsuya Tanimoto, Hideto Matsuyama
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 443, 171-176, 05 Nov. 2013, Refereed

Stabilization of layer-by-layer assembled nanofiltration membranes by crosslinking via amide bond formation and siloxane bond formation
Daisuke Saeki, Masaaki Imanishi, Yoshikage Ohmukai, Tatsuo Maruyama, Hideto Matsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science, 447, 128-133, 10 Jul. 2013, Refereed

Permeation of dispersed particles through a pore and transmembrane pressure behavior in dead-end constant-flux microfiltration by two-dimensional direct numerical simulation
Toru Ishigami, Hiromi Fuse, Shinichi Asao, Daisuke Saeki, Yoshikage Ohmukai, Eiji Kamio, Hideto Matsuyama
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 52(12), 4650-4659, 25 Feb. 2013, Refereed

Development of antibacterial polyamide reverse osmosis membrane modified with a covalently immobilized enzyme
Daisuke Saeki, Shunya Nagao, Isao Sawada, Yoshikage Ohmukai, Tatsuo Maruyama, Hideto Matsuyama
Journal of Membrane Science, 428, 403-409, 20 Oct. 2012, Refereed

Formation of monodisperse calcium alginate microbeads by rupture of water-in-oil-in-water droplets with an ultra-thin oil phase layer
Daisuke Saeki, Shinji Sugiura, Toshiyuki Kanamori, Seigo Sato, Sosaku Ichikawa
Lab on a Chip, 10(17), 2292-2295, 07 Jun. 2010, Refereed

Microfluidic preparation of water-in-oil-in-water emulsions with an ultra-thin oil phase layer
Daisuke Saeki, Shinji Sugiura, Toshiyuki Kanamori, Seigo Sato, Sosaku Ichikawa
Lab on a Chip, 10(3), 357-362, 29 Oct. 2009, Refereed

Highly productive droplet formation by anisotropic elongation of a thread flow in a microchannel
Daisuke Saeki, Shinji Sugiura, Toshiyuki Kanamori, Seigo Sato, Sukekuni Mukataka, Sosaku Ichikawa
LANGMUIR, 24(23), 13809-13813, 29 Sep. 2008, Refereed

Dynamic interaction between oppositely charged vesicles: Aggregation, lipid mixing, and disaggregation
Daisuke Saeki, Shinji Sugiura, Teruhiko Baba, Toshiyuki Kanamori, Seigo Sato, Sukekuni Mukataka, Sosaku Ichikawa
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, 320, 611-614, 02 Dec. 2007, Refereed

Aug. 2007
The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan

Jun. 2009
The Society of Polymer Science, Japan

Sep. 2010
The Society for Chemistry and Micro-Nano Systems, Japan

Apr. 2013
The Membrane Society of Japan

Dec. 2018
The Chemical Society of Japan

Development of preparation techniques of giant liposomes
2018

Design of biomimetic water purification membranes
2011

Development of polymeric water purification membranes
2011

Preparation of functional particles using microfluidics
2006

Preparation of functional materials using biomolecules
2005

Peer review
ACS Omega, Nov. 2018

Peer review
ACS Applied Polymer Materials, Nov. 2018

Peer review
Biofouling, Aug. 2018

Peer review
Food Bioscience, Dec. 2017

Peer review
Chemistry Letters, Jul. 2017

Peer review
Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, Jun. 2017

Peer review
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, Jul. 2016

2018, 7, 7

2019, 7, 7, 2, 2

2020, 9, 9, 4, 4

2021, 8, 8, 3, 3

2022, 7, 7, 3, 3