Kei Nakayama

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Kei Nakayama

Kei Nakayama

Ehime University

Kei Nakayama is currently an Assistant Professor at the Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University, Japan.

Dr. Nakayama received his Ph.D. in Agriculture from Kyushu University in 2003.
Before joining Ehime University in 2006, he worked as a research fellow at the City University of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2006, and as a postdoc at CMES, Ehime University from 2003 to 2005.

He specializes in environmental toxicology and has published extensively on the toxicity assessment of chemical substances in fish. Recently, he has been particularly interested in the effects of microplastics, including tire particles, on fish, with a focus on immunotoxicity and hematotoxicity.

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
September 4, 2025

Session 5
Human and environmental toxicity of tire particles and associated compounds

Room: Samberg Salon MI

Moderators: Benoit Ferrari and Kyoshiro Hiki

  1. Particles in Motion: Framing Tire Emissions and Human Exposure
    What We Know, What We Don’t, and Why It Matters
    Keynote Speaker: Julie Panko
  2. Toxicity Assessment of Tire Wear Particles Using Carp and Amphipods for Environmental Risk Evaluation
    Speaker: Kei Nakayama
  3. What a Difference the Abrasion Makes: Differences in Chemical Composition of TRWP and CMTT
    Speaker: Thorsten Reemtsma
  4. Grinding Method and Oxidative Aging Modulate the Impact of Tire Wear Microplastics on the Fitness of C. elegans
    Speaker: Sefine Oksal Kilinc
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