Tomoko Matsuo

  • Associate Professor
  • Smead Faculty Fellow
  • COLORADO CENTER FOR ASTRODYNAMICS RESEARCH (CCAR)
Address

Office Location: AERO 467

Focus Area

Remote Sensing, Earth, & Space Sciences

Education

PhD, Atmospheric Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2003
MS, Physics, Nagoya University, Japan,1998
BS, Geophysics, Hokkaido University, Japan, 1995

Professional Experience

2022 - Present, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
2017 - 2022, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
2014 - 2016, Research Scientist III, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center and University of Colorado CIRES
2007 - 2013, Research Scientist II, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center and University of Colorado CIRES
2003 - 2007, Visiting Scientist, Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Awards (selected)

H. Joseph Smead Faculty Fellow, 2022
Smead Aerospace Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching & Mentoring Award, 2021
College of Engineering and Applied Science Dean’s Faculty Fellowship, 2021
Smead Aerospace Outstanding Junior Faculty, 2019
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2019

Research Interests

Atmospheric and space sciences; geophysical fluid and gas dynamics; applied statistics (inverse methods, data assimilation, and ML/AI); remote sensing and observing system design.