Tomoko Matsuo

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 

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
National Science Foundation CEDAR Student Poster Competition Winner 2003
American Geophysical Union Outstanding Student Paper Award 2001
National Center for Atmospheric Research High Altitude Observatory Newkirk Graduate Fellowship 2002-2003
National Center for Atmospheric Research Advanced Study Program Graduate Fellowship 1999-2002

Research Interests

• Atmospheric sciences and space physics
• Predictability of geophysical dynamical systems
• Data assimilation
• Statistical (Machine) Learning