
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, CO 80309-0431
Office: 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
2017-present, 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
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
Data assimilation and inverse methods, and their applications to remote sensing and in-situ data of the atmosphere and geospace; Atmospheric and space physics; Spatial statistics; Estimation theory; and Dynamical systems theory.