Curriculum vita

Personal history:

• Born in Kyoto, Japan, February 29, 1964
• Childhood in Kyoto and Osaka through high school

Education:

• B.S., Geophysics, March 1986, Hokkaido University, Japan
• Ph.D., Planetary and Earth Sciences, March 1998, Graduate School of Hokkaido University, Japan

Dissertation title: Studies on low altitude wind shear (LAWS) affecting aircraft operations
Thesis adviser: Prof. Katsuhiro Kikuchi

Employment (reverse order):

• April 2014 - Present: Deputy Director, Department of Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Processes Research (DCOP), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC
• April 2009 - March 2014: Team Leader, Maritime Continent Climate Research Team, Tropical Climate Variability Research Program (TCVRP), Research Institute for Global Change (RIGC), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
• April 2006 - March 2010: Lecturer (part-time), Course of Aviation, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Engineering, Tokai University
• April 2004 - March 2008: Sub-leader, Large-scale Hydrological Cycle Research Group, Hydrological Cycle Research Program (HCRP), Institute of Observational Research for Global Change (IORGC), JAMSTEC
• September 2000 - March 2004: Research Scientist, Frontier Observational Research System for Global Change (FORGC), JAMSTEC
• April 1986 - June 2000: Airline Dispatcher/Operational Aircraft Engineer, Toa Domestic Airlines Co. Ltd. (currently, Japan Air System, and then Japan Air Lines Co. Ltd.)

Scientific organization:

• 2008 -: American Meteorological Society
• 1995 -: Japan Association for Wind Engineering
• 1990 -: Japan Aeronautical Engineers' Association
• 1983 -: Meteorological Society of Japan

Professional certification:

• 2014: On-The-Ground Special Radio Operator (2nd class) (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: MIC)
• 1995: Certified Weather Forecaster (Japan Meteorological Agency: JMA)
• 1994: Associate Professional Engineer [Aerospace] (Institution of Professional Engineers, Japan: IPEJ)
• 1990: Airline Dispatcher Certificate (Japan Aviation Bureau: JCAB)
• 1988: Aeronautical Radio Operator (Japan Telecommunication Administration Bureau: JTAB)

Professional Service:

• 2005-2010: Committee member, Steering committee for Japan EOS Promotion Plan (JEPP) Hydrometeorological ARray for Isv-Monsoon AUtomonitoring (HARIMAU)
• 2005-2006: Guest editor, Special issue on Coupling Processes in the Equatorial Atmosphere (CPEA), Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan (JMSJ)

Honors:

• 2009: IRGC Award for Great Contributions in JFY2008 at IORGC and FRCGC, JAMSTEC
• 2007: Award for Outstanding Research Accomplishments in JFY2006 at IORGC, JAMSTEC

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