I am currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle with a joint appointment at the University of Tokyo, Japan.

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My research seeks to understand water cycle processes and mitigate the risk of atmospherical/hydrological disasters. I investigate various scientific questions through numerical model experiments, model developments, satellite data, data assimilation, and data analysis.

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My current and past research topics include:​

• Mechanism and seasonal forecasting of atmospheric river

• Improving weather forecasting by satellite water vapor isotope data

• Historical weather reconstruction using old diaries and data assimilation

• Characterization of extreme precipitation

• Stochastic modeling of unsaturated flow in heterogeneous soils

• High-resolution soil moisture monitoring by assimilating active and passive microwave remote sensing

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Education

 

2019.3   Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis

2019.3   M.S. in Atmospheric Science, University of California, Davis

2015.9   M.Eng. in Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan

2014.3   B.Eng. in Civil Engineering, University of Tokyo, Japan

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Awards and Fellowships

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2019 - 2024   JSPS Cross-border Postdoctoral (CPD) Fellowship

2019 - 2022   JSPS Superlative Postdoctoral (SPD) Fellowship (switched to CPD)

2017              Johannes “Joe” DeVries Graduate Student Award, University of California, Davis

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