Education

Ph.D. Science,  Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan,  September 2010
M.S. Science,  Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan,  March 2008
B.S. Arts and Sciences,  Osaka Kyoiku University, Kashiwara, Japan,  March 2006

Research Experience

2016 – 2019: Postdoc, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
2012 – 2015: Postdoc, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2010 – 2012: Postdoc, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
2008 – 2010: Research Assistant, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Work Experience

2021 – present: Research Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
2019 – 2021: Research Scientist, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY

Synergistic Activities

2021-present: Associate Editor of the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
2019: Organizer of a workshop on Cloud Resolving Radar Simulator (CR-SIM) held in Leipzig Institute for Meteorology
2019: Lecturer at the 2019 JOYCE Summer School
2018: Member of a review panel of DOE ASR                                               2012: Lead scientist of raindrop size distribution AMIE-Gan Ancillary Disdrometer observation in 2012

Conference Session Chairs

Breakout Session “From Models to Virtual Observatories using Simulators,” 2017 ARM/ASR PI Meeting, March 13 – 17, 2017, https://asr.science.energy.gov/meetings/stm/summary?aid=321

Breakout Session “End-to-end Forward Simulators,” 2018 ARM/ASR PI Meeting, March 19 – 23, 2018, https://asr.science.energy.gov/meetings/stm/summary?aid=51

Session “Radar Polarimetry: Discussion on priorities, data quality issues and new scientific applications,” 6th DOE ARM Radar Workshop, October 24-26, 2017, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.

Awards

CoPI of DOE/ASR Award: Examining the Impacts of Microphysical-Dynamical Feedbacks on Convective Clouds in Different Aerosol Environments Using Enhanced Observational and Modeling Strategies (Collaboration with Susan van den Heever of Colorado State University), Duration 9/15/20-9/14/24

CoPI of DOE Award: Coupled Observational-Modeling Studies of Land-Aerosol-Cloud Interactions in the Southeastern US, Duration 4/1/20-1/31/25

Co-I of NSF Collaborative Research: Experiment of Sea Breeze Convection, Aerosols, Precipitation and Environment (ESCAPE), PI: Pavlos Kollias, Duration 1/1/21-12/31/23

Co-I of NSF Collaborative Research: Extensive Field Observations and Modeling to Understand Multi-band Precipitation Processes within Winter Storms, PI: Brian Colle, Duration 5/1/19-4/30/22

Co-I of NSF CIF: Millimeter-wavelength Radar Facility for Cloud and Precipitation Research, PI: Pavlos Kollias, Duration 08/2021-07/2024

Co-I of NSF Mid-scale R1: Design for a Large Convection Cloud Chamber for Cloud-Aerosol-Turbulence Interactions, PI: Pavlos Kollias, Duration 09/2021-08/2023