Education:

Ph.D, M.S., University of Tokyo

B.S., Keio University

Research Interests: ^top

• Polar oceanography
• Numerical modeling of sea ice and ocean/lake hydrodynamics
• Lake ice and lake effect snow in the Laurentian Great Lakes region

Awards: ^top

• The NOAA Team Member of the Month Award (April 2019)
• Estuarine and Coastal Modeling Best Paper Award (with other authors, 2018)
• Outstanding Young Scientist Award, International Workshop on Modeling Ocean (2009, 2010)
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship (2008)
• Scientific Award, The Cold Region Technology Conference (in Japan, 2006)