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Curriculum Vitae for Yohei Shinozuka

Brief Bio: 

My research employs airborne observation of aerosols to reveal their cloud-nucleating and radiative properties and to promote remote sensing and modeling.
Of the known causes of the ongoing climate change one of the most poorly quantified is the atmospheric particles—their interactions with clouds and radiation, to be specific. Their complex and variable nature needs to be better understood and monitored. I perform direct measurements of aerosols from research aircraft with high horizontal, vertical and temporal resolution. My analysis uncovers the properties of the sampled aerosols and supports retrievals and simulations on larger spatiotemporal scales.

Relevant Research Experience:
Data Manager of ORACLES, a five-year NASA Earth Venture research project on aerosols and clouds over the southeast Atlantic. Data quality assurance and instrument operation during NASA DC8/P3B/C130, NSF C130 and DOE G1 airborne experiments TRACE-P, INTEX-A&B, MILAGRO, ARCTAS, TCAP, SEAC4RS, ARISE, NAAMES and ORACLES. Post-experiment data analysis for these and other field observations (ACE 1, ACE-Asia, AERONET, DOE ARM).

Professional Experience: 
2020 - PresentResearch Scientist, BAERI / NASA ARC-CREST
2019 - 2020Visiting Scholar, Universities Space Research Association
2010 - 2019Research Scientist, BAERI / NASA ARC-CREST
2008 - 2010Postdoctoral Fellow, ORAU / NASA Ames Research Center
2000 - 2008Research Assistant, University of Hawaii
Education: 
2008 - PhD in Oceanography - University of Hawaii at Manoa
2002 - MS in Oceanography - University of Hawaii at Manoa
2000 - BEng in Chemical System Engineering - University of Tokyo
Awards: 
NASA New (Early Career) Investigator Program in Earth Science (2012-2015)
NASA Postdoctoral Fellowship (2008-2010)
NASA Earth System Science Graduate Student Fellowship (2005-2008)
NASA Group Achievement Award (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Imperial audiences (2004, 2009) as a recipient of the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship (2001-2003)
STAR Award for the best student presenter, University of Hawaii Department of Oceanography (2001)
Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship (2000-2002)
Ishikawa Scholarship (1998-2000)
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