Data Assimilation Research Team Member

Member

Team Leader

Takemasa Miyoshi

Research Scientist

Shigenori Otsuka

Research Scientist

James Taylor

Research Scientist

Michael Goodliff

Research Scientist

Shun Ohishi

Research Scientist

Tristan Hascoet

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jianyu (Richard) Liang

Postdoctoral Researcher

Rakesh Teja Konduru

Prediction Science Laboratory Research Scientist

Arata Amemiya

Prediction Science Laboratory Postdoctoral Researcher

Cedric Ho Thanh

Prediction Science Laboratory Research Associate

Shungo Tonoyama

Junior Research Associate

kota Takeda

Technical Staff

Hideyuki Sakamoto

Technical Staff

Takahisa Ishimizu

Senior Visiting Scientist

Shu-Chih Yang

Senior Visiting Scientist

John C. Wells

Visiting Scientist

Juan Ruiz

Visiting Scientist

Koji Terasaki

Visiting Scientist

Shunji Kotsuki

Assistant

Yukie Komori

Assistant

Saeko Imano

Assistant

Aki Mukunoki

Assistant

Yukie Terashi

Past Member

• Ken Furukawa: Prediction Science Laboratory Research Scientist (December 2020 - May 2024)→ The university of Toyama
• Lin Li: Prediction Science Laboratory Postdoctoral Researcher (December 2021 - April 2024)→ Sichuan University
• Yasumitsu Maejima: Research Associate/Postdoctoral Researcher (April 2014 - March 2024)→ Kobe University Graduate school of Maritime Sciences
• Iyan Mulia: Prediction Science Laboratory Research Scientist (December 2020 - March 2024)→ Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
• Rika Murata: Assistant (June 2023 - March 2024)
• ATM Sakiur Rahman: Postdoctoral Researcher (Septemper 2021 - February 2023)→ University of California, Riverside
• Qiwen Sun: Junior Research Associate (April 2020 - Septemper 2022)→ Bosch Corporation
• Sakiko Tashiro: Assistant (May 2020 - September 2022)
• Koji Terasaki: Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Scientist (August 2013 - May 2022)→ Meteorological Research Institute
• Ting-Chi Wu: Research Scientist (December 2020 - April 2022)→ Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan (MOST)
• Naohiro Tsuzu: Research Part-time Worker (July 2021 - March 2022)→ NTT DATA Mathematical Systems Inc.
• Maha Mdini: Postdoctoral Researcher (October 2019 - March 2022)
• Takumi Honda: Special Postdoctoral Researcher (April 2015 - March 2022)→ Hokkaido University
• Tianfeng Hou: Postdoctoral Researcher (November 2020 - December 2021)
• Kohei Takatama: Postdoctoral Researcher (April 2018 - December 2021)→ Japan Science and Tecnhnology Agency
• Shunji Kotsuki: Postdoctoral Researcher/Researcher (January 2014 - October 2019)→Center for Environmental Remote Sensing, Chiba University
• Hazuki Arakida: Technical Staff (November 2013 - October 2019)→ Hydro Technology Institute Co., Ltd.
• Hironori Arai: Postdoctoral Researcher (April 2019 - September 2019)→ Centre national d'etudes spatiales (JSPS Overseas Research Fellowships)
• Marimo Ohhigashi: Research Part-time Worker/Technical Staff (September 2013 - September 2019)→ Nintendo Co., Ltd.
• Kenta Kurosawa: Research Part-time Worker/Technical Staff (October 2016 - August 2019)→ University of Maryland
• Atsushi Okazaki: Postdoctoral Researcher/Special Postdoctoral Researcher (April 2016 - May 2019)→ Pennsylvania State University
• Taeka Awazu: Technical Staff (April 2016 - October 2018)
• Rie Deguchi: Assistant (October 2013 - October 2018)
• Guo-Yuan Lien: Postdoctoral Researcher (July 2014 - July 2018)→ Central Weather Bureau, located in Taiwan
• Kuki Kuniya: Assistant (April 2016 - May 2018)
• Ayumi Kikawa: Assistant (September 2017 - March 2018)
• Hitomi Mori: Assistant (October 2017 - March 2018)
• Toshiki Teramura: Postdoctoral Researcher (June 2016 - January 2018)
• Keiichi Kondo: Postdoctoral Researcher (April 2014 - November 2017) → Meteorological Research Institute
• Yohei Sawada: Postdoctoral Researcher (April 2016 - March 2017) → Meteorological Research Institute
• Miho Ono: Assistant (October 2016 - March 2017)
• Gulanbaier Tuerhong: Technical Staff (May 2014 - May 2016)
• Africa Perianez Santiago: Research Associate (December 2014 - June 2015)

Past Visiting Scientist

• Tobias Necker: Visiting Scientist (April 2020 - May 2024) / University of Vienna
• Atsushi Okazaki: Visiting Scientist (June 2019 - September 2023) / Pennsylvania State University/Hirosaki University
• Kohei Takatama: Visiting Scientist (January 2022 - March 2023) / Japan Science and Tecnhnology Agency
• Pierre Tandeo: Visiting Scientist (June 2018 - March 2023) / IMT Atlantique
• John C. Wells: Senior Visiting Scientist (May 2018 - March 2023) / Ritsumeikan University
• Serge Richard: Senior Visiting Scientist (July 2021 - March 2022) / Nagoya University
• Hazuki Arakida: Visiting Scientist (November 2019 - March 2022) / Hydro Technology Institute Co., Ltd.
• Keiichi Kondo: Visiting Scientist (September 2018 - March 2022) / Meteorological Research Institute
• Yohei Sawada: Visiting Scientist (April 2018 - March 2022) / Meteorological Research Institute/the university of Tokyo
• Hironori Arai:
  Visiting Scientist (October 2019 - December 2021) / Centre national d'etudes spatiales (JSPS Overseas Research Fellowships)
  Visiting Scientist (June 2018 - March 2019) / University of Tokyo
• Shlok Mohta: Visiting Technician (December 2020 - September 2021)
• Steve Penny: Visiting Scientist (February 2014 - March 2020) / University of Maryland
• Shohei Takino: Visiting Scientist (April 2014 - December 2019) / TEPCO
• Guo-Yuan Lien: Visiting Scientist (August 2018 - March 2019) / Central Weather Bureau, located in Taiwan
• Kozo Okamoto: Visiting Scientist (October 2014 - March 2019) / Meteorological Research Institute
• Michiko Otsuka: Visiting Scientist (July 2014 - March 2019) / Meteorological Research Institute
• Shin-ichiro Shima: Visiting Scientist (April 2014 - March 2019) / University of Hyogo
• Masaru Kunii: Visiting Scientist (April 2014 - March 2017) / Japan Meteorological Agency
• Masahiro Sawada: Visiting Scientist (May 2013 - April 2014) / Meteorological Research Institute

Student Intern and Trainee

Fiscal Year 2024

• Yutaro Nagai: Kyushu University (master's student)
• Rei Nakanishi: Kyoto University (master's student)
• Amane Kubo: University of Tokyo (master's student)
• Camille Chantot: IMT Atlantique (master's student)
• Gwendal Saliou: The European Institute for Marine Studies (master's student)

Fiscal Year 2023

• Vic Austen: Nagoya University (undergraduate student)
• Samarpan Chakraborty: University of Maryland, College Park (doctral student)
• Elmo Juanara: JAIST(Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) (doctral student)

Fiscal Year 2022

• Shun Fujita: Kyoto University (undergraduate student)
• Quang Nhat Nguyen: Nagoya University (master's student)
• Sevi Nurafni: Kanazawa University (master's student)
• Yuki Kobayashi: Kyoto University (undergraduate student)
• Li Shixue: Hokkaido University (doctral student)
• Zhang Ziyue: University of Tokyo (master's student)
• Chih-Kuan Wang: National Central University, located in Taiwan (master's student)

Fiscal Year 2021

• Audrey Gonzalo: IMT Atlantique (master's student)

Fiscal Year 2020

• Kota Takeda: Kyoto University (master's student)
• Noboru Isobe: University of Tokyo (master's student)
• Futo Tomizawa: University of Tokyo (master's student)
• Minglu Zhao: Tohoku University (master's student)

Fiscal Year 2019

• Yanqing Shen: University of Iowa (doctral student)
• Tomoki Iwakiri: University of Tokyo (doctral student)
• Shlok Mohta: University of Tokyo (master's student)
• Qiwen Sun: Nagoya University (master's student)

Fiscal Year 2018

• Aulia Febianda ANWAR TINUMBANG: Kyoto University (master's student)
• Huynh Viet Phi: Eurecom (master's student)
• Andrew Pensoneault: University of Iowa (doctral student)
• Tobias Necker: LMU (master's student)

Fiscal Year 2017

• Takuya Ganeko: Kyoto University (master's student)
• Krishnamoorthy Chandramouli: Indian Institute of Technology (doctoral student)
• Takuya Kurihana: University of Tsukuba (master's student)
• Sam Hatfield: University of Oxford (doctoral student)
• Taiga Shibata: University of the Ryukyus (master's student)
• Stefan Geiss: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen (master's student)
• Cheng Da: University of Maryland (doctoral student)
• Paula Maldonado: Universidad de Buenos Aires (doctoral student)

Fiscal Year 2016

• Arata Amemiya: University of Tokyo (master's student)
• Stefan Geiss: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen (master's student)

Fiscal Year 2015

• Syunpei Terauchi: University of Tsukuba (master's student)
• Yaping Chang: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (master's student)

Fiscal Year 2014

• Ryota Kikuchi: Tohoku University (doctoral student)
• Yoshikazu Kitano: Hokkaido University (doctoral student)
• Yusuke Taniguchi: University of Hyogo (master's student)

Fiscal Year 2012 - 2013

• Keiichi Kondo: University of Tsukuba (doctoral student)

Student Trainee

• Saliou Gwendal: Research Fellow (October 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024)
• Christoph Neuhauser: Technical University of Munich (January 10, 2024 - March 31, 2025)
• Fuki Fujiwara: University of Tokyo (January 1, 2024 - )
• Chung-Yuan Chou: National Central University (October 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023)
• Zhaoyang Huo: Nanjing University of Information, Science & Technology (December 1, 2022 - March 8, 2024)
• Yuki Kobayashi: Kyoto University (November 15, 2022 - March 31, 2023) / (June 1, 2023 - March 31, 2025)
• Zhang Ziyue: University of Tokyo (October 20, 2022 - March 20, 2024)
• Chang Sun: Nagoya University (June 1, 2021 - September 27, 2021)
• Shlok Mohta: University of Tokyo (October 15, 2019 - September 15, 2020)
• Kenta Kurosawa: University of Maryland (September 1, 2019 - January 31, 2024)
• Andrew Pensoneault: University of Iowa (April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2021)
• Paula Maldonado: University of Buenos Aires (January 4, 2019 - December 31, 2022)
• Tobias Necker: Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (August 1, 2018 - March 31, 2020)
• Cheng Da: University of Maryland (April 10, 2018 - March 31, 2022)
• Stefan Geiss: Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018)