TomokoÌýMatsuo
- Associate Professor
- Smead Faculty Fellow
- COLORADO CENTER FOR ASTRODYNAMICS RESEARCH (CCAR)

Office Location: AERO 467
Focus Area
Remote Sensing, Earth, & Space Sciences
Education
PhD, Atmospheric Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 2003
MS, Physics, Nagoya University, Japan,1998
BS, Geophysics, Hokkaido University, Japan, 1995
Professional Experience
2022 - Present, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó
2017 - 2022, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó
2014 - 2016, 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Scientist III, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center and 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó CIRES
2007 - 2013, 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Scientist II, NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center and 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó CIRES
2003 - 2007, Visiting Scientist, Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences, National Center for Atmospheric 91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó
Awards (selected)
H. Joseph Smead Faculty Fellow, 2022
Smead Aerospace Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching & Mentoring Award, 2021
College of Engineering and Applied Science Dean’s Faculty Fellowship, 2021
Smead Aerospace Outstanding Junior Faculty, 2019
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2019
91ÃÛÌÒ¸ó Interests
Atmospheric and space sciences; geophysical fluid and gas dynamics; applied statistics (inverse methods, data assimilation, and ML/AI); remote sensing and observing system design.
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