Kosuke Ito

Kosuke Ito

Basic information of Kosuke Ito

Date of birth
1981.10.24

Nationality
Japan

Academic degree
2011.03.23　Ph.D., Kyoto University
2008.03.24　M.S., Kyoto University
2006.03.24　B.S., Kyoto University

Career (primary)
2024.07-present Associate Professor, Severe Storm and Extreme Weather, Center for Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (CASTR), Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
2023.04-2024.06 Associate Professor, Severe Storm and Atmospheric Environment, Research Division of Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Disasters, Atmosphere-Hydrosphere Research Group, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
2018.08-2023.03 Associate Professor, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus
2014.04-2018.07 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus
2012.04-2014.03 Post-doctral Reseach Fellow, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
2011.06-2012.03 Post-doctral Reseach Fellow, Typhoon Dynamics Research Center, National Taiwan University
2011.04-2011.05 Assistant Research Staff, Kyoto University

Career (secondary)
2023.04-present IMS Guest Associate Professor, Typhoon Prediction Research Laboratory, Typhoon Science and Technology Research Center(TRC)
2019.04-2024.03 Guest Scientist,Observation and Data Assimilation Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute
2022.04-2023.03 Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Sciences, Kyoto University
2021.10-2023.03 IAS Guest Associate Professor, Typhoon Sience and Tecnology Reserch Center
2021.04-2023.03 Guest Associate Professor, Division of Eatrh Planetary Sciences, Kyoto University
2021.04-2021.09, 2022.04-2022.09 Part-time Lecturer, The open university of Japan
2019.04-2020.03 Visiting senior scientist, Information Engineering Program, JAMSTEC
2018.08-2019.05 Associate Professor, Office for Strategic Public Relations, University of the Ryukyus
2018.04-2019.03 Visiting scientist, Project Team for HPC Advanced Predictions utilizing Big Data Research Unit for Mesoscale Weather Predictions, JAMSTEC
2012.04-2019.03 Guest Scientist, Meteorological Research Institute
2016.07-2018.07 Assistant Professor, Office for Strategic Public Relations, University of the Ryukyus
2013.04-2014.03 Part-time Lecturer, Keio University
2009.04-2011.03 Fellowship (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2008.08-2009.03 Research Assistant, Kyoto University
2007.06-2008.03 Teaching Assistant, Kyoto University

Computer skill
Fortran, UNIX, Visual Basic .NET

Language
Japanese, English

Research interest
Tropical cyclones, Data assimilation, Sensitivity analysis, Atmosphere-ocean coupled system, Geophysical fluid dynamics

Award
・Okada award, Japan Weather Association, 2024
・Shono award, Meteorological society of Japan, 2022
・The SOLA award in 2018, Meteorological Society of Japan, 2018
・Professor of the year (Natural Science), University of the Ryukyus, FY2016
・Excellent paper award, The Seismology Society of Japan, 2011 (Masayuki Kano, Shin’ichi Miyazaki, Kosuke Ito, Kazuro Hirahara）

Qualification
Certified Weather Forecaster (No. 9166)