About me

• Name: Tomoki Tozuka
• Associate professor at Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Group, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
• Field: Physical oceanography , Climate dynamics
• Education
  • Ardsley Middle School (Class of 1990)
  • Ardsley High School (Class of 1994)
  • University of Tokyo (B.S. Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, 1999)
  • University of Tokyo (M.S., Department of Earth and Planetary Science, 2001)
  • University of Tokyo (Ph. D, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, 2004) (Supervisor: Prof. Toshio Yamagata)
• Scientific Work Experience
  • 2004.04-2006.03: Project postdoctoral fellow at Department of Earth and Planetray Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
  • 2006.04-2008.03: Project research associate at Department of Earth and Planetray Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
  • 2008.04-2011.11: Assistant professor at Department of Earth and Planetray Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
  • 2011.11-: Associate professor at Department of Earth and Planetray Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
• Award, etc.
  • 2002: GFD Fellow of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA.
  • 2006: Okada Memorial Prize of the Oceanographic Society of Japan.
  • 2014: Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans: 2013 Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing.
  • 2019: Nishida Prize of Japan Geoscience Union
  • 2019: Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans: 2018 Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing.
  • 2025: Environmental Research Letters: Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2024
• Professional services
  • Associate Editor, Geophysical Research Letters (2009-2011)
  • Full Member of SCOR/WCRP/IAPSO Working Group 136 on “Climatic Importance of the Greater Agulhas System”(2009-2012)
  • Editor, Journal of Oceanography (2011-2021)
  • Review Editor, Frontiers in Atmospheric Science (2013-)
  • Panel member, CLIVAR-Indian Ocean Panel (2014-2019)
  • Associate Editor, Journal of Climate (2016-2021)
  • Editor, Journal of Climate (2022-)
  • Vice president, Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences section, Japan Geoscience Union (2021-2024)