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Yohei Shinozuka, Postdoctoral Fellow

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center (April 2008 to present)

• Research Assistant, Dept. of Oceanography, University of Hawaii at Manoa (August 2000 - April 2008)

EDUCATION

• PhD in Oceanography, May 2008, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA

• MS in Oceanography, December 2002, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
• BEng in Chemical System Engineering, March 2000, University of Tokyo, Japan

HONORS AND AWARDS

• NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellowship (April 2008 to present)
• NASA Earth System Science Graduate Student Fellowship (September 2005 to April 2008)
• NASA Group Achievement Award to INTEX-NA Science Team (April 2005), the Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment (May 2007) and ARCTAS (April 2009)
• Audience with Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan (July 2004, July 2009) as a recipient of the Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship (August 2001 to May 2003)
• STAR Award for the best student presenter, UH Department of Oceanography (October 2001)
• Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship (August 2000 to May 2002)
• Ishikawa Scholarship (April 1998 to March 2000)

PUBLICATIONS

• G. C. Roberts et al., Characterization of particle cloud droplet activity and composition in the free troposphere and the boundary layer during INTEX-B, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., submitted.
  
• Drury, E., Daniel Jacob, Robert Spurr, Jun Wang, Yohei Shinozuka, Bruce Anderson, Antony Clarke, Jack Dibb, Cameron McNaughton, Rodney Weber (2009), Synthesis of satellite (MODIS), aircraft (ICARTT), and surface (IMPROVE, EPA-AQS, AERONET) aerosol observations over eastern North America to improve MODIS aerosol retrievals and constrain surface aerosol concentrations and sources, Journal of Geophysical Research, submitted.
  

1. Russell, P. B., R. W. Bergstrom, Y. Shinozuka, A. D. Clarke, P. F. DeCarlo, J. L. Jimenez, J. M. Livingston, J. Redemann, O. Dubovik, and A. Strawa (2010), Absorption Angstrom Exponent in AERONET and related data as an indicator of aerosol composition, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 1155-1169.
2. Subramanian, R., G. L. Kok, D. Baumgardner, A. Clarke, Y. Shinozuka, T. L. Campos, C. G. Heizer, B. B. Stephens, B. de Foy, P. B. Voss, and R. A. Zaveri (2010), Black carbon over Mexico: the effect of atmospheric transport on mixing state, mass absorption cross-section, and BC/CO ratios, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 219-237.
3. McNaughton, C. S., A. D. Clarke, V. Kapustin, Y. Shinozuka, S. G. Howell, B. E. Anderson, E. Winstead, J. Dibb, E. Scheuer, R. C. Cohen, P. Wooldridge, A. Perring, L. G. Huey, S. Kim, J. L. Jimenez, E. J. Dunlea, P. F. DeCarlo, P. O. Wennberg, J. D. Crounse, A. J. Weinheimer, and F. Flocke (2009), Observations of heterogeneous reactions between Asian pollution and mineral dust over the Eastern North Pacific during INTEX-B, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 8283-8308.
4. Redemann, J., Q. Zhang, J. Livingston, P. Russell, Y. Shinozuka, A. Clarke, R. Johnson, and R. Levy (2009), Testing aerosol properties in MODIS Collection 4 and 5 using airborne sunphotometer observations in INTEX-B/MILAGRO, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 8159-8172.
5. Dunlea, E. J., P. F. DeCarlo, A. C. Aiken, J. R. Kimmel, R. E. Peltier, R. J. Weber, J. Tomlinson, D. R. Collins, Y. Shinozuka, C. S. McNaughton, S. G. Howell, A. D. Clarke, L. K. Emmons, E. C. Apel, G. G. Pfister, A. van Donkelaar, R. V. Martin, D. B. Millet, C. L. Heald, and J. L. Jimenez (2009), Evolution of Asian aerosols during transpacific transport in INTEX-B, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 7257-7287.
6. Shinozuka, Y., A. D. Clarke, P. F. DeCarlo, J. L. Jimenez, E. J. Dunlea, G. C. Roberts, J. M. Tomlinson, D. R. Collins, S. G. Howell, V. N. Kapustin, C. S. McNaughton and J. Zhou (2009), Aerosol optical properties relevant to regional remote sensing of CCN activity and links to their organic mass fraction: Airborne observations over Central Mexico and the US West Coast during MILAGRO/INTEX-B, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 6727-6742.
7. Rogers, R. R., J. W. Hair, C. A. Hostetler, R. A. Ferrare, M. D. Obland, A. L. Cook, D. B. Harper, S. P. Burton, Y. Shinozuka, C. S. McNaughton, A. D. Clarke, J. Redemann, P. B. Russell, J. M. Livingston, and L. I. Kleinman (2009), NASA LaRC Airborne High Spectral Resolution Lidar Aerosol Measurements During MILAGRO: Observations and Validation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 4811-4826.
8. Yokelson, R. J., J. D. Crounse, P. F. DeCarlo, T. Karl, S. Urbanski, E. Atlas, T. Campos, Y. Shinozuka, V. Kapustin, A. D. Clarke, A. Weinheimer, D. J. Knapp, D. D. Montzka, J. Holloway, P. Weibring, F. Flocke, W. Zheng, D. Toohey, P. O. Wennberg, C. Wiedinmyer, L. Mauldin, A. Fried, D. Richter, J. Walega, J. L. Jimenez, K. Adachi, P. R. Buseck, S. R. Hall, and R. Shetter (2009), Emissions from biomass burning in the Yucatan, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9, 5785-5812.
9. DeCarlo, P. F., E. J. Dunlea, J. R. Kimmel, A. C. Aiken, D. Sueper, J. Crounse, P. O. Wennberg, L. Emmons, Y. Shinozuka, A. Clarke, J. Zhou, J. Tomlinson, D. R. Collins, D. Knapp, A. J. Weinheimer, D. D. Montzka, T. Campos, and J. L. Jimenez (2008), Fast airborne aerosol size and chemistry measurements above Mexico City and Central Mexico during the MILAGRO campaign, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 4027-4048.
10. Clarke, A., C. McNaughton, V. Kapustin, Y. Shinozuka, S. Howell, J. Dibb, J. Zhou, B. Anderson, V. Brekhovskikh, H. Turner, and M. Pinkerton (2007), Biomass Burning and Pollution Aerosol over North America: Organic Components and their influence on Spectral Optical Properties and Humidification Response, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12S18, doi:10.1029/2006JD007777.
11. Shinozuka, Y., A. D. Clarke, S. G. Howell, V. N. Kapustin, C. S. McNaughton, J. Zhou and B. E. Anderson (2007), Aircraft profiles of aerosol microphysics and optical properties over North America: aerosol optical depth and its association with PM2.5 and water uptake, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D12S20, doi:10.1029/2006JD007918.
12. Arimoto, R., Y. J. Kim, Y. P. Kim, P. K. Quinn, T. S. Bates, T. L. Anderson, S. Gong, I. Uno, M. Chin, B. J. Huebert, A. D. Clarke, Y. Shinozuka, R. J. Weber, J. R. Anderson, S. A. Guazzotti, R. C. Sullivan, D. A. Sodeman, K. A. Prather, and I. Sokolik (2006), Characterization of Asian Dust during ACE-Asia, Global Planet. Change, 52/1-4, 23-56, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.02.013.
13. Bates, T. S., T. L. Anderson, T. Baynard, T. Bond, O. Boucher, G. Carmichael, A. Clarke, C. Erlick, H. Guo, L. Horowitz, S. Howell, S. Kulkarni, H. Maring, A. McComiskey, A. Middlebrook, K. Noone, C. D. O'Dowd, J. Ogren, J. Penner, P. K. Quinn, A. R. Ravishankara, D. L. Savoie, S. E. Schwartz, Y. Shinozuka, Y. Tang, R. J. Weber, and Y. Wu (2006), Aerosol direct radiative effects over the northwest Atlantic, northwest Pacific, and North Indian Oceans: estimates based on in-situ chemical and optical measurements and chemical transport modeling, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 1657-1732.
14. Howell, S. G., A. D. Clarke, Y. Shinozuka, V. Kapustin, C. S. McNaughton, B. J. Huebert, S. J. Doherty, and T. L. Anderson (2006), Influence of relative humidity upon pollution and dust during ACE-Asia: Size distributions and implications for optical properties, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D06205, doi:10.1029/2004JD005759.
15. Kapustin, V. N., A. D. Clarke, Y. Shinozuka, S. Howell, V. Brekhovskikh, T. Nakajima, and A. Higurashi (2006), On the determination of a cloud condensation nuclei from satellite: Challenges and possibilities, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D04202, doi:10.1029/2004JD005527.
16. Kwan, A. J., J. D. Crounse, A. D. Clarke, Y. Shinozuka, B. E. Anderson, J. H. Crawford, M. A. Avery, C. S. McNaughton, W. H. Brune, H. B. Singh, and P. O. Wennberg (2006), On the flux of oxygenated volatile organic compounds from organic aerosol oxidation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L15815, doi:10.1029/2006GL026144.
17. Clarke, A. D., Y. Shinozuka, V. N. Kapustin, S. Howell, B. Huebert, S. Doherty, T. Anderson, D. Covert,  J. Anderson, X. Hua, K. G. Moore II, C. McNaughton,G. Carmichael, and R. Weber (2004), Size distributions and mixtures of dust and black carbon aerosol in Asian outflow: Physiochemistry and optical properties, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D15S09, doi:10.1029/2003JD004378.
18. Seinfeld, J. H., G. R. Carmichael, R. Arimoto, W. C. Conant, F. J. Brechtel, T. S. Bates, T. A. Cahill, A. D. Clarke, S. J. Doherty, P. J. Flatau, B. J. Huebert, J. Kim, K. M. Markowicz, P. K. Quinn, L. M. Russell, P. B. Russell, A. Shimizu, Y. Shinozuka, C. H. Song, Y. Tang, I. Uno, A. M. Vogelmann, R. J. Weber, J.-H. Woo, and X. Y. Zhang (2004), ACE-ASIA: Regional Climatic and Atmospheric Chemical Effects of Asian Dust and Pollution, B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 85 (3), 367-380.
19. Shinozuka, Y., A. D. Clarke, S. G. Howell, V. N. Kapustin, and B. J. Huebert (2004), Sea-salt vertical profiles over the Southern and tropical Pacific Oceans: Microphysics, optical properties, spatial variability and variations with wind speed, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D24201, doi:10.1029/2004JD004975.
20. Yamamoto, N., Y. Shinozuka, K. Kumagai, M. Fujii, and Y. Yanagisawa (2004), Particle size distribution quantification by microscopic observation, J. Aerosol Sci., 35 (10), 1225-1234.

PRESENTATIONS

• Shinozuka, Y., et al. (2009), Challenges in remote sensing of CCN concentration: a comprehensive assessment with airborne measurements of AOD, CCN, chemical composition, size distribution, light scattering/absorption and humidity response in North America, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
• Shinozuka, Y., et al. (2009), Aerosol optical properties relevant to regional remote sensing of CCN activity and links to their organic mass fraction: Airborne observations over Central Mexico and the US West Coast during MILAGRO/INTEX-B, AAAR 28th Annual Conference.
• 篠塚陽平ら(2009), 雲凝結核特性のリモートセンシングに関わるエアロゾル光学特性と有機質量比との関係:メキシコ中心部とアメリカ西海岸でのMILAGRO/INTEX-B飛行機観測から, 第15回大気化学討論会.
• Shinozuka, Y., et al. (2009), Relationships between cloud condensation nuclei and aerosol optical properties relevant to remote sensing: Airborne measurements in biomass burning, pollution and dust aerosols over North America, Gordon Research Conference on Radiation and Climate.
• Shinozuka, Y., et al. (2009), Relationships between cloud condensation nuclei and aerosol optical properties relevant to remote sensing: Airborne measurements of biomass burning, pollution and dust aerosols over North America, Climate, Statistics, and Satellites - A symposium in honor of Gerald North.
• Shinozuka, Y., et al. (2009), Aerosol optical properties measured from aircraft, satellites and the ground during ARCTAS - their relationship to CCN, aerosol chemistry and smoke type, POLARCAT Workshop.
• Shinozuka, Y., et al. (2009), Aerosol optical properties measured from aircraft, satellites and the ground during ARCTAS summer - their relationship to aerosol chemistry and smoke type, ARCTAS Science Team Meeting.
• Shinozuka, Y., et al. (2008), Relationships between cloud condensation nuclei and aerosol optical properties relevant to remote sensing: Airborne measurements in biomass burning, pollution and dust aerosols over North America, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
• Shinozuka, Y., et al. (2007), Relations between size, composition, optical properties and CCN: Airborne measurements in dust, biomass burning and pollution aerosol over North America, American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly.
• Shinozuka, Y., et al. (2007), Relations between size, composition, optical properties and CCN: Airborne measurements in dust, biomass burning and pollution aerosol over North America, Second MILAGRO Science Conference.
• Shinozuka, Y., A. D. Clarke, V. N. Kapustin, S. G. Howell, J. Zhou, C. S. McNaughton, and M. H. Pinkerton (2006), Particulate absorption and its variation with mixing status observed in-situ over Mexico, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
• Shinozuka, Y., A. D. Clarke, V. N. Kapustin, and S. G. Howell (2005), Vertical profiles of aerosol optical properties measured during INTEX, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
• Shinozuka, Y., A. Clarke, S. Howell, and V. Kapustin (2002), Improving radiative assessments of aerosol chemical, physical and optical properties through aerosol volatility studies over optically effective sizes, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 83.
• Shinozuka, Y., A.D. Clarke, V.N. Kapustin, S.G. Howell, and B.J. Huebert (2002), Sea-salt profiles over the remote ocean during ACE 1: Physical and optical properties and their variations with wind speed, Abstracts of the Sixth International Aerosol Conference, 1, 369.
• Shinozuka, Y., A.D. Clarke, and S.G. Howell (2001), Sea-salt vertical profiles over the remote oceans: Physical and optical properties and their variations with wind speed, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 82 (47), F53.

SEMINARS AND MEDIA COVERAGE

• Rotary Club Ala Moana (July 2009)
• Crown Prince Akihito Scholarship 50th Anniversary Symposium (July 2009)
• KITV (July 2009)
• Café Scientifique Tokyo (December 2007)
• 国立環境研究所, National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan (December 2007)
• NASA Ames Research Center (August 2007)

WORKSHOPS

• NASA MISR Workshop (September 2006)
• SOLAS Summer School (September 2005)
• NCAR ASP Colloquium on Interactions among Aerosols, Climate and the Hydrological Cycle (July 2002)
• MATLAB Workshop (November 2001)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Occasional referee of journal papers for Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres and Atmospheric Environment

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)

LANGUAGES

• Native in Japanese. Certified Japanese-language teacher with a 420-hour training course completed.
• Fluent in English
• Fair in Spanish