Takamitsu Ito - Assistant Professor
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Education
- Ph.D. in Climate Physics and Chemistry - 2005 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA
- M.S. in Geosystems - 1999 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA
- B.A. in Physics - 1998 - International Christian University - Tokyo, Japan
Career Overview
Takamitsu received his Ph.D. at MIT and comes to us most recently from the University of Washington where he served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at JISAO. In 2005, he received MIT's Rossby Award for the most outstanding Ph.D. thesis in the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate.
Teaching Interests
- Physical oceanography
Research Interests
Taka develops mathematical and numerical models of physical and biogeochemical processes in the oceans to study global climate and biogeochemical cycles.
Research Sponsors
- Natioanal Science Foundation (NSF)
Awards, Honors, and Positions
- MIT Rossby Award - 2005 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Postdoctoral Research Fellowship - Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and the Ocean program on Climate Change - 2004 - University of Washington
- Award for Excellence in Teaching - Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences - 2003 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Fellowship - 2001 - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- MIT Presidential Graduate Fellowship - Department of Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences - 1999 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology




