I am a Ph.D. student in Hydrology at the Joint Program at San Diego State University & University of California, Santa Barbara.
I am interested in soil moisture,
measured both from in-situ sensors and remotely sensed from satellite platforms.
The research questions I am tackling are
- How does soil moisture controls hydrological and land-atmosphere processes at multiple spatio-temporal scales?
- How to represent the processes in modeling?
- How to leverage the research outcomes for flood and drought management under climate and land-use changes?
Contact
raraki8159(at)sdsu.edu
Education
B.Eng. Civil Engineering
2015 - 2019
Kyoto University
Advisor: Dr. Takahiro Sayama at Disaster Prevention Research Institute
M.Sc. Watershed Science
2019 - 2021
San Diego State University
Advisor: Dr. Hilary McMillan
Committee: Dr. Hilary McMillan, Dr. Trent Biggs, Dr. Alicia Kinoshita
Ph.D. student
2021 - Present
San Diego State University & University of California, Santa Barabara
Advisor: Dr. Hilary McMillan
Employment
Teaching Assistant
2019
Kyoto University, Hydraulics experiment class
Laboratory Assistant
Summer 2020 & 2021
CW3E at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego