Yohei Takano is a 4th year graduate student whose line of research involves working with Dr. Takamitsu Ito on understanding large-scale ocean biogeochemical cycles, including dissolved oxygen, nutrients, and carbon cycles. The main focus of his research is to understand how ocean biogeochemical cycles responds to climate variability and long-term climatic change, such as global warming. Currently, Yohei is working on understanding how oxygen minimum zones evolve under the influence of human induced climate change, which could involve both physical and biological response in the ocean.

Before coming to Georgia Tech, Yohei obtained an M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences from Colorado State University. He says that training from the atmospheric science field really helped him on developing interdisciplinary understanding and research approach on coupled processes between climate change/variability and ocean biogeochemical cycles.

During his spare time he enjoys cooking and eating. Yohei says cooking helped him communicate with people from different cultures and he loves to share recipes with his friends. Most recently, Yohei is wrapping up his research for publications and his dissertation.