Misako is Senior Researcher at the Earth Observation Research Center (EORC), Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). She received bachelor's degree in Earth and Planetary Physics in 1993 from the Hokkaido University and M.S. in Earth and Planetary Science in 1995 from the University of Tokyo, Japan.
She joined in the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA, predecessor of JAXA) in 1996. From 2003 to 2005, she was with the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) as a secretariat member for the ad-hoc Group on Earth Observations and the Earth Observation Summits. In 2005, she joined EORC, JAXA.
She currently serves as Manager for GCOM-W & AMSR3 Research and Marine Environment Monitoring at EORC. She received the Prizes for Science and Technology, the Commendation for MEXT in 2016 (for GSMaP) and 2021 (for Today’s Earth). She is a member of the Japan Geophysical Union (JpGU) and Meteorological Society of Japan. Her research interest includes microwave remote sensing and its application to other research/operational fields.