Takashi Matsuno is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Tottori University, Japan. He received his B.Eng. in Aerospace Engineering from Nagoya University in 1998, his M.Eng. from the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, in 2001, and his Ph.D. in Engineering from Nagoya University in 2004. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, USA, in 2004, and joined Tottori University as a Lecturer in 2006. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2021. His research interests include applied aerodynamics for aerospace and transportation systems, flow control, and plasma actuators, with additional work on wind tunnel techniques and optimal design. His previous research includes aerodynamic analysis of delta-wing configurations, plasma actuator applications on forebody flows, transition control, and aeroacoustics. He is a member of the Japan Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (JSASS), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), and the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE). He received the Encouragement Award from JSASS in 2005, the Paper Award from JSASS in 2021, and the Contribution Award from the Fluids Engineering Division of JSME in 2023.