Background
Comiso was born on September 21, 1940, in Narvacan, Philippines; the son of Severino Cacho Comiso and Silvestra (Cacas) Comiso. He came to the United States in 1964.
Diliman Quezon City, Philippines
Comiso received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of the Philippines in 1962. He worked there from 1963 to 1964.
600 W College Ave, Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Comiso earned his Master of Science degree in Physics from Florida State University in 1964.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Comiso was given a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1972. He worked at that university from 1972 to 1973.
Diliman Quezon City, Philippines
Comiso received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of the Philippines in 1962. He worked there from 1963 to 1964.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Comiso was given a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1972. He worked at that university from 1972 to 1973.
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Comiso worked at the University of Virginia from 1973 to 1977.
Diliman Quezon City, Philippines
Comiso received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of the Philippines in 1962. He worked there from 1963 to 1964.
600 W College Ave, Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Comiso earned his Master of Science degree in Physics from Florida State University in 1964.
Los Angeles, California, United States
Comiso was given a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1972. He worked at that university from 1972 to 1973.
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Comiso worked at the University of Virginia from 1973 to 1977.
Comiso was born on September 21, 1940, in Narvacan, Philippines; the son of Severino Cacho Comiso and Silvestra (Cacas) Comiso. He came to the United States in 1964.
Comiso received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the University of the Philippines in 1962. Four years later he earned his Master of Science degree in Physics from Florida State University. Also in 1972, Josefino was given a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Comiso began his career as a scientist at Philippine Atomic Research Center in 1962. A year later he took a position of an instructor at the University of the Philippines, where he worked until 1964. In 1972, Josefino became an assistant research physicist at the University of California at Los Angeles. Then in 1973, he was appointed a research associate at the University of Virginia.
Also Comiso worked as a senior member of technical staff at Computer Sciences Corporation from 1977 to 1979. Since 1979 he has been a leading physical scientist at Goddard Space Flight Center and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. In addition, Josefino was a visiting scientist/professor at the University of the Philippines, University of Tasmania, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Chiba Universirty, Mariano Marcos University and Hadley Meteorological Institute.
Comiso was instrumental on a global project observing the planet for rapidly declining perennial sea ice cover, and produced a paper on the subject that has been cited over one thousand times. Comiso's work has revealed the extraordinary rate at which Arctic ice is affected by global warming, at approximately three times the intensity of the global average.
Comiso is a corresponding member of the Philippine National Academy of Science and Technology, American Geophysical Union, American Physical Society, International Glaciological Society, Philippine-American Academy of Science & Engineering, Japan Society for Promotion of Science and Electromagnetics Academy.
On June 27, 1970 Josefino Comiso married Diana Parreñas Jimenez. They have three children.
