Which university employed Ted Fujita during much of his tornado research career?

Ted Fujita conducted most of his tornado research career at the University of Chicago.

The Japanese-American meteorologist came to Chicago in 1953 after Horace Byers invited him to join the university’s meteorology work. Fujita began as a research associate and later became a professor in geophysical sciences. He remained associated with the University of Chicago until retiring from teaching in 1990, while continuing research until his death in 1998.

At Chicago, Fujita reconstructed storms from damage patterns, photographs, radar observations, and other evidence. His work produced the original Fujita scale, introduced in 1971, and helped establish ideas about multiple-vortex tornadoes. He also discovered and explained microbursts and their role in dangerous aviation wind shear.

Texas Tech University is sometimes selected as a tempting answer because its researchers later helped develop the Enhanced Fujita scale. The University of Oklahoma is also strongly associated with modern tornado science, but neither employed Fujita during the main part of his research career.