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====== Who we are====== | ====== Who we are====== | ||
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==== Sara Basart ==== | ==== Sara Basart ==== | ||
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At present, Dr Basart is a researcher in the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). She is the scientist in charge of the WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System ([[http:// | At present, Dr Basart is a researcher in the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). She is the scientist in charge of the WMO Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System ([[http:// | ||
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- | ==== Jaime Benavides ==== | ||
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- | **PhD Student**\\ | ||
- | **Interests: | ||
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- | **Bio:** Jaime Benavides has a Msc. degree in Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems with emphasis on Data Mining and a bachelor' | ||
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==== Dragana Bojović ==== | ==== Dragana Bojović ==== | ||
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**Bio:** Jose Luis Cánovas has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Communication from the Universidad CEU UCH of Valencia and Postgraduate degrees in Digital Journalism from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and Investigative Reporting from the Universitat Ramon Llull (URL) of Barcelona. With over 10 years of experience working in the media industry, international events and corporate communication, | **Bio:** Jose Luis Cánovas has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Communication from the Universidad CEU UCH of Valencia and Postgraduate degrees in Digital Journalism from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and Investigative Reporting from the Universitat Ramon Llull (URL) of Barcelona. With over 10 years of experience working in the media industry, international events and corporate communication, | ||
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+ | ==== Paula Checchia Adell ==== | ||
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+ | **Computational Social Scientist**\\ | ||
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+ | **Bio:** Paula Checchia has a double degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Barcelona. Due to her interest in social issues, she did her two final degree thesis on this field. In this line and to better understand the global social context, she worked in different NGOs in Spain, Greece and Colombia. She joined the BSC Earth System Services group in May 2023 as a member of the Knowledge Integration team. She will be working on mapping the climate services initiatives located in Europe in the context of the Climateurope2 project. She will also be involved in the development of a strategy for the storage and structure of qualitative social data to propose standards and community-based good practices in order to do further social analysis. | ||
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**Bio**: Chihchung Chou used to work on the relationship between the algal bloom of surface water bodies such as lakes and reservoirs and the varying characteristics of the water environment during his Master' | **Bio**: Chihchung Chou used to work on the relationship between the algal bloom of surface water bodies such as lakes and reservoirs and the varying characteristics of the water environment during his Master' | ||
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+ | ==== Konstantina Chouta ==== | ||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | **Master Student**\\ | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
+ | **Interests: | ||
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+ | **Bio:** Konstantina holds a BSc in Physics from the University of Athens and a MSc in Environmental Engineering from the UPC (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya). | ||
+ | She joined the BSC in October 2019 to conduct her Master Thesis entitled “Impact Assessment of Sand and Dust Storms on key socio-economic sectors: Aviation”. Since then, she forms part of the ESS group and the Knowledge Transfer team and she is working in projects related to air quality, as well as to the re-design of operational services (Barcelona Dust Regional Center, CALIOPE). \\ | ||
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**Bio:** Marina Conde received a degree in Informatics Engineering from Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 2012. She has working experience as a Software Engineer in the area of Business Intelligence Reports, among others. Her main role at the Earth System Services group (ESS-BSC) is to work on the creation and improvement of the operational services websites. \\ | **Bio:** Marina Conde received a degree in Informatics Engineering from Polytechnic University of Catalonia in 2012. She has working experience as a Software Engineer in the area of Business Intelligence Reports, among others. Her main role at the Earth System Services group (ESS-BSC) is to work on the creation and improvement of the operational services websites. \\ | ||
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- | ==== Nicola Cortesi ==== | ||
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- | **Postdoctoral Researcher** \\ | ||
- | [[https:// | ||
- | **Interests: | ||
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- | **Bio:** Dr.Nicola Cortesi holds a degree in Atmospheric Physics at Milan University, a M.Sc. on Geographic Information Systems and interpolation techniques and an international Ph.D on modelling precipitation and temperature variability. As postdoctoral, | ||
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==== Carlos Delgado-Torres ==== | ==== Carlos Delgado-Torres ==== | ||
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**PhD student**\\ | **PhD student**\\ | ||
- | **Interests:** Climate prediction, Climate | + | **Interests**: Climate prediction, Climate |
- | **Bio:** Carlos Delgado holds a BSc in Physics and a MSc in Meteorology and Geophysics from the Complutense University of Madrid. During his years at the university, he did internships at the Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) and eltiempo.es. He joined the BSC in June 2019 to do his Master' | + | **Bio:** Carlos Delgado holds a BSc in Physics and a MSc in Meteorology and Geophysics from the Complutense University of Madrid. During his years at the university, he did internships at the Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET), Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial (INTA) and eltiempo.es. He joined the BSC in June 2019 to do his Master' |
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- | **Bio:** Dr. Nube Gonzalez received a degree in Physics from the University of Salamanca (USAL). She studied a Masters in Meteorology and Climatology at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) under a fellowship from "la Caixa" Foundation. She joined the Climate Investigation and Application Group (GICA) of the USAL under a FPI fellowship, where she holds an international PhD in “Research and Development of Geotechnologies” in year 2015. Her Doctoral Thesis, entitled “Evaluación de las teleconexiones climáticas observadas y simuladas con modelos de CMIP en la región Euro-Atlántica” focus on Northern Hemisphere Teleconnections with outputs of Global Climate Models (GCM ́s) from CMIP3 and CMIP5 datasets under different emission scenarios and comparison with Re-analysis data. In year 2013 she started to work at Institut Català de Ciències del Clima (IC3) in the Climate Forecasting Unit (CFU) where she was involved in the development and communication of climate services for energy. Currently, | + | **Bio:** Dr. Nube Gonzalez received a degree in Physics from the University of Salamanca (USAL). She studied a Masters in Meteorology and Climatology at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) under a fellowship from "la Caixa" Foundation. She joined the Climate Investigation and Application Group (GICA) of the USAL under a FPI fellowship, where she holds an international PhD in “Research and Development of Geotechnologies” in year 2015. Her Doctoral Thesis, entitled “Evaluación de las teleconexiones climáticas observadas y simuladas con modelos de CMIP en la región Euro-Atlántica” focus on Northern Hemisphere Teleconnections with outputs of Global Climate Models (GCM ́s) from CMIP3 and CMIP5 datasets under different emission scenarios and comparison with Re-analysis data. In year 2013 she started to work at Institut Català de Ciències del Clima (IC3) in the Climate Forecasting Unit (CFU) where she was involved in the development and communication of climate services for energy. Currently, |
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- | ==== Isadora Jiménez ==== | ||
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- | **Science communication specialist** \\ | ||
- | **Bio:** Dr Isadora Christel Jiménez has a Master’s degree in Science communication (IDEC-UPF) and a PhD in offshore wind energy Impact assessment from the University of Barcelona. She has eight years of research experience in direct contact with stakeholders and five years working on science communication. As a science communication specialist of the Earth System Services group at BSC-ES she facilitates knowledge and technology transfer to end users. She is currently involved in EU funded projects in dissemination actions, user-engagement activities and the interaction with stakeholders to promote the integration of seasonal-to-decadal climate predictions in different economic sectors. She is Work Package leader within EUPORIAS and PRIMAVERA and she is also involved in user engagement and dissemination Work Packages in IMPREX, SPECS, ClimatEurope and CLIM4ENERGY. | + | ==== Alba Llabrés Brustenga |
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- | ==== Llorenç Lledó Ponsati | + | **Postdoctoral Researcher** \\ |
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- | **Senior researcher and PhD student** \\ | + | **Interests: |
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- | **Interests: | + | **Bio:** Alba Llabrés holds a BSc in Physics from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and a MSc in Meteorology from the University of Barcelona (UB). She obtained a PhD in Physics (UB) in January 2020; her Doctoral Thesis targeted the obtainment of maximum expected precipitation and Intensity - Duration - Frequency relationships in Catalonia with a monofractal |
- | **Bio:** Llorenç Lledó holds a BSc in Mathematics and a MSc in Meteorology. During the last decade he has worked on applications of Numerical Weather Prediction to the industry. More specifically, | ||
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- | ==== Andrea Manrique-Suñén ==== | ||
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- | **Postdoctoral researcher**\\ | ||
- | **Interests: | ||
- | **Bio:** Dr. Andrea Manrique-Suñén has a degree in Physics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, with specialisation in atmospheric physics. She holds a PhD in Meteorology from the University of Reading, UK. She has expertise in land surface models, particularly on the role of the vegetation in the exchange of CO2 and energy fluxes. Her doctoral thesis is entitled: “The treatment of vegetation in land surface models: | ||
- | implications for predictions of land-atmosphere exchange” were the modelled effects of changes in environmental variables on the carbon and energy exchange are analysed. | ||
- | In BSC she is working with sub-seasonal climate predictions, | ||
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==== Raül Marcos ==== | ==== Raül Marcos ==== | ||
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**Bio:** Dr Raül Marcos Matamoros has a Master’s degree in Meteorology and an international PhD in Physics from the University of Barcelona (UB). He joined the Meteorological Hazards Analysis Team (GAMA) in the UB in 2010 and was awarded a FPU fellowship to develop his PhD. His Doctoral Thesis, entitled “Improvement of seasonal forecasting techniques applied to water resources and forest fires” is focused on the study of the performance of ECMWF System-4 and two of its potential applications: | **Bio:** Dr Raül Marcos Matamoros has a Master’s degree in Meteorology and an international PhD in Physics from the University of Barcelona (UB). He joined the Meteorological Hazards Analysis Team (GAMA) in the UB in 2010 and was awarded a FPU fellowship to develop his PhD. His Doctoral Thesis, entitled “Improvement of seasonal forecasting techniques applied to water resources and forest fires” is focused on the study of the performance of ECMWF System-4 and two of its potential applications: | ||
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==== Albert Martínez Botí ==== | ==== Albert Martínez Botí ==== | ||
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- | **Master Student**\\ | + | **Junior Research Engineer**\\ |
**Interests: | **Interests: | ||
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- | **Bio:** Albert Martinez holds a BSc in physics from the University | + | **Bio:** Albert Martinez holds a BSc in physics from " |
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==== Jan Mateu Armengol ==== | ==== Jan Mateu Armengol ==== | ||
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**Postdoctoral Researcher** | **Postdoctoral Researcher** | ||
**STARS Fellow** \\ | **STARS Fellow** \\ | ||
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**Bio**: Jan’s research focuses on urban air quality modelling with emphasis in uncertainty quantification and data assimilation. He has expertise in the numerical computation of turbulent flows and thermal radiation transport. | **Bio**: Jan’s research focuses on urban air quality modelling with emphasis in uncertainty quantification and data assimilation. He has expertise in the numerical computation of turbulent flows and thermal radiation transport. | ||
Jan holds a Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain, 2013). He obtained a MSc. degree in numerical heat transfer and fluid flow by the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil, 2015). After receiving his joint-PhD degree in mechanical engineering from both the Universidade Estadual de Campinas and the École Centrale Paris (France, 2019), he collaborated with L’École Polytechnique (France, 2020) as a postdoctoral researcher working on Bayesian inference and uncertainty quantification on reduced chemical schemes. Jan joined the Atmospheric composition group, as well as the Earth System Services group to apply uncertainty quantification and data assimilation methodologies to urban air quality simulations. | Jan holds a Bachelor degree in Industrial Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain, 2013). He obtained a MSc. degree in numerical heat transfer and fluid flow by the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Brazil, 2015). After receiving his joint-PhD degree in mechanical engineering from both the Universidade Estadual de Campinas and the École Centrale Paris (France, 2019), he collaborated with L’École Polytechnique (France, 2020) as a postdoctoral researcher working on Bayesian inference and uncertainty quantification on reduced chemical schemes. Jan joined the Atmospheric composition group, as well as the Earth System Services group to apply uncertainty quantification and data assimilation methodologies to urban air quality simulations. | ||
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+ | ==== Nadia Milders ==== | ||
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+ | **Junior Research Engineer**\\ | ||
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+ | **Bio**: Nadia Milders has a bachelor’s degree in Physics from Maastricht University, Netherlands, | ||
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+ | ==== Ángel Paes ==== | ||
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+ | **Master student**\\ | ||
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+ | **Bio**: Ángel Paes studied Physics at Universidad de Valladolid and is currently doing a Master’s Degree in Meteorology at Universidad Complutense de Madrid. As an internship, he joined BSC to develop surface temperature indicators for the European Environment Agency (EEA). | ||
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+ | ==== Núria Pérez-Zanón ==== | ||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | Position: Postdoctoral researcher\\ | ||
+ | Interests: Climatology, | ||
+ | Contact: [[nuria.perez@bsc.es|nuria.perez@bsc.es]] - [[https:// | ||
+ | Short bio: Núria Pérez-Zanón is a postdoctoral researcher with a background in Physics and Meteorology (degrees from the University of Barcelona; UB). She obtained her PhD from Rovira i Virgili University (URV) in 2017 on Climate variability and Change detection in the central Pyrenees using instrumental and paleoclimate proxy data. This expertise includes quality control and homogenization methodologies for observed in-situ data, as well as, the methodologies to explore the relationship between natural proxies (tree-ring data and lake sediments) and observed climate, such as time series analysis and spectral analysis (e.g.: clustering, Principal Component Analysis and Wavelet analysis). During the thesis, one year and a half of research stay in LOCEAN (Laboratoire d’Océanographie et du Climat) allowed to work in the reconstruction of past modes of variability. She is the author of 8 peer-reviewed articles in international journals. She was recognized with the Eduard Fontserè 2015 international award for the study of mortality due to heatwaves in the Barcelona metropolitan area. After more than 3 years in the BSC Computational Earth Science group developing tools for climate forecast post-processing, | ||
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==== Herve Petetin ==== | ==== Herve Petetin ==== | ||
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==== Jaume Ramon ==== | ==== Jaume Ramon ==== | ||
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- | **PhD Student** \\ | + | **Postdoctoral researcher** \\ |
**Interests: | **Interests: | ||
- | **Bio: | + | **Bio: |
- | Master' | + | PhD thesis: http:// |
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==== Daniel Rodríguez ==== | ==== Daniel Rodríguez ==== | ||
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**Bio:** Daniel Rodriguez has a degree in chemical engineering by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), and a MSc in Air Quality Management by the University of Birmingham, in UK. He has done an intership as air quality technician at Barcelona Regional and worked in a environmental consultancy, | **Bio:** Daniel Rodriguez has a degree in chemical engineering by the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), and a MSc in Air Quality Management by the University of Birmingham, in UK. He has done an intership as air quality technician at Barcelona Regional and worked in a environmental consultancy, | ||
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- | ==== Francesc Roura Adserias ==== | ||
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- | **Junior Research Engineer** \\ | ||
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- | **Bio:** Francesc Roura holds a BSc in physics from the University of Barcelona since Jan 2020. He joined BSC on July 2019 thanks to the 1st BSC Undergraduate Summer Internship. He has worked as an intern at the at the Catalan Met Office (MeteoCat), at the remote sensing unit. He collaborated with the GAMA UB team (Meteorological Hazards Analysis Team). He has also collaborated with the physics department of the University of Girona in cloud coverage and with the Instituto de Astronomía de las islas Canarias (IAC), in the STARS4ALL UE project about light pollution. | ||
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- | ==== Miguel Segura ==== | ||
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- | **Research Engineer**\\ | ||
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- | **Bio:** Miguel Segura holds a BSc in Geography from the University of Valencia. He has a MSc in Meteorology from the University of Barcelona and a MSc in Geological Sciences from Brown University. He has a mixed background both in research and the private sector. He has been actively involved in soil erosion and land degradation projects in the Mediterranean, | ||
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- | **Bio:** Dr. Albert Soret holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona). He is the head of the Earth System Services group at the Earth Sciences Department of the BSC. The group hosts ~24 research engineers, physicists, social scientists, economists, communication experts, and air quality/ | + | **Bio: |
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- | ==== Verónica Torralba ==== | ||
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- | **PhD student**\\ | ||
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- | **Bio**: Verónica Torralba studied Physics and a Master in Meteorology and Geophysics at Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) in Spain, where she acquired a background in climate sciences. She joined the Climate Forecasting Unit (CFU) at the Catalan Institute of | ||
- | Climate (IC3) in October 2013 where she worked in the adaptation of the existing tools in the | ||
- | CFU unit to create the necessary material for the development of climate services for the | ||
- | wind energy sector. After that, she joined the Earth Sciences Department at the BSC where she did a Ph.D. thesis while she was involved in different European Projects (EUPORIAS, SPECS, NEWA) and national initiatives (RESILIENCE). The overall aim of her PhD was the assessment of different statistical post-processing methods that are applied to improve the quality of the seasonal forecasts produced by seasonal prediction systems. Then, these improved predictions will be used in the development of tailored information for wind energy users. Currently she is a post-doc researcher working on the development of seasonal forecast products that can be used to improve operational climate services. | ||
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==== Marta Terrado ==== | ==== Marta Terrado ==== | ||
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**Interests: | **Interests: | ||
- | **Bio**: Dr. Marta Terrado has a Master' | + | **Bio**: Dr. Marta Terrado has a PhD in Earth Sciences from the University of Barcelona and a Master' |
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- | **UX Designer**\\ | + | **Product |
**Interests: | **Interests: | ||
- | **Bio**: Diana holds a BA Degree in Visual Information Design from Universidad de las Américas Puebla.She graduated on 2011. In 2017 she graduated from a MA on Direction of Interactive Projects | + | **Bio**: Diana holds a BA Degree in Visual Information Design from Universidad de las Américas Puebla.She graduated on 2011. In 2017 she graduated from a MA on Direction of Interactive Projects from Elisava. In 2019 she studied a postgraduate course on Innovation and Design Thinking from BAU university. Her efforts have been mostly focused on User Interface Design on e-learning services in the private sector before joining the BSC. She currently designs and directs digital products while implementing Innovation and Design Thinking methodologies. Her latest work has been involved |
- | from Elisava. In 2019 she studied a postgraduate course on Innovation and Design Thinking from BAU university. She has experience | + | |
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+ | ==== Eulàlia Baulenas ==== | ||
+ | {{https:// | ||
+ | **Social Scientist** \\ | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
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+ | **Bio:** Eulàlia conducted a Phd in European environmental policy at the University of Freiburg and holds a double-degree MSc with a focus on research methods for the social sciences from the Pompeu Fabra University and the University of Konstanz. Her background is of a political scientist in her BA degree. Complementary to her studies she has gained working experience in the field of studies for EU Institutions in several EU-funded projets. She has worked closely with stakeholders, | ||
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+ | ==== Guillermo López ==== | ||
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+ | **Master Student**\\ | ||
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+ | **Bio:** Guillermo López has a BSc in Physics from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM) and is doing a MSc in Energies and Fuels for the future at the same university. He joined BSC in December 2022 to do his Master' | ||
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+ | ==== Javier Corvillo ==== | ||
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+ | **Master Student**\\ | ||
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+ | **Bio:** Javier Corvillo has a BSc in Physics from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and is doing a MSc in Meteorology and Geophysics at the same university. He joined BSC in February 2023 to do his Master' | ||
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==== Melanie Davis ==== | ==== Melanie Davis ==== | ||
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Interests: Research to end user interface for wind power. Wind and temperature variability over Europe, drivers and ability of seasonal forecast systems to reproduce it. | Interests: Research to end user interface for wind power. Wind and temperature variability over Europe, drivers and ability of seasonal forecast systems to reproduce it. | ||
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+ | ==== Basile Guth ==== | ||
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+ | (Master Student)\\ | ||
+ | Mail: basileguth@tutanuta.com\\ | ||
+ | Interests: Climate prediction, climate variability, | ||
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==== Carlos Otero ==== | ==== Carlos Otero ==== | ||
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[[https:// | [[https:// | ||
**Interests: | **Interests: | ||
+ | ==== Jaime Benavides ==== | ||
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+ | **PhD Student**\\ | ||
+ | **Interests: | ||
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+ | **Bio:** Jaime Benavides has a Msc. degree in Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems with emphasis on Data Mining and a bachelor' | ||
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+ | ==== Verónica Torralba ==== | ||
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+ | **PhD student**\\ | ||
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+ | **Interests**: | ||
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+ | **Bio**: Verónica Torralba studied Physics and a Master in Meteorology and Geophysics at Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) in Spain, where she acquired a background in climate sciences. She joined the Climate Forecasting Unit (CFU) at the Catalan Institute of | ||
+ | Climate (IC3) in October 2013 where she worked in the adaptation of the existing tools in the | ||
+ | CFU unit to create the necessary material for the development of climate services for the | ||
+ | wind energy sector. After that, she joined the Earth Sciences Department at the BSC where she did a Ph.D. thesis while she was involved in different European Projects (EUPORIAS, SPECS, NEWA) and national initiatives (RESILIENCE). The overall aim of her PhD was the assessment of different statistical post-processing methods that are applied to improve the quality of the seasonal forecasts produced by seasonal prediction systems. Then, these improved predictions will be used in the development of tailored information for wind energy users. Currently she is a post-doc researcher working on the development of seasonal forecast products that can be used to improve operational climate services. | ||
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==== Marco Turco ==== | ==== Marco Turco ==== | ||
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**Bio:** Marco Turco received his Doctorate in Physics at the University of Barcelona in 2012. After he has developed his research at the CMCC (Italy), CNR (Italy), BSC (Spain), UB (Spain). Currently his is a postdoc researcher of the BSC thank to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant No. 740073 (CLIM4CROP project). Currently the focus of the candidate’s career is on making weather/ | **Bio:** Marco Turco received his Doctorate in Physics at the University of Barcelona in 2012. After he has developed his research at the CMCC (Italy), CNR (Italy), BSC (Spain), UB (Spain). Currently his is a postdoc researcher of the BSC thank to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant No. 740073 (CLIM4CROP project). Currently the focus of the candidate’s career is on making weather/ | ||
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+ | ==== Nicola Cortesi ==== | ||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | **Postdoctoral Researcher** \\ | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
+ | **Interests: | ||
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+ | **Bio:** Dr.Nicola Cortesi holds a degree in Atmospheric Physics at Milan University, a M.Sc. on Geographic Information Systems and interpolation techniques and an international Ph.D on modelling precipitation and temperature variability. As postdoctoral, | ||
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+ | ==== Isadora Jiménez ==== | ||
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+ | **Science communication specialist** \\ | ||
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+ | **Bio:** Dr Isadora Christel Jiménez has a Master’s degree in Science communication (IDEC-UPF) and a PhD in offshore wind energy Impact assessment from the University of Barcelona. She has eight years of research experience in direct contact with stakeholders and five years working on science communication. As a science communication specialist of the Earth System Services group at BSC-ES she facilitates knowledge and technology transfer to end users. She is currently involved in EU funded projects in dissemination actions, user-engagement activities and the interaction with stakeholders to promote the integration of seasonal-to-decadal climate predictions in different economic sectors. She is Work Package leader within EUPORIAS and PRIMAVERA and she is also involved in user engagement and dissemination Work Packages in IMPREX, SPECS, ClimatEurope and CLIM4ENERGY. | ||
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+ | ==== Llorenç Lledó Ponsati ==== | ||
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+ | **Postdoctoral researcher - climate scientist** \\ | ||
+ | [[https:// | ||
+ | **Interests: | ||
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+ | **Bio:** | ||
+ | Llorenç Lledó holds a PhD in Physics from the Universitat de Barcelona and a MSc in Meteorology from the same university. He also studied a BSc in Mathematics there. He has 5 years of experience in co-producing climate services for the energy sector and has specialized in post-processing S2S2D dynamical predictions to generate probabilistic products taylored for specific uses. He has expertise in probabilistic forecast verification, | ||
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+ | ==== Andrea Manrique-Suñén ==== | ||
+ | {{: | ||
+ | **Postdoctoral researcher**\\ | ||
+ | **Interests: | ||
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+ | **Bio:** Dr. Andrea Manrique-Suñén has a degree in Physics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, with specialisation in atmospheric physics. She holds a PhD in Meteorology from the University of Reading, UK. She has expertise in land surface models, particularly on the role of the vegetation in the exchange of CO2 and energy fluxes. Her doctoral thesis is entitled: “The treatment of vegetation in land surface models: | ||
+ | implications for predictions of land-atmosphere exchange” were the modelled effects of changes in environmental variables on the carbon and energy exchange are analysed. | ||
+ | In BSC she is working with sub-seasonal climate predictions, | ||
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+ | **Bio:** Francesc Roura holds a BSc in physics from the University of Barcelona since Jan 2020. He joined BSC on July 2019 thanks to the 1st BSC Undergraduate Summer Internship. He has worked as an intern at the at the Catalan Met Office (MeteoCat), at the remote sensing unit. He collaborated with the GAMA UB team (Meteorological Hazards Analysis Team). He has also collaborated with the physics department of the University of Girona in cloud coverage and with the Instituto de Astronomía de las islas Canarias (IAC), in the STARS4ALL UE project about light pollution. | ||
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+ | ==== Miguel Segura ==== | ||
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+ | **Bio:** Miguel Segura holds a BSc in Geography from the University of Valencia. He has a MSc in Meteorology from the University of Barcelona and a MSc in Geological Sciences from Brown University. He has a mixed background both in research and the private sector. He has been actively involved in soil erosion and land degradation projects in the Mediterranean, | ||
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+ | **Computer Science and Mathematics Student**\\ | ||
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+ | **Bio:** Sergi Bech Sala is a last year Mathematics and Computer Science student at the University of Barcelona. | ||
+ | He will be working on a challenge to improve sub-seasonal to seasonal predictions using Artificial Intelligenge/ | ||
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+ | **PhD student / visitor**\\ | ||
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+ | **Bio**: Paloma completed her BSc in Environmental Science at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, and looked at how the North Atlantic Oscillation influences air pollution episodes in Madrid during the winter months. She did a MRes in Climate and Atmospheric Science at the University of Leeds, and for her her MRes thesis she explored the European climate response to El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) via the stratosphere. She then worked for a year as a research assistant in the SMURPHS project (Securing Multidisciplinary UndeRstanding and Prediction of Hiatus and Surge events) looking at how black carbon and CO2 affect extreme precipitation over Africa. \\ | ||
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