======= Data & Diagnostics Team (DDT) ======= ===== Francesco Benincasa ===== {{:working_groups:francesco_beninca.jpeg?120 |}} Software Engineer \\ **Position:** Team Leader \\ **Interests:** Software development, Data management, Big Data\\ **Contact:** [[francesco.benincasa@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/fbenincasa/|LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** 2010\\ **Short Bio:** Francesco Benincasa holds a Master Degree in Software Engineering from the Alma Mater Studiorum - Bologna University (Italy) in 2004. After working in the private sector on web and databases development and automatic shop applications, he started his experience in supercomputing and data manipulation (SCS, CINECA spin-off - Bologna - Italy) oriented to biomedical simulations, participating to several FP6 and FP7 European projects. Since 2010 he is at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) working on air quality data management, processing and visualization. He is in charge of data processing and management and web development and maintenance of the WMO SDS-WAS NA-ME-E Regional Center (SDS) and the Barcelona Dust Forecast Center (BDFC), both projects operated by a consortium of BSC and AEMET (Spanish Meteorological Agency) under the umbrella of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) with the goals to improve the understanding of sand and dust storms phenomena through air quality models comparison and evaluation (SDS) and to provide an operational daily dust forecast over the mediterranean area (BDFC). He co-leads the Data and Diagnostics Team inside CES group. **Projects:** ---- ===== Pierre-Antoine Bretonnière ===== {{:working_groups:pa_bretonniere.jpeg?120 |}} Software Engineer \\ **Position:** Team Leader \\ **Interests:** Software development, Data management, Big Data\\ **Contact:** [[pierre-antoine.bretonniere@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierre-antoine-bretonni%C3%A8re-4374285b/|LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:**\\ **Short Bio:** Pierre-Antoine Bretonnière holds a Master Degree in Mathematical and Physical Engineering (Matmeca engineering school, Bordeaux, France, 2009). He has worked in CERFACS (Toulouse, France), Institut Català de Ciencies del Clima (IC3, Barcelona, Spain) and BSC, in data management and climate software anagement. His has worked on different climate data, diagnostics and metadata topics in numerous European and national projects (PRIMAVERA, SPECS, Copernicus, Destination Earth,...). Technically he is in charge in the department of the archive, ESGF, and data management. He also co-coordinates the Data and Diagnostics Team inside CES group. Interests: Data management, Big Data **Projects:** ---- ==== Alba Vilanova ==== {{:working_groups:alba_vilanova.jpg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Software and Web Development, Environmental Chemistry, Remote Sensing, Geospatial Data Management and Renewable Energies\\ **Contact:** [[alba.vilanova@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/albavilanova/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** March 2022\\ **Short Bio:** Alba Vilanova Cortezón holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, earned at University of Lleida and Inha University, and obtained the Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies from NOVA University of Lisbon, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster and Jaume I University. Before joining the Computational Earth Sciences department in March 2022, she did an internship at Korea Institute of Energy Research and assessed the energy potential of the photovoltaic power plants located in South Korea using satellite-derived irradiance data. Following this and before starting her master’s degree, she worked as a software developer at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems and contributed to the Open Energy Modelling Framework, a collection of Python libraries for the modelling of energy systems. In 2021 she participated in ECMWF Summer of Weather Code, an innovation programme run by ECMWF and Copernicus with the aim to drive innovation and open-source developments in the earth science community. Within this framework, she developed the Atmospheric Datasets Comparison Toolbox to facilitate the comparison of satellite- and model-based data on atmospheric composition, such as data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), from TROPOMI and from the GOME-2 and IASI instruments onboard the polar-orbiting Metop-ABC satellites, providing a set of functions regarding the file interoperability, binning and regridding, computation of levels pressure, units conversion, application of the averaging kernels, datasets merge, geostatistical comparison and trend analysis. Currently, her work at Barcelona Supercomputing Center is focused on the implementation of new features in Providentia, a Python-based software used to evaluate air quality models given data from different observation networks. She is also leading the development of the dashboard that shows the air quality forecast in Spain using the CALIOPE system. In addition to this, she has previously worked on an I/O library called NES (NetCDF for Earth Science), used to read, write and manipulate atmospheric models in different geographical projections for the operational workflows. **Projects:** ---- ==== Albert Vila ==== {{:working_groups:albert_vila_edit.jpg?120 |}} **Position:** IT Technician\\ **Interests:** \\ **Contact:** [[albert.vilamiro@bsc.es|albert.vilamiro@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/albert-vila-miro/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:**\\ **Short Bio:** Albert Vila Miró is the IT Technician of Earth Sciences Department at Barcelona Supercomputing Center. He study a formative cycle of Microcomputer Systems and Networks in La Salle Girona. He was in practice in La Salle Cassà de la Selva, making maintenance of laptops, PC’s, creation of working areas for users, creation and management users with Windows Server, clone and format disks, computer assembly, installation of operating systems, software and drivers… When finishes the practice, he works in “Consell Comarcal del Gironès” with creation of multimedia products, assembly, installation, management and maintenance of equipment and peripherals of the Consell Comarcal del Gironès. Software installation and drivers. Help all users of Consell Comarcal del Gironès with any problem related with computer equipment, programs, services, printers… Now, he works in BSC to support all users in Earth Sciences Department with creation of manuals, clone and format disks, installation of operating systems, management and maintenance of equipment and peripherals, software installation and drivers, preparation of new equipment, help all users with any problem related with computer equipment, programs, peripherals, etc. **Projects:** ---- ==== Ariadna Batalla ==== {{:working_groups:ariadnabatalla.jpg?120 |}} **Position:** Junior Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Data Science, Statistics, HPC, Earth Sciences\\ **Contact:** [[ariadna.batalla@bsc.es|ariadna.batalla@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/ariadna-batalla-ferr%C3%A9s-a8432b13b/|LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** March 2024\\ **Short Bio:** Ariadna is a Junior Research Engineer in the Data and Diagnostics Team. She holds a double Bachelors's degree in Statistics and Sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She has experience in research and health data analysis. **Projects:** ---- ==== Elliott S. Rose ==== {{:working_groups:elliott_rose.jpg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Data Science and Visualization, Web Development, Climate Change Mitigation\\ **Contact:** [[elliott.rose@bsc.es|elliott.rose@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/elliott-s-rose/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** 2022\\ **Short Bio:** Elliott holds a BA in Philosophy from San Francisco State University and a MSc in Applied Computer Science from Frostburg State University. He has experience in data science, software engineering, databases, and web development. In 2022, Elliott joined the Data and Diagnostics team within the Computational Earth Sciences group at the BSC. **Projects:** ---- ==== Iker Gonzalez ==== {{:working_groups:iker_gonzalez.jpg?120 |}} **Position:** Junior Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Earth Science, Data Analysis\\ **Contact:** [[iker.gonzalez@bsc.es|iker.gonzalez@bsc.es]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:**\\ **Short Bio:** Iker Gonzalez Yeregui has a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU) in Bilbao and a Master's degree in Astrophysics, Cosmology and High Energy Physics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). He is currently working on the Destination Earth project. **Projects:** ---- ==== Joan Vedri ==== {{:working_groups:joan_vedri.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Junior Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Climate modeling, ML and DL, EO systems, Remote Sensing\\ **Contact:** [[joan.vedri@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/joan-vedri-casino/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** October 2025\\ **Short Bio:** Joan holds a degree in Physics and a Master's in Remote Sensing from the University of Valencia. During his time at the Thermal Remote Sensing Group (GTT) at the University of Valencia, he developed data processing pipelines in Python to estimate essential climate variables, such as surface air temperature, using remote sensing and reanalysis data. This work involved the application of machine learning, deep learning techniques and geospatial data processing. **Projects:** ---- ==== Lorena Gallardo ==== {{:working_groups:lorena_gallardo.png?120 |}} **Position:** Junior Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Software development, Computational Chemistry, 3D Modelling, Quantum mechanics, Logics\\ **Contact:** [[lorena.gallardo@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorena-gallardo-carbonell-126103191/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:**\\ **Short Bio:** Lorena is a Visualization Developer in the Data and Diagnostics team of the Computational Earth Sciences group. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry (UB), a Master’s degree in Theoretical Chemistry and Computational Modelling (UB and UAM), and is currently studying for a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy (UB). She completed various internships with diverse groups at the University of Barcelona and at the ALBA Synchrotron. During her master's, she contributed to the Crystallographic Methods Group of IBMB – CSIC by developing software for the validation of ligands in Macromolecular X-ray Crystallography. **Projects:** ---- ==== Marvin Axness ==== {{:working_groups:marvin_axness.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Junior Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Earth Science, Data Analysis\\ **Contact:** [[marvin.axness@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/marvin-axness/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:**\\ **Short Bio:** Marvin Axness has a Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Valencia and an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree in Nuclear Physics from the Universities of Sevilla (Spain), Catania (Italy), Caen (France) and Padova (Italy). He is currently working in the Destination Earth project, integrating the MultiIO library into climate models to generate model outputs. **Projects:** ---- ==== Matias F. Rebolledo ==== {{:working_groups:matias_rebolledo.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Data Management, Big Data, MLOps, Spatial Analytics, Workflow Automation\\ **Contact:** [[matias.rebolledo@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/matias-felipe-rebolledo-871494251/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:**\\ **Short Bio:** Matías is a Data Engineer in the Data and Diagnostics Team. He holds a Master's degree in Statistics (PUCV), degree in Agronomic Engineering (UChile) and previously worked at Chile's National Statistics Institute implementing data lake solutions with Minio, Apache Spark, and Trino. His experience includes processing geographic data, designing validation workflows, and developing automation tools. He has expertise in PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Python, R, and container technologies. Matías is interested in scalable data architectures and improving intensive data workflows along with code features for HPC applications. **Projects:** ---- ==== Paula Serrano ==== {{:working_groups:paula_serrano.jpg?nolink&120 |}}\\ **Position:** Junior Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** HPC, Data Science, Computer Vision, ML, Software development\\ **Contact:** [[paula.serrano@bsc.es|paula.serrano@bsc.es]] [[http://linkedin.com/in/paula-serrano-sierra|LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** March 2024\\ **Short Bio:** Paula is a Junior Research Engineer in the Data and Diagnostics Team. She holds a Bachelors's degree in Data Engineering from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Previously, she was a research intern in Port d'Informació Científica where she collaborated in a research project related to the CMS experiment at CERN. She joined the Computational Earth Sciences group in March 2024. **Projects:** ---- ==== Rebeca Nunes ==== {{:working_groups:rebeca_nunes.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Software Engineering, Web Development, Data Visualization\\ **Contact:** [[rebeca.nunes@bsc.es|rebeca.nunes@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecanrod/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** 2025\\ **Short Bio:** Rebeca holds a BE in Computer Engineering from the Federal University of Amazonas (Brazil) and an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree in Geospatial Technologies from the Jaume I University (Spain), the University of Muenster (Germany), and NOVA University Lisbon (Portugal). She has experience with software development. **Projects:** ---- ==== Rodrigo Mendes ==== {{:working_groups:rodrigo_mendes.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Junior Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Software Development, Big Data, Cloud Computing and Parallel Computing, Tennis\\ **Contact:** [[rodrigo.mendes@bsc.es|rodrigo.mendes@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigo-mendes-pinto/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:**\\ **Short Bio:** I work in the Data and Diagnostics Team and initially develop a pipeline to download and format climate data, as well as integrate it into the current workflow. I have a master's degree in architecture (University of Brasilia) and have held positions of manager, director and undersecretary as public employee in Brazil. I'm currently studying Computer Engineering (Uaberta), and have taken courses and developed projects using Python. **Projects:** ---- ==== Santiago Ramirez ==== {{:working_groups:sramirez.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** FullStack Web Development, Data Management, UI/UX\\ **Contact:** [[santiago.ramirez@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/santiramirezagudelo/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:**\\ **Short Bio:** Santiago is a Research Engineer on the Data and Diagnostics Team. He holds a Posgraduate Degree in FullStack Web Development from Universitat Politecnic of Catalunya (UPC). Additionally, he has prior experience in FullStack software development. He also studied philosophy in Universidad de Antioquia (Colombia). **Projects:** ---- ==== Saskia Loosveldt ==== {{:working_groups:saskia.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Junior Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Climate Data Analysis\\ **Contact:** [[saskia.loosveldt@bsc.es|saskia.loosveldt@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/saskialt/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:**\\ **Short Bio:** Saskia has an undergraduate degree in Physics from the Universitat de Barcelona and a master degree in Numerical Methods for Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. During her undergrad, she got introduced to the field of High Performance Computing while being an intern at HPCNow!, a consultancy company for supercomputing services. After finishing her master degree, she started to work at the Data and Diagnostics team. Her work focuses on the post-process of climate model output variables. **Projects:** ---- ==== Stamen Miroslavov ==== {{:working_groups:stamen_picture.jpg?120 |}} \\ **Position:** Junior Research Engineer (Junior IT Specialist)\\ **Interests:** Systems and Servers Administration, Computer Science, Software Engineering, High Performance Computing, Biomechanics, Cybersecurity, Mountains, Climbing\\ **Contact:** [[stamen.miroslavov@bsc.es|stamen.miroslavov@bsc.es]] [[https://es.linkedin.com/in/stamen-miroslavov-minkov|LinkedIn]] \\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** March 2023\\ **Short Bio:** Stamen holds a BSc in Physics from the University of Barcelona (UB) and a MSc in Biomedical Engineering shared between UB and UPC (Polytechnic University of Catalonia). With over 4 years of professional experience in IT fields and System Administration (including an internship in the Systems-Servers department of Pavelló Rosa in UB (2018-2019)), Stamen is currently a member of the Data and Diagnostics Team (DDT) in the Computational Earth Sciences (CES) group in the Earth Sciences department of BSC. His main duties involve managing the virtual machines and the software installations relative to these, especially for the Bsceshub project, as well as helping the members of the department with the diverse IT issues they may encounter. **Projects:** ---- ==== Supriyo Ghosh ==== {{:working_groups:supriyo_ghosh_photo.png?120 |}} \\ **Position:** Junior Research Engineer (Python Developer)\\ **Interests:** \\ **Contact:** [[supriyo.ghosh@bsc.es|supriyo.ghosh@bsc.es]] [[https://es.linkedin.com/in/ghossh|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** January 2023\\ **Short Bio:** Supriyo is working on developing diagnostics for the Destination earth project and is responsible for data processing in ESMValTool. Before that, he was working as a research fellow at National Center for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa, India. He holds a masters degree in Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Hyderabad (IN) and bachelors degree in Physics from the University of Burdwan (IN). **Projects:** ---- ==== Theertha Kariyathan ==== {{:working_groups:theertha.jpeg?120 |}} **Position:** Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** R tools development for Climate Data Analysis\\ **Contact:** [[theertha.kariyathan@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/theertha-kariyathan/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** \\ **Short Bio:** Theertha (she/her) has a masters degree in Physics from the Indian Institute for Science Education and Research, India. She has five year research experience on the terrestrial carbon cycle while working for the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Germany. Her technical expertise lies in using R for data analysis. Currrently, works with the Data Diagnostics team at BSC, developing and maintaing R tools for climate data analysis. **Projects:** ---- ==== Victoria Agudetse ==== {{:working_groups:victoria_agudetse.jpg?120 |}} **Position:** Junior Research Engineer\\ **Interests:** Climate modeling and forecasting, statistical analysis, computational science\\ **Contact:** [[victoria.agudetse@bsc.es]] [[https://www.linkedin.com/in/vict%C3%B2ria-agudetse-roures-b6b38a150/|LinkedIn]]\\ **ORCID:** \\ **Joined BSC:** January 2022\\ **Short Bio:** Victòria Agudetse holds a Bachelor's degree in Physics and a Master's degree in Meteorology, both earned at Universitat de Barcelona (UB). She joined the Computational Earth Sciences department to work on operational climate services. **Projects:** ----