Biography
I was born in Barcelona (Spain) in 1985 and I have been a meteorology-lover since I was a child. For this reason, I studied for a Bachelor Degree in Physics and then a Master in Meteorology. During my university studies, I had my first and unforgettable work experience in this field at the Barcelona radiosounding station. I remember that every single day was like a practical class, by looking at the vertical profile of the troposphere and low stratosphere. Also, I had the opportunity of being part of the team in charge of measuring and monitoring the tropospheric ozone level during the summer surveillance campaign.
When I finished my university years, I started, along with the forecasting group, a project on ensemble forecast at very high-resolution for aviation products at the Spanish Agency of Meteorology. This allowed me to learn lots of programming languages such as Python, C/C++, Fortran, Linux Shell scripting and so on. Furthermore, as the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ensemble was also used in this project, I became familiar with the tools used in this institution.
Then, I decided to go overseas and did my doctoral research on climate science at the Climate Change Research Centre in Sydney, Australia. In particular, my project focuses on the role of meridional movement of Pacific winds in El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event onset and termination. I used simplified coupled models, reanalysis products and data from the state-of-the-art CMIP5 climate models.
In 2017, I moved up to Brisbane (Queensland, Australia) for a meteorologist position at Weather Intelligence, a subsidiary of Katestone. It was an unforgettable experience...I used a lot of tools from Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, lambda functions, DynamoDB, etc.), MySQL databases, performed nesting in Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, developed new weather forecasting products to solve weather-related issues in different businesses, etc. I also did research on seasonal climate models in Australia and heat stress indices.
In 2020, I moved back to Sydney to work as a meteorologist at Weatherzone. I produce meteorological products at a consistently high level that meet the specific demands of Weatherzone's client base. Although some days can be a bit stressful to meet the deadlines, it's always gratifying when producing weather forecast helping customers to make a decision on their businesses. Weather is fascinating, especially in Australia where you never get bored!
When I finished my university years, I started, along with the forecasting group, a project on ensemble forecast at very high-resolution for aviation products at the Spanish Agency of Meteorology. This allowed me to learn lots of programming languages such as Python, C/C++, Fortran, Linux Shell scripting and so on. Furthermore, as the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ensemble was also used in this project, I became familiar with the tools used in this institution.
Then, I decided to go overseas and did my doctoral research on climate science at the Climate Change Research Centre in Sydney, Australia. In particular, my project focuses on the role of meridional movement of Pacific winds in El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event onset and termination. I used simplified coupled models, reanalysis products and data from the state-of-the-art CMIP5 climate models.
In 2017, I moved up to Brisbane (Queensland, Australia) for a meteorologist position at Weather Intelligence, a subsidiary of Katestone. It was an unforgettable experience...I used a lot of tools from Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, lambda functions, DynamoDB, etc.), MySQL databases, performed nesting in Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, developed new weather forecasting products to solve weather-related issues in different businesses, etc. I also did research on seasonal climate models in Australia and heat stress indices.
In 2020, I moved back to Sydney to work as a meteorologist at Weatherzone. I produce meteorological products at a consistently high level that meet the specific demands of Weatherzone's client base. Although some days can be a bit stressful to meet the deadlines, it's always gratifying when producing weather forecast helping customers to make a decision on their businesses. Weather is fascinating, especially in Australia where you never get bored!
