Resume
Contact Information
- Email: francescrouradserias@gmail.com
- LinkedIn: francescroura
- GitHub: franra9
Professional Activities/Experience
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
HPC Workflows Engineer (Jan 2023 - Present) | Barcelona
- Developing the workflow of the Climate Digital Twin in the Destination Earth project.
- Building the interface from the workflow to the users.
- Technical skills: HPC workflows orchestration, Autosubmit, Git.
- Several poster presentations regarding streaming and renewable energy.
- Poster Presentation
University of Innsbruck
Research Assistant (Nov 2021 - Jan 2023) | Innsbruck
- Contributed to updating the Randolph Glacier Inventory (RGI7) database.
- Developed a project to detect glacier flowlines based on the OGGM glacier model.
- Technical skills: Python, geodata analysis, object-oriented programming.
Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
Climate Services: Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Forecasting (July 2019 - Sep 2020) | Barcelona
- Developed tailored seasonal and subseasonal forecasting products for the retail sector.
- Experience with supercomputing facilities, meteorological data validation.
- Technical skills: R (s2dv, s2dverification, CSTools), Git, HPC, gridded meteorological data, project management.
- Scientific Communication
Meteorological Service of Catalonia (Meteocat)
Remote Sensing Team (Sep 2018 - Sep 2019) | Barcelona
- Worked on verifying a fog detection product using satellite images, in-situ data, and webcams.
- Responsible for the remote systems quality check (radar net, lightning net, and Barcelona radiosounding).
- Technical skills: Geodata analysis in R, R-language, basic HTML.
- Bachelor Thesis and Scientific Communication
Studies
University of Innsbruck
MSc in Atmospheric Sciences (2020 - Present)
- Focus: Mountain meteorology, glaciology, and modeling.
- Grade: 9/10.
- Master Thesis (in preparation): “Toward Ice-Free Pyrenees: The Case of Aneto Glacier”.
University of Barcelona
BSc in Physics (2014 - 2019)
- Specialization: Fundamental Physics (7.2/10).
- Bachelor Thesis: “Analysis of a First Approximation to Radar-Based Precipitation Climatology Over a Highly Contrasted Land Use Region” (Excellent).
Garrotxa High School
Batxillerat (2012 - 2014)
- Qualification: 9.19/10.
Scientific Publications
- See Orcid
- See Google Scholar