Clara Burgard
Project Scientist at CNRS
Paris, Ile-de-France
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Top SchoolClara Burgard is a polar climate scientist and project scientist with eight years of research experience reconciling remote sensing and climate model representations of sea ice and ocean–ice interactions, currently contributing to French climate modelling efforts at CNRS in Paris. Her PhD and multiple postdocs focused on Arctic and Antarctic cryosphere processes, including using deep learning to parameterize basal melt and improving Southern Ocean simulations with NEMO. She bridges rigorous model–observation comparison with practical climate services, having worked on H2020 PROTECT, national France 2030 initiatives, and international science coordination at GERICS. Clara is also an engaging science communicator who routinely brings polar science to public audiences and blogs, combining technical depth with a talent for making complex cryospheric change accessible. An early career marked by visiting positions at NCAR and CU Boulder and hands-on remote sensing work gives her a rare mix of field-aware observational expertise and advanced climate-modeling skills.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Integrated Climate System Sciences, Master of Science - MS, Integrated Climate System Sciences at School of Integrated Climate System Sciences (SICSS), CliSAP, Universität HamburgRemote sensing of the Cryosphere, Remote sensing of the Cryosphere at University Centre in SvalbardBachelor of Science - BS, Geophysics and Meteorology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Geophysics and Meteorology at University of CologneDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Climate science, 1,0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Climate science, 1,0 at University of HamburgHIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES, HIGH SCHOOL/SECONDARY DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES at Lycée International des Pontonniers
French, German, English, Spanish
Github Skills (8)
forge10
conda9
conda-forge8
arctic5
observation4
earth3
evaluation3
operator2
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ClimateClara/scripts_paper_assessment_basal_melt_param
Sep 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:17 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
ClimateClara/arc3o
Apr 2020 - Nov 2020
This is the code for the Arctic Observation Operator presented in: https://www.the-cryosphere-discuss.net/tc-2019-318/
Contributions:10 reviews, 81 commits, 5 PRs in 7 months
observationarcticcryosphereoperatordiscuss
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