Colin Zarzycki
Associate Professor At Penn State University
State College, Pennsylvania, United States
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Top SchoolColin Zarzycki is an associate professor at Penn State with 11 years of experience bridging theoretical and applied atmospheric science through high-resolution numerical modeling and data analytics. He has advanced variable-resolution global modeling and contributed to next-generation weather and climate model development at NCAR, focusing on tropical cyclones, high-impact winter storms, and subseasonal forecasting. Skilled in Python, Fortran, NCL, and HPC workflows, he combines technical coding with stakeholder-oriented tool development for operational forecasting and infrastructure planning. A seasoned communicator and conference speaker, he also teaches and mentors the next generation of atmospheric scientists while maintaining an active research portfolio. Notably, his work includes stress-testing HPC systems and co-developing software to assess extremes in gridded model data, highlighting a practical focus on robust, usable science.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Atmospheric Science, PhD, Atmospheric Science at University of MichiganB.S., Atmospheric Science, B.S., Atmospheric Science at Cornell UniversityM.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Github Skills (69)
pandora10
forecast10
discrete-event-simulation10
atmosphere10
modeling-tool10
energy9
python9
zoneminder9
climate-science9
earth9
modeling9
hydrodynamics9
raspberry-pi9
iot9
shell8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
zarzycki/cmip-etcs
Jun 2020 - Nov 2024
Contributions:48 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
zarzycki/ncl-zarzycki
Oct 2017 - Jan 2025
Contributions:191 pushes, 1 branch in 7 years 3 months
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