Felicitas Beier
Doctoral Researcher at PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Summary
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SeniorFelicitas Beier is a doctoral researcher and seasoned back-end developer with eight years' experience building and integrating models for global land-use and water systems at PIK in Potsdam. She is an active contributor to the open-source MAgPIE model and associated madrat R libraries, and authored the hydro-economic mrwater algorithm that bridges LPJmL bio-physical outputs to economic modeling workflows. Her research blends land-use modeling, irrigation and freshwater resources, and agricultural management—bringing policy-relevant insight into multiple cropping and food-system transformation. Comfortable both in academic and production code, she has a track record of implementing policy logic and scenario workflows in complex R codebases while pursuing a PhD at Humboldt University. An unusual strength is her ability to translate high-resolution hydrology outputs into scalable inputs for global economic scenarios, making model chains more interoperable and policy-ready.
8 years of coding experience
English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Github Skills (7)
model-building10
scripting10
modeling10
model-driven10
model-driven-development10
r10
data-analysis9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
magpiemodel/magpie
Jun 2018 - Jan 2023
Model of Agricultural Production and its Impact on the Environment (MAgPIE) - model code
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:222 reviews, 526 commits, 92 PRs in 4 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Felicitas's primary contribution involves the development and modification of R scripts, specifically focusing on implementing and refining the "calc\_NPI\_NDC" function within the scripts/npi\_ndc/start\_npi\_ndc.R file. These changes include incorporating policy definitions, calculations for protecting different land pools from land use change, and formatting output for writing. Further contributions involve adjusting start.R and emulator.R files, likely related to model execution modes and scenario setup.
gardenmagpiepikagriculturegams
FelicitasBeier/mrland
Mar 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:70 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
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