Katelyn FitzGerald
Software Engineer II at NSF NCAR - The National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolKatelyn FitzGerald is a Software Engineer II at NSF NCAR with 11 years of experience building infrastructure that enables Earth system science, focused on water and climate. Trained as a geological/geophysical engineer (BS/MS, Michigan Tech), she blends domain expertise with software engineering to deliver tools and platforms used by atmospheric and climate researchers. Her career at NCAR spans roles from Associate Scientist to Engineer, reflecting a deep familiarity with scientific workflows, data pipelines, and research-grade code. Based in Boulder, Colorado, she brings a pragmatic, research-first approach to engineering—translating complex geoscience needs into reliable, production-ready systems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Geological/Geophysical Engineering, Master of Science - MS Geological/Geophysical Engineering at Michigan Technological UniversityGeological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences at Boise State University
English, Spanish
Github Skills (117)
prediction-model10
meteorology10
ncl10
python10
cffi10
datasets10
trainings10
hydrology10
earth-science10
oceanography10
forecast10
netcdf10
geopandas10
pandas10
numpy10
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
NCAR/wrf-python
Jul 2017 - Mar 2025
A collection of diagnostic and interpolation routines for use with output from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF-ARW) Model.
Contributions:26 reviews, 23 PRs, 20 pushes in 7 years 9 months
forecastingmeteorologyarwatmospheric-modellingcffi
NCAR/geocat-applications
Aug 2023 - Mar 2025
GeoCAT Applications is a community resource inspired by the NCL Applications page.
Contributions:159 reviews, 30 PRs, 17 pushes in 1 year 7 months
geocatgeocat-compgeocat-viznclpivot-to-python
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