Maria Frediani
Project Scientist at NCAR - The National Center for Atmospheric Research
Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolMaria Frediani is a Project Scientist at NCAR with four years of focused experience in numerical weather prediction and atmospheric modeling. She holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Connecticut and advanced degrees in Atmospheric Sciences from Universidade de São Paulo, combining rigorous theory with practical model development. Her research has quantified NWP sensitivities and upscale error growth from stochastic perturbations in microphysics and diffusion schemes, and she has investigated how initialization and complex terrain affect extreme-storm simulations in the Mediterranean. Known for bridging detailed parameterization work in WRF with broader predictability questions, she brings both deep domain expertise and a track record of collaborative, interdisciplinary projects. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Maria blends academic rigor with operationally relevant science that informs weather prediction improvements.
4 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, ENGINEERING, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, ENGINEERING at University of ConnecticutUniversity of São Paulo
Github Skills (12)
forecasting10
fortran10
simulation10
atmospheric-modelling10
forecast10
meteorology10
weather10
noaa10
weather-data6
grib4
python3
netcdf3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mefrediani/WRF
Aug 2021 - Jan 2023
The official repository for the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model
Contributions:43 commits, 50 pushes, 34 branches in 1 year 5 months
forecastingmeteorologyatmospheric-modellingnetcdfgrib
NCAR/init_fire_perimeter_wrf-fire
Aug 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 7 months
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