Ruth Lorenz
Scientific Programmer And Climate Data Specialist
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolRuth Lorenz is a Scientific Programmer and Climate Data Specialist with a decade of experience applying statistical and computational methods to large climate model and observational datasets. Based at ETH Zürich, she develops and implements novel approaches for combining and weighting multi-model ensembles (e.g., CMIP) to reduce projection uncertainties, while contributing code and evaluation tools in interdisciplinary teams. Her background spans postdoctoral research on land–atmosphere feedbacks at UNSW to supervising students and coordinating Horizon 2020 projects, reflecting strong research, project management, and reproducible software skills. Ruth pairs a PhD in Atmosphere and Climate with hands-on expertise in Python, NCL, and Git, and is particularly focused on turning complex model output into actionable insights about extremes and climate feedbacks.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science - PhD, Atmosphere and Climate, Doctor of Science - PhD, Atmosphere and Climate at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ZürichErasmus Semester, Erasmus Semester at Lunds tekniska högskolaBachelor of Science - BS, Environmental Science, Bachelor of Science - BS, Environmental Science at ETH Zürich
German, English, Swedish, French
Github Skills (19)
atmospheric-modelling10
infrared10
evaluation10
python10
conda10
cffi10
earth10
hpc-applications10
risk-assessment10
diagnostics10
earth-engine10
preprocessing9
rasterize9
esgf7
spatial6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
C2SM/data_management_reanalysis
Mar 2024 - Jul 2026
download ERA5 data from DKRZ and process to CMIP like variable names and units
Contributions:2 PRs, 27 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 3 months
C2SM/download_data_cds
Sep 2023 - Mar 2026
Contributions:24 pushes in 2 years 5 months
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