Anna Schneider

*** **** ****** ***, *** ***, State College, PA 16801 240-***-**** acol0v@r.postjobfree.com

Education

MASTERS IN METEOROLOGY EXPECTED MAY 2015 PENN STATE UNIVERSITY

Statistical meteorology – technique development in forecast verification

Programming – multi-language scripting and data analysis of radar observations and model forecasts

BACHELORS IN METEOROLOGY MAY 2013 PENN STATE UNIVERSITY GPA: 3.61

Concentration in Weather Forecasting and Communications– Various hands on courses, Campus Weather Service, Weather Challenge

Artificial intelligence and forecast verification – senior level hands on class

Skills & Abilities

COMPUTER

MATLAB – Proficient in creating large-scale data analysis applications mining netCDF, grib2 and image datasets

PERL – Develop crontab automation and PERL scripting for acquisition of large data sets from the web

Linux – Programming and data management

Microsoft Office – Communicating technical material to diverse audiences

Python – Currently learning

Relational Databases – Currently learning MySQL

Experience

THESIS RESEARCH PENN STATE UNIVERSITY FALL 2013 – SPRING 2015 SUPERVISOR: DR. GEORGE YOUNG, acol0v@r.postjobfree.com

Developed a new climatology-based verification tool for precipitation structure in numerical weather prediction model forecasts

Studied radar and statistical meteorology

TEACHING ASSISTANT PENN STATE UNVIERSITY FALL 2013 – SPRING 2015

Responsible for grading homework assignments, tutoring undergraduates, and occasional classroom presentations

INTERN NASA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER AT BCCSO (BELTSVILLE CENTER FOR CLIMATE SYSTEM OBSERVATION) SUMMER

2011 AND 2012 SUPERVISOR: DR EVERETTE JOSEPH

Conducted initial and day-of-flight preparations for ozonesonde launches for NASA’s DISCOVER -AQ campaign and the Maryland

Department of the Environment

Presented poster at 93rd American Meteorological Society Conference

Conducted two summer research project on the distribution of tropospheric ozone; co-author on resulting journal article submission

INTERN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STERLING, VA SUMMER 2012

Conducted research to verify Flash Flood Monitoring and Prediction-Advanced (FFMP-A) application in diagnosing flash flood events in the

Baltimore/Washington Forecast Office area of responsibility

Presented research findings, created poster for National Weather Association Conference

FORECASTER CAMPUS WEATHER SERVICE FALL 2010 – SPRING 2013

Produced five day forecasts for multiple regions in Pennsylvania

Activities

COLLEGE OF EARTH AND MINERAL SCIENCES THON CHARITY FALL 2010 – SPRING 2013

INTRAMURAL SPORTS SPRING 2010, FALL 2014

Basketball and softball

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