Anna Schneider
*** **** ****** ***, *** ***, State College, PA 16801 240-***-**** *******@*****.***
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, ***@***.***
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