Fatima Pillosu
Post Doctoral Research Assistant at University of Reading
Reading, England, United States
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Top SchoolFatima Pillosu is a hydro-meteorologist and PhD candidate at the University of Reading who blends eight years of academic and operational research experience to improve medium-range forecasts for extreme rainfall, floods, droughts and heatwaves. As a Visiting Scientist at ECMWF she helped operationalize the ecPoint probabilistic post-processing technique and continues to verify its value globally, translating advanced statistical methods into actionable forecasts for anticipatory disaster response. Her work bridges numerical weather prediction, machine learning and hydrology, with a focus on flash-flood risk mapping across continuous global domains up to day 10. Known for clear science communication and technical blogging, she also serves as a Climate Ambassador advocating community preparedness. A less obvious strength is her track record of moving ideas from localized field studies—such as long-term Sardinia rainfall analyses—to scalable, operational tools used by international meteorological services.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Hydrometeorology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Hydrometeorology at University of ReadingMaster's degree Civil Engineering - Hydraulics, Master's degree Civil Engineering - Hydraulics at Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Spanish, Italian, English, German, French
Github Skills (5)
calibration9
meteorology9
prediction-model9
python8
decision-tree5
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
FatimaPillosu/Template_Metview_Python_JupyterNB_Binder
Dec 2019 - May 2022
Contributions:1 release, 36 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 5 months
FatimaPillosu/ECMWF_TM_rainfall_based_flash_flood_occurrence_ecuador
Mar 2023 - Mar 2026
Contributions:3 releases, 74 pushes, 5 tags in 3 years
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