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Thea Quistgaard

Title

PhD Student, PhD-Student

Primary affiliation

Thea Quistgaard CV

Areas of expertise

  • Climate modelling
  • Atmospheric physics
  • Deep Learning in climate modelling
  • Climate downscaling
  • High Performance Computing

Contact information

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Research

With a background at the intersection of physics and computer science, I work to improve the accuracy of climate projections to better understand and mitigate climate change. I have worked on signal restoration in volcanic and isotopic signals in deep ice cores from Greenland to reconstruct past climates and better understand our future. My current research focuses on using artificial intelligence and deep learning to optimize climate models and enhance their predictive capabilities.

Teaching activities

As a researcher, I place a strong emphasis on communication and teaching. I believe that our primary role as a university is to educate the researchers and citizens of the future. Therefore, I actively engage in outreach activities for the university, including Science Slam, The Green Network for Researchers, and high school visits. I also seek out teaching opportunities, particularly in programming, AI, and machine learning at my own institute.

Collaborations

My primary PhD project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between ENVS and the Department of Hydrology at GEUS. Additionally, I have contacts at the University of Copenhagen and DMI, with whom I consult and collaborate. Internally at the university, I leverage relationships across the faculty to support advancements in computational models and AI. At the institute level, I collaborate on both research projects (MAIA project) and development as the chair of our Sustainability Work Group.

Selected publications

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