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Dr Damien Irving

Climate Data Scientist

https://people.csiro.au/i/d/damien-irving

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GPO BOX 1538
HOBART TAS 7001 AUSTRALIA

Biography

After completing a Bachelor of Science at the University of Melbourne in 2009, Damien worked at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research for a few years developing regional climate projections for Australia and various Pacific island nations. He then completed a PhD at the University of Melbourne looking at tropospheric planetary waves, before taking up postdoctoral positions at CSIRO and then UNSW to study anthropogenic changes in the global energy and water cycles. Throughout these climate research roles, Damien developed and maintained a strong interest data science education and open/reproducible research. He has been an instructor, lesson author and Regional Coordinator with The Carpentries for many years, co-authored the textbook Research Software Engineering with Python, and maintains the PyAOS online community resource for Python users in atmosphere and ocean science. He is currently putting these skills to use working as a Climate Data Scientist with the CSIRO Climate Science Centre.

Fields of Research

Current

Current Roles

  • Communications Coordinator
    Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society

  • Regional Coordinator for Australia
    The Carpentries

  • Associate Editor
    Journal of Open Research Software

Academic Qualifications

  • 2016

    PhD
    University of Melbourne

  • 2009

    Bachelor of Science
    University of Melbourne

Professional Experiences

  • 2021-present

    Climate Data Scientist
    CSIRO

  • 2019-2021

    Postdoctoral Research Associate
    UNSW

  • 2016-2019

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    CSIRO

  • 2009-2012

    Climate Projections Scientist
    CSIRO

Publications

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