Ms Mathilde Ritman 

DPhil in Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics

University of Oxford

United Kingdom

Mathilde is a young mathematician and scientist passionate about the applications of Artificial Intelligence in climate science. Mathilde began her career in climate research at the University of Melbourne. There, she worked as a Research Assistant to understand historic changes in regional drought, whilst completing two undergraduate courses (both with First Class Honours). Mathilde has since worked with Australia's CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), modelling bushfire risk and working with Pacific Island meteorological services to understand future flood risk. She recently completed her Honours Degree at Monash University, where she studied applied mathematics supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes. Currently, she is a Climatologist and Data Scientist at the BoM and a casual Research Assistant with Monash University. She has presented research at international conferences, published multiple research papers and contributed to international climate change reports. With the John Monash Scholarship, she hopes to complete her Doctor of Philosophy at Oxford University, researching new methods of improving climate modelling with Artificial Intelligence. She looks forward to bringing these important skills back to Australia to support innovative climate science that has a lasting impact for our communities.

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