Sara Faghih-Naini

Computer Scientist
Research, Earth System Modelling, Numerical Methods

Summary:

Sara Faghih-Naini joined the Research Department of ECMWF in December 2023. Her work in the EU-funded ESiWACE3 project focuses on the development of the GT4Py domain-specific library for the next-generation non-hydrostatic FVM dynamical core. Her background is in Applied Mathematics and High-Performance Computing.

Professional interests:
  • Domain-specific programming languages and performance portability

  • High-performance computing with energy-efficient accelerators

  • Dynamical core development and numerical methods

Career background:

Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Bayreuth, Germany (2024). Thesis on "Discontinuous Galerkin methods and high performance computing approaches for ocean simulations." (supervised by Vadym Aizinger, in close collaboration with Harald Köstler (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg)).

M.Sc. Industrial Mathematics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany (2019). Thesis on "Theory and Numerics for Convective Heat Transport in Nanofluids". (supervised by Eberhard Bänsch)