CV Laura Rontu

Title Senior scientist

Postal address Finnish Meteorological Institute, Meteorological Research, Box 503, 00101 Helsinki

Street address Finnish Meteorological Institute, Meteorological Research, Erik Palmenin aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki

Phone number +358 50 3626011

Fields of expertise

Numerical weather prediction

Projects

https://www.accord-nwp.org

University and other degrees

Adjunct Prof. in meteorology 2016, University of Helsinki, Finland
Phil.Doc. 2007, University of Helsinki, Finland. Thesis: Studies on orographic effects in a numerical weather prediction model. Finnish Meteorological Institute Contributions No. 63.
Phil.Lic. 1986, University of Helsinki, Finland. Thesis: A study of finete-amplitude mountain waves using a stationary model.
M.Sc. 1980, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Previous professional appointments

Member of international HIRLAM project management group (physical parametrizations) 2005, 2011–2015
Head of the FMI NWP group 1.1.1997–30.6.2001
Senior scientist, Finnish Meteorological Institute in Weather research (numerical modelling) 1989–1997
Meteorologist, Finnish Meteorological Institute at Helsinki-Vantaa airport, 1985–1987
Research assistant, Academy of Finland/Department of Meteorology, University of Helsinki, 1978–1981 (total ca. 25 months)

List of publications

ORCID

Apurahat / Major stipendiary support for research

State Stipendium of the Soviet Union for postgraduate studies at the department of Atmospheric Physics, Moscow State University, 1981–1983 (24 months)

Muut taidot / Other qualifications

Languages: Finnish, English, Russian (authorized translator from Russian to Finnish), Swedish, (Spanish)