Profile
Dr Iva Kavcic
Associate Research Fellow
Dr Iva Kavcic is a member of the Mathematics Research Institute since September 2010. She works with Prof John Thuburn on developing a Lagrangian vertical coordinate version of ENDGame (ENDGame is the next generation atmospheric model dynamical core currently being developed by the Met Office). Previously she was a Research and Teaching Assistant at the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science.
Research Interests
- Numerical methods for weather and climate models
- Singularly perturbed problems and their application in geophysical fluid dynamics
Fellowships/Awards
- L'Oreal Adria-UNESCO National Fellowship "For Women in Science", Croatia, 2010
- WHOI Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Fellowship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA, 2007
Education
- PhD in Physics/Geophysics with Meteorology, University of Zagreb, 2010
- Diploma (MSc equivalent) in Physics/Geophysics, University of Zagreb, 2004