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Climate Scientist & Science Communicator | Extreme Weather, Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics, Python | PhD Candidate (UCT)

Profile Summary

I am a climate scientist and data analyst specialising in extreme weather events — particularly marine and land heatwaves, extreme rainfall, and implications of their compounding nature on coastal and urban systems. I am completing my PhD at the University of Cape Town, where my research sits at the intersection of climate modelling, statistical analysis, and Earth observation. On the technical side, I work with Python (Pandas, Xarray, Scikit-learn, Matplotlib), high-performance computing environments, and sometimes regional climate models including WRF. I am comfortable working with large gridded datasets, reanalysis products, and satellite-derived data. Beyond analysis, I have a strong track record in science communication. I have contributed to initiatives at the World Economic Forum level and have experience writing reports, strategies, and educational content for non-specialist audiences. I take on projects involving climate data analysis, environmental impact assessments, technical writing and editing, research support, and science communication. I bring both rigour and clarity to every project.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Data Manipulation
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Correlation Analysis
• ☆ Trend Analysis
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Climate Science
• ☆ Python
• ☆ Technical & Scientific Writing
• ☆ Science Communication

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Technical Writing, Creative Writing

Research Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Data Visualization, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Head Tutor

University of Cape Town

February 2023 - November 2025

Research and Communications Intern

1000 Ocean Startups

May 2025 - October 2025

College Writing Reviewer

Tutor.com

February 2022 - April 2025

Education

Ocean & atmosphere science

University of Cape Town

February 2023 - Present

MSc in Ocean and atmosphere science

University of Cape Town

July 2019 - June 2021

BSc (Hons) Hydrology

University of Zululand

January 2017 - December 2017

Certifications

• Mobile Security and Cyber Security

  World Economic Forum

  July 2025 - July 2025

• High-Resolution Atmospheric Models for Regional Applications: a RegCM and WRF Advanced School

  International Centre for Theoretical Physics

  October 2023 - November 2023

• (Tier 1) Machine Learning in Weather and Climate

  European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)

  January 2023 - April 2023

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Mpungose, N., Thoithi, W., Blamey, R.C. et al. Extreme rainfall events in southeastern Africa during the summer. Theor Appl Climatol 150, 185–201 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-022-04162-w .