Bernadette Fritzsch

Dr. Bernadette Fritzsch is a researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), specializing in scientific computing, data management, and research software engineering. She leads initiatives in High-Performance Computing (HPC) resource utilization and manages the Meereisportal.de sea ice data platform. Her work emphasizes sustainable research software practices and interdisciplinary collaboration in climate and polar research.

Key Responsibilities:

• Research software development and lifecycle management
• Leadership in HPC resource coordination (DKRZ)
• Maintenance of the meereisportal.de information platform
• Advocacy for open science and FAIR data principles

Research Interests:

Focuses on advancing research software engineering (RSE), improving data management frameworks, and creating scalable solutions for climate and polar data analysis. Active in policy development for sustainable software practices through Helmholtz initiatives and national/international collaborations.

Recent Contributions:

Her work includes defining best practices for research software (2019), advancing collaborative climate data grids (C3Grid), and developing workflows for distributed environmental data processing. Publications span software sustainability, interdisciplinary computing, and sea ice data platform development.

Grants & Projects:

• Core contributor to Helmholtz Digitalization Strategy initiatives
• Member of German Reproducibility Network (GRN)
• Lead in EU-funded projects like REKLIM and MarESys

Labs & Teams:

Part of the AWI Computing and Data Centre team, collaborating with Helmholtz Centres and international partners on infrastructure for climate modeling and data analysis.