By Lou Brett, University of Strathclyde
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Our Early Career Researcher (ECR) of the Month of March 2025 is Faranak Tootoonchi!

Faranak is a postdoctoral researcher based at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), working with statistical methods of varying complexity to understand the impacts of climate change on various processes and to forecast future effects.
Faranak has published a number of papers. If you are interested in reading more about her research, please explore the papers below:
Drought as a continuum–memory effects in interlinked hydrological, ecological, and social systems (2024) https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2024-421
Uni-and multivariate bias adjustment of climate model simulations in Nordic catchments: Effects on hydrological signatures relevant for water resources management in a changing climate (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129807
Copulas for hydroclimatic analysis: A practice‐oriented overview (2022) https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1579
Beyond professional interests, Faranak enjoys hiking, reading fiction, swimming & coffee tasting!
Thanks for reading!
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