Markus Gross' obituary

Markus Sebastian Gross was born in Bielefeld, Germany, on August 20, 1974 and passed away Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, January 25, 2022, due to injuries sustained a household accident further complications at the treating hospital. an engineer, scientist, researcher, high-performance athlete, outstanding human being, well-loved by family peers alike. He excelled adapting new environments despite his introverted reserved nature exploited analytical numerical skills make most of opportunities. also committed son, brother, husband, father, always dedicated their well-being. began higher education 20s industrial design computer-assisted engineering, first Bielefeld then Technical University Braunschweig. From very young age, demonstrated that he could build anything set mind to. known professionally for building computers managing clusters, automation systems, Internet Things. Nevertheless, invested tremendous amount time effort into designing wooden furniture, house extensions, even pool planned, designed, built from scratch. Some personal circumstances made move Edinburgh 1998, where continued training engineering Heriot-Watt University, obtained BSc PhD Laser Materials Processing, between 1998 2004. During this period, developed finite-difference model simulating air-liquid–gas interactions high temperatures. In 2004, received Henry Black prize Heriot-Watt, performance during thesis. participated many workshops courses High-Performance Computing. At ICALEO conference 2003, met William O'Neill, professor Engineering Cambridge, who invited him work Lab, as postdoctoral associate, same research had been focusing since undergraduate degree Heriot-Watt. accepted offer worked with Bill group Cambridge 2004 2008. Markus' passage Meteorology initiated Nigel Wood's Dynamics Research Group Met Office Exeter, which joined September said interview, “The Earth System is air-liquid-gas interactions”, (among other things I am sure) seemed convince suitable candidate. His fondly remember “a gentle giant”, entirely development dynamical core Office, still operational, generously helping colleagues diverse scientific computational issues. contributed papers several colleagues, code debugging allowed identify issues forecast codes improve system. 5 years, served instant recognition every year, one selected candidates “Outstanding Scientific Achievement” price 2012. closely Wood, Andrew Staniforth, Andy White Research, well researchers areas Office. This likely inspired fund Physics–Dynamics Coupling (PDC) 2014. learned how swim cycling club. some point, designed club T-Shirts. Designing T-Shirts personalized cups team-building purposes another beloved pastimes. By 2011, considered swimming be good enough participate Ironman 70.3. 70.3 competition per year until start COVID-19 pandemic, forced train mostly indoors. It May 2006 when future wife, Vanesa Magar, RCUK fellow Plymouth. 2007, already moved partially commuting Plymouth while searching opportunities Southwest, led application position available Plymouth, started provide computing support manage resources. Between 2007 2013, provided countless selfless hours students summer exchanges Their only Damián Suré Gross-Magar, home, April 2010. The professional collaboration kept growing, 2012, submitted INTERREG proposal environmental impacts offshore wind farms (project OFELIA), Caen Le Havre, external collaborator. approved project ran 18 months. However, looking would eliminate reduce Vanesa's teaching responsibilities, allow them more together. two materialized, CICESE, Higher Education Centre Mexico physical oceanography department housing meteorology researchers, Swansea UK but different departments. After much deliberation, decision CICESE. day hard form consolidate geophysical modeling (GEMlab) founded They decided focus Renewable Energy they 2008 respectively, UK. managed servers GEMlab; these resources slowly grew years went by. GEMlab runs tests before deployment larger clusters. involved teaching, delivered “Computing Science” course 2014 2021. PDC workshop series relevant service legacies. took place CICESE December 2014, subsequent PNNL (2016), ECMWF (2018), Princeton (virtually 2020 hybrid 2022). co-convened sessions SIAM (2015) MexSIAM meetings (2017, 2019, 2021), AGU (2020), annual meeting Mexican Geophysical Union (2018–2021) secretary (2020–2021). focused developing statistical techniques analyzing fields, improved ensemble methods precipitation studies Mexico's Northwest, hydrodynamic simulations Gulf California. 2015 2016, published energy case study. 2017, INEEL, DTU, ITESM micro-mesoscale coupling atlases (MEWA) established, funding DANIDA DTU leader project. Markus's within MEWA consisted WRF simulations, data evaluation Meteorological Stations Wind Atlas, Machine Learning tools quantify uncertainties field power density estimations. supported through no. 202001001N Supercomputing National Laboratory Southeast, based Puebla, Mexico. 2021, meteorological forecasting MPAS-Atmosphere NCAR, up computers, Google Cloud, remote servers. implement obtain preliminary results highly varying mesh resolution model, 500 km globally 3 around Ensenada. automatically post temperature forecasts website 24 h. MPAS-A mainly project, validity just being tested months prior accident. With untimely passing, progress interrupted will resume future. plans continue improving predictions. independently carrying out MPAS-A, following lemma chose: “Curiosity-Driven Research”. worth mentioning then, scientist modeler were growing fast thanks efforts dedication, prime career, international recognized experts field. Finally, we should mention passion sports once more. Since teenager, spend weekends holidays long-distance trips Germany Ireland back, company fans sport. cycle Saturday month Yeovil, take last stretch regularly running competitions. When lived run long distances Saturday, 10, 40 km. multiple legacies son Damián, whom athletics five. pandemic difficult, adapt home office homeschooling. Sporting activities suffered impact, increasingly restless depressed cancelation outdoor activities. time, treadmill, collaborate biomedical group, taking thermal camera videos treadmill sessions. second small our garden, so carry training. planning recirculation solar heating system pool. Unfortunately, did not materialize. planted numerous seeds. live memory, legacy, hearts friends, family. Those fortunate have crossed paths 47 life sorely miss him, grateful all love support. pictures Markus, 27, working (Figure 1), June 21, 2019 holiday Venice Beach, California 2), are included. partly funded Ministry Foreign Affairs Denmark administered Danida Fellowship “Multi-scale Model-Chain Evaluation Atlases” authors gratefully acknowledge computer resources, technical advice, Laboratorio Nacional de Supercómputo del Sureste México (LNS), member CONACYT national laboratories, nos. 202101009N. peer review history article https://publons.com/publon/10.1002/we.2808.