Bio
I was born and raised in the Netherlands. After receiving my MS degree in Applied Mathematics at the University of Delft, I moved to the U.S. in search of hillier and sunnier places. In 1996 I received my Ph.D. in Scientific Computing and Computational Mathematics at Stanford University. Before returning to Stanford in 2001, I spent nearly five years in Auckland, New Zealand as a faculty member in the Department of Engineering Science.
I?m a professor in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford, interested in computer simulation and mathematical analysis of engineering and natural processes. From 2010 to 2018, I directed the Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering (http://icme.stanford.edu). Since 2015, I'm the Senior Associate Dean for Educational Affairs in the School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences, as well as the co-director of Women in Data Science (WiDS, widsconference.org) and the host of the WiDS podcasts.
My primary interests are in sustainability, and renewable and fossil energy production. I am also active in coastal ocean dynamics and yacht design, as well as several areas in computational mathematics including search algorithm design and matrix computations. My latest research projects include traffic congestion and emissions simulation and mitigation, and wildland fire prediction and mitigation.
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Energy Resources Engineering
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Professor (By courtesy), Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Member, Bio-X
Administrative Appointments
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Faculty Lead, Stanford Travel & Study, Alaska (2017, 2020) (2017 - 2020)
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Senior Associate Dean, School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences (2015 - Present)
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Faculty Lead, Stanford Travel & Study, New Zealand (2014, 2016) (2014 - 2016)
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Visiting Professor, Institut de Mechanique des Fluides, Toulouse, France (2013 - 2013)
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Faculty Lead, Stanford Travel & Study, Kilimanjaro (2012, 2019) (2012 - 2019)
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Visiting Professor, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France (2012 - 2013)
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Director, Institute for Computational & Mathematical Engineering, Stanford (2010 - 2018)
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Adjunct Professor, Applied and Computational Mathematics, University of Bergen, Norway (2010 - 2016)
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Visiting Professor, Department of Scientific Computing, Uppsala University, Sweden (2008 - 2012)
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Visiting Professor, Applied Earth Sciences, Delft University of Technology (2008 - 2010)
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Professor by courtesy, Mechanical Engineering, Stanford (2004 - Present)
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Steering committee, Institute for Computational Mathematics in Engineering, Stanford (2004 - 2005)
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Associate Professor, Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University (2001 - Present)
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Adjunct Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Stanford (2000 - Present)
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Lecturer, Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, New Zealand (1997 - 2001)
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Lecturer, University of Colorado, Denver (1991 - 1991)
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Research Associate, Delft University of Technology (1990 - 1990)
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Research Assistant, Shell Laboratories, Rijswijk (1987 - 1987)
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Lecturer, Summer school, Delft University of Technology (1985 - 1989)
Honors & Awards
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Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctor), Uppsala Universitet, Sweden (2019)
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Fellow, Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM) (2018)
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Teaching Honor Roll, Tau Beta Pi (2018)
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Honorary Member, Cap and Gown Women's Leadership Honor Society, Stanford (2017)
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Oswald G. Villard University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, VPUE Stanford (2014, reappointed in 2019, 2020-2024)
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Richard W. Lyman Award, Stanford Alumni Association (2014)
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SWE Professor of the Year, Society for Women Engineers, Stanford (2014)
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2011 Magne Espedal Professor II, University of Bergen, Norway (2011)
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School of Earth Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford University (2011)
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Stanford Fellow, Stanford University (2010-2012)
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Fellow, Leopold Leadership Program (2009)
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Faculty Research Fellow, Clayman Institute (2008 ? 2010)
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Frederick E. Terman Fellow, Stanford University (2002 ? 2004)
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Top 20 teacher, School of Engineering, Auckland University (1997-2001)
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International Rotary Award, Rotary (1990)
Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations
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Chair, Chair of Board of Trustees, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) (2020 - Present)
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Member, Advisory Board, HRDAG (Human Rights Data Analysis Group) (2019 - Present)
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Member, Sektorplan Commissie Kamer Beta, Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap (advisory role, research and education in applied sciences for the Dutch Department of Education, Science and Culture) (2018 - Present)
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Co-chair, Global Women in Data Science Conference, Stanford, widsconference.org (2016 - Present)
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Elected member, Board of Trustees, Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (2016 - Present)
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Member, 49th Faculty Senate, Stanford (2016 - Present)
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Member, Faculty Search Committee, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford (2016 - Present)
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Member, Organizing Committee SPE Reservoir Simulation Symposium, Houston, February 2017 (2016 - Present)
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Member, Faculty Search Committee, Math+X, Stanford (2016 - Present)
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Member, Steering Committee of the Faculty Senate, Stanford (2016 - Present)
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Member, Organizing Committee, Geilo Winter School, Norway (2016 - Present)
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Member, SIAM Geosciences Prize Committee (2016 - Present)
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Member, Faculty Advisory Board, Knight-Hennessy Scholarship Program (2016 - Present)
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Member, Organizing Committee, Reactive Flows in Deformable Complex Media, 2nd Oberwolfach Conference, Germany, 2018 (2016 - Present)
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Member, Faculty Search Committee, Geological Sciences, Stanford (2016 - Present)
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Co-chair, Bay Area Scientific Computing Day (2016 - 2016)
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Member, Presidential Search Committee, Stanford (2015 - 2016)
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Co-chair, local organizer, SIAM Geosciences Conference, Stanford, June 2015 (2015 - 2015)
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Co-initiator and co-chair, 1st Women in Data Science Conference, Stanford, widsconference.org (2015 - 2015)
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Member, Breadth Governance Board, Stanford (2014 - Present)
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Member, Undergraduate Advisory Council, Stanford (2014 - Present)
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Chair, Taskforce on Women in Leadership, Stanford (2014 - 2016)
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Member, SoE Future Committee (2014 - 2015)
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Member, 47th Faculty Senate, Stanford (2014 - 2015)
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Co-chair, Bay Area Scientific Computing Day (2014 - 2014)
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Co-chair, CUDA on Campus Conference, Stanford (2014 - 2014)
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Member, Organizing Committee, Reactive Flows in Deformable Complex Media, Oberwolfach Conference, Germany (2014 - 2014)
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Member, Faculty Search Committee, Management Science & Engineering, Stanford (2014 - 2014)
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Member, Faculty Search Committee, Math+X, Stanford (2014 - 2014)
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Associate Editor, Transport in Porous Media (Springer) (2013 - Present)
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Member, Editorial Board, Survey & Review, SIAM (2013 - Present)
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Member, SoE Dean Search Committee, Stanford (2013 - Present)
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Member, University Course Evaluation Committee (2013 - 2015)
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Co-Chair, SIAM Annual Conference, Chicago, July 2014 (2013 - 2014)
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Member, 46th Faculty Senate, Stanford (2013 - 2014)
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Member, Advisory Board, University College Dublin (2013 - 2014)
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Co-chair, CUDA on Campus Conference, Stanford (2013 - 2013)
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Member, Faculty Search Committee, Aeronautics & Astronautics (2013 - 2013)
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Member, LLNL Computational Directorate Review Committee (2013 - 2013)
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Member, Faculty Advisory Group for Research Computing, Stanford (2012 - 2014)
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Member, 45th Faculty Senate, Stanford (2012 - 2013)
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Chair, Review Committee Computational Sciences, KAUST, February 2012 (2012 - 2012)
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Co-chair, CUDA on Campus Conference, Stanford (2012 - 2012)
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Co-chair, Bay Area Scientific Computing Day (2012 - 2012)
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Member, 44th Faculty Senate, Stanford (2011 - 2012)
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Co-chair, IMA Workshop on Societally Relevant Computing, Minneapolis, April 2011 (2011 - 2011)
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Member, Senate Committee on Committees, Stanford (2010 - 2012)
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Member (re-elected), Council of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) (2010 - 2012)
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Member, 43rd Faculty Senate, Stanford (2010 - 2011)
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Member, Integrated Assessments, Powell Center working group USGS (2010 - 2011)
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Co-chair, Bay Area Scientific Computing Day (2010 - 2010)
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Member, Organizing Committee, Gordon Research Conference on Flow & Transport in Permeable Media (2010 - 2010)
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Chair (re-elected), SIAM Activity Group Geosciences (2009 - 2011)
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Chair, Woods and Precourt Large Scale Solar Technology & Policy Forum (2009 - 2010)
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Associate Editor, Journal of Sailboat Technology (2008 - Present)
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Member, Special Series Committee, Journal of Petroleum Technology, Society of Petroleum Engineers (2008 - 2010)
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Member, Council of InterPore, International Society for Porous Media (2008 - 2010)
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Member, Council of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) (2008 - 2010)
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Co-producer, Smart Energy podcast www.smartenergyshow.com (2007 - 2014)
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Co-director, Center of Excellence for Computational Approaches to Digital Stewardship (CADS) (2007 - 2011)
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Chair, SIAM Activity Group on Geosciences (2007 - 2009)
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Member, Council of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) (2007 - 2009)
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Consultant, Library of Congress, World Digital Library development (2007 - 2007)
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Member, Diversity Committee Mechanical Engineering, Stanford (2005 - 2007)
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Member, Advisory Board, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford (2004 - 2007)
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Director, Stanford-National Geographic Pterosaur Replica Project (2004 - 2006)
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Member, Steering Committee, Institute for Computational & Mathematical Engineering, Stanford (2004 - 2006)
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Associate Editor, International Journal of Small Craft Technology (2003 - 2005)
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Member, Faculty search committee, Geological Sciences, Stanford (2003 - 2003)
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Reviewer, Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Transport in Porous Media, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Department of Energy, US Civilian Research and Development Foundation (2003 - 2003)
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Advisor, Pre-major advisor, Stanford (on and off) (2002 - Present)
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Faculty advisor, Stanford SIAM Student Chapter (2002 - Present)
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Director, Stanford Yacht Research Unit (2002 - 2010)
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Member, SPE, AGU, SIAM, KIVI, AWIS, SWE (2001 - Present)
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Member, Organizing Committee, Waitangi Conference, University of Auckland (2000 - 2000)
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Chair, Student Affairs Committee, School of Engineering, University of Auckland (1999 - 2001)
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Patron, Engineering Postgraduate Society, University of Auckland (1999 - 2000)
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Member, School Policy Team, School of Engineering, University of Auckland (1998 - 2000)
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Member, Equal Education Committee, School of Engineering, University of Auckland (1997 - 2001)
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Patron, Auckland University Engineering Society (1997 - 2000)
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Founder, SCCM, ICME Computational Consulting Group, Stanford (1995 - Present)
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Teacher, Upward Bound Program, Palo Alto (1995 - 1995)
Professional Education
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PhD, Stanford University, Scientific Computing and Computational Mathematics (1997)
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MSc, Delft University of Technology, Applied Mathematics (1990)