Dirk Eilander is an Assistent Professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His work focuses on improving flood risk management anywhere globally, in co-creation with stakeholders, through model development, automated and reproducible modeling, and the development of new datasets and algorithms. He obtained his PhD degree at the Vrije Universiteit on large-scale compound flood risk modeling in coastal deltas. Before that, he was trained as a hydrologist at the Delft University of Technology.
Dirk also works as hydrologist in the Catchment and Urban Hydrology department of Deltares, where he focuses on the development of tools and models for- as well as applications of flood risks assessments. He has gained work experience in national and international research and consultancy projects in Indonesia, Africa, the United States and Europe.
Expertise
Catchment hydrology, hydrodynamics, natural hazards, risk assessments, climate change, adaptation, big data, spatial analysis.
