Rikke Stoffels is a PhD researcher at the Water & Climate Risk department of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM). Her research focusses on understanding the physical processes controlling European climate and its summertime extremes. This includes understanding the drivers of European heatwaves, droughts, and persistent extreme precipitation events, and analysing how these extremes are affected by climate change. The research is part of the EU Horizon EXPECT project, which aims to better explain and predict regional climate changes.
Rikke obtained her BSc degree Soil, Water, Atmosphere at the Wageningen University and Research (WUR) and continued there with the MSc degree in Earth & Environment (cum laude). During her masters, she specialized in Meteorology and Air Quality. Her main research interests lie in large-scale atmospheric dynamics and understanding the physical processes involved.
Expertise
Atmospheric dynamics, air mass tracking, climate extremes.
Educaton
2023: MSc Earth & Environment, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands.
2020: BSc Soil, Water, Atmosphere, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands.
