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Femke Vossepoel is a professor at Delft University of Technology, leading a research group focused on data assimilation within geosciences. Her group comprises six PhD candidates and a postdoc, and their research involves employing observations to estimate state parameters in dynamic Earth-system models. Vossepoel's research interests include urban heat, air pollution, subsidence due to gas and groundwater extraction, and forecasting natural events such as earthquakes and droughts. She has an extensive background in oceanographic data assimilation coupled with ocean-atmosphere simulations, influenced by her experience in petroleum engineering and exploration geophysics. In 2022, she co-authored an open-access textbook on the fundamentals of data assimilation and currently heads the reservoir engineering section at her department. Active in safety and climate resilience initiatives, Vossepoel is a member of the Delft Safety Security Institute and also of the TU Delft Climate Safety Security Center. She has developed various courses in Applied Earth Sciences and has contributed significantly to the field of data assimilation, having received multiple research grants. She is committed to gender equality in academia and has been involved in various international research and assessment initiatives, including those related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Delft University of Technology • Delft, Netherlands
Leading research group in data assimilation in geosciences.
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