Dr. Margot Gerritsen

Biography

Margot Gerritsen is a Professor of Energy Resources Engineering, Emerita at Stanford University. She earned her Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Delft and completed her Ph.D. in Scientific Computing and Computational Mathematics at Stanford. She has a rich professional background, including five years at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Since returning to Stanford in 2001, she has significantly contributed to the field of energy resources engineering with a focus on computer simulation and mathematical analysis of natural processes. Her interests include sustainability, renewable energy production, and computational mathematics, particularly in relation to energy-related topics, such as traffic congestion and wildfire prediction. In her academic career, she served as the Director of the Institute for Computational Mathematical Engineering and held the position of Senior Associate Dean of Educational Affairs in the School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences. Her involvement in the Women in Data Science (WiDS) initiative highlights her commitment to promoting gender diversity in data science and related fields.

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