Margot Gerritsen

My full CV can be found at
the pangea website.

I was born and raised in the Netherlands, but left the country in 1990 in search for hillier and sunnier places. After spending some time in various places in Northern Europe, Colorado and Georgia, I ended up at Stanford for my Ph.D. After completion in 1997, I moved to New Zealand and back to Stanford in 2001.

I’m now a professor in the Department of Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford, interested in computer simulation and mathematical analysis of engineering processes. I especially like design efficient numerical schemes for fluid flow processes in porous media, and in particular processes for Enhanced Oil Recovery. 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.

Apart from research, I enjoy teaching and thinking about energy issues. Check out my teaching website to find the current courses that I offer, and the Energy page, or www.smartenergyshow.com for thoughts and discussions on energy issues and policies.

And then, there is a whole life outside academia. I love the outdoors, music, writing, reading, horse back riding, motorcycling, scuba, yoga, arts and theater. My son and I enjoy many adventures.

You can reach me at margot.gerritsen@stanford.edu, as well as www.smartenergyshow.com