Femke Vossepoel

Femke Vossepoel is a Professor of Earth System Simulation at the Delft University of Technology's Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences. She leads a research group focused on data assimilation in geosciences, integrating observations with dynamic Earth-system models to address challenges in urban heat islands, subsidence, and seismic hazard forecasting. Her interdisciplinary background spans oceanography, petroleum engineering, and climate resilience.

Research Focus

• Earthquake occurrence estimation using advanced filtering algorithms
• Subsidence due to subsurface fluid extraction
• Climate resilience applications in urban environments
• AI-enhanced data assimilation for CO2 storage optimization

Her work bridges geoscience and computational methods, with key roles in EU's Destination Earth initiative and the UrbanAIR consortium. She received funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), Delphi Consortium, and Petrobras for her innovative projects.