Joost Berkhout

Joost Berkhout is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. His work focuses on stochastic optimization, operations research, energy systems, and healthcare logistics. He contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to affordable and clean energy and responsible consumption.

Research interests include Markov chains, stochastic programming, network analysis, and simulation applications in energy transitions and healthcare operations. His recent work addresses ship design optimization for energy transitions, adaptive budget allocation in home healthcare, and feature-based network construction.

He has received the Best Student Paper Award (2016) and leads projects like AI-BIPTO (AI-boosted production/transport optimization). He teaches courses such as Business Simulation and Introduction to Business Analytics, and has supervised 2 PhD theses.