Steven van der Linden

Steven van der Linden serves as Assistant Professor of Urban Air Quality at Delft University of Technology's Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing within the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences. Rejoining the department in September 2022 after prior postdoctoral appointments at both TU Delft's GRS group and Cologne's Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, he maintains an active research program focused on urban atmospheric processes.

His research centers on achieving process-level understanding of urban air quality challenges through the integration of advanced modeling techniques and observational data. Focusing on the complex, nonlinear interactions across multiple spatial and temporal scales in urban environments, his work addresses critical issues in clean air provision for increasingly urbanized global populations. Key investigation areas include boundary layer dynamics, heat transfer mechanisms, and atmospheric stability phenomena.

Analysis of his publication record reveals consistent specialization in boundary layer meteorology with emphasis on diffusive processes, turbulence characteristics, and numerical simulation techniques. His research demonstrates strong methodological continuity across diverse geographical contexts from Antarctic environments to grassland heat transfer systems, all contributing to fundamental understanding of atmospheric boundary layer behavior.

Dr. van der Linden teaches ENVM1700 - Fundamentals of Atmospheric Environment Engineering: Atmospheric Chemistry (since November 2022) and maintains office hours Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday in Building 23, Room 2.27 at TU Delft.