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Maarten van Aalst is Director General and Chief Science Officer of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) andĀ Permanent Representative of the Netherlands at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT). HeĀ is full professor of Climate and Disaster Resilience atĀ theĀ University of Twente's Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), with several PhD students working on climate risk management across time and spatial scales.
Prof van Aalst is a member of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change and was Coordinating Lead Author at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeĀ Ā (AR6, AR5 and SREX). He is a Trustee at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
Before coming to KNMI in February 2023, Prof van Aalst was director of the International Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre and held the Prinses Margriet Chair in Climate and Disaster Resilience at ITC. He was also adjoint Senior Research Scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University in New York, and worked on climate risk management with, among others, the World Bank, the African Development Bank, UNDP and OECD.Ā He acted as expert on various bodies of UNFCCC, UNDRR and the UN Secretary Generalās climate team. Prof van Aalst holds a PhD in atmospheric physics and chemistry from Utrecht University and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz.
Expertise Earth and Planetary Sciences Climate Climate Change Risk Event Flood Adaptation Rainfall Social Sciences Organisations Ancillary activities International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Member of Board of TrusteesIIED-Europe Supervisory BoardEuropean Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change MemberRoyal Netherlands Meteorological Institute Director-General and Chief Science OfficerRoyal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) Institute Advisory Committee (Instituutsadviesraad) NIOZPublications 2024
Detecting the human fingerprint in the summer 2022 western-central European soil drought , 131-154. Schumacher, D. L., Zachariah, M., Otto, F., Barnes, C., Philip, S., Kew, S., Vahlberg, M., Singh, R., Heinrich, D., Arrighi, J. , Van Aalst, M. , Hauser, M., Hirschi, M., Bessenbacher, V., Gudmundsson, L., Beaudoing, H. K., Rodell, M., Li, S., Yang, W., ā¦ Seneviratne, S. I. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-131-2024 Beyond the forecast: knowledge gaps to anticipate disasters in armed conflict areas with high forced displacement , Article 023001, 1-13. Jaime, C., Coughlan de Perez, E., Aalst, M. v. & Easton-Calabria, E. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad2023 2023
Attribution of the heavy rainfall events leading to severe flooding in Western Europe during July 2021 , Article 90. Tradowsky, J. S., Philip, S. Y., Kreienkamp, F., Kew, S. F., Lorenz, P., Arrighi, J. , Bettmann, T., Caluwaerts, S., Chan, S. C., De Cruz, L., de Vries, H., Demuth, N., Ferrone, A., Fischer, E. M., Fowler, H. J., Goergen, K., Heinrich, D., Henrichs, Y., Kaspar, F., ā¦ Wanders, N. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-023-03502-7 Extreme heat alerts and impacts across Mozambique 2016 - 2022: Gathering evidence from media articles In 26th AGILE Conference on Geographic Information Science āSpatial data for designā , Article 11 (pp. 1-13). Copernicus. Pereira Marghidan, C., van Aalst, M. K. , Blanford, J. I. , Marrufo, T. & Maure, G. https://doi.org/10.5194/agile-giss-4-11-2023 Heatwaves in Mozambique 1983ā2016: Characteristics, trends and city-level summaries using high-resolution CHIRTS-daily , Article 100565. Pereira Marghidan, C., van Aalst, M. , Blanford, J. I. , Guigma, K., Pinto, I., Maure, G. & Marrufo, T. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2023.100565 Climate change increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan , 025001. Otto, F. E. L., Zachariah, M., Saeed, F., Siddiqi, A., Kamil, S., Mushtaq, H., Arulalan, T., Achutarao, K., Chaithra, S. T., Barnes, C., Philip, S., Kew, S., Vautard, R., Koren, G., Pinto, I., Wolski, P., Vahlberg, M., Singh, R., Arrighi, J. , ā¦ Clarke, B. https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/acbfd5 Evaluating the explainability and performance of an elementary versus a statistical impact-based forecasting model . Sedhain, S. , van den Homberg, M., Teklesadik, A., van Aalst, M. K. & Kerle, N. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-11434 Adaptation to compound climate risks: A systematic global stocktake , Article 105926. Simpson, N. P., Williams, P. A., Mach, K. J., Berrang-Ford, L., Biesbroek, R., Haasnoot, M. , Segnon, A. C., Campbell, D., Musah-Surugu, J. I., Joe, E. T., Nunbogu, A. M., Sabour, S., Meyer, A. L. S., Andrews, T. M., Singh, C., Siders, A. R., Lawrence, J., van Aalst, M. & Trisos, C. H. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.105926 Can social protection tackle emerging risks from climate change, and how? A framework and a critical review , Article 100501. Costella, C. V. , van Aalst, M. K. & Georgiadou, P. Y. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crm.2023.100501 2022
Rapid attribution analysis of the extraordinary heat wave on the Pacific coast of the US and Canada in June 2021 , 1689-1713. Philip, S. Y., Kew, S. F., Van Oldenborgh, G. J., Anslow, F. S., Seneviratne, S. I., Vautard, R., Coumou, D., Ebi, K. L., Arrighi, J. , Singh, R., van Aalst, M. , Pereira Marghidan, C., Wehner, M., Yang, W., Li, S., Schumacher, D. L., Hauser, M., Bonnet, R., Luu, L. N., ā¦ Otto, F. E. L. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-1689-2022 What was known: Weather forecast availability and communication in conflict-affected countries , Article 103421. Jaime, C. , Coughlan de Perez, E., van Aalst, M. , Raju, E. & Sheaffer, A. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103421 Limited role of climate change in extreme low rainfall associated with southern Madagascar food insecurity, 2019-21 , Article 021003. Harrington, L. J., Wolski, P., Pinto, I., Ramarosandratana, A. M., Barimalala, R., vautard, r., Philip, S., Kew, S., Singh, R., Heinrich, D., Arrighi, J. , Raju, E., Thalheimer, L., Razanakoto, T., van Aalst, M. , Li, S., Bonnet, R., Yang, W., Otto, F. & Oldenborgh, G. J. v. https://doi.org/10.1088/2752-5295/aca695 Ten new insights in climate science 2022 , Article e20 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Martin, M. A., Boakye, E. A., Boyd, E., Broadgate, W., Bustamante, M., Canadell, J. G., Carr, E. R., Chu, E. K., Cleugh, H., Csevár, S., Daoudy, M., De Bremond, A., Dhimal, M., Ebi, K. L., Edwards, C., Fuss, S., Girardin, M. P., Glavovic, B., Hebden, S., ā¦ Zhao, Z. J. https://doi.org/10.1017/sus.2022.17 Multiform flood risk in a rapidly changing world: what we do not do, what we should and why it matters , Article 081001. Kruczkiewicz, A. , Cian, F., Monasterolo, I., Di Baldassarre, G., Caldas, A., Royz, M., Glasscoe, M., Ranger, N. & van Aalst, M. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac7ed9 Managing multiple hazards: lessons from anticipatory humanitarian action for climate disasters during COVID-19 , 374-388. Tozier De La Poterie, A., Clatworthy, Y., Easton-calabria, E., Coughlan De Perez, E., Lux, S. & Van Aalst, M. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2021.1927659 Assessing the spatio-temporal distribution of extreme heat events in Mozambique using the CHIRTS temperature dataset for 1983-2016. . Pereira Marghidan, C., Blanford, J. I. , van Aalst, M. K. , Guigma, K., Maure, G., Pinto, I., Arrighi, J. & Marrufo, T. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6408101 Epidemiological versus meteorological forecasts: Best practice for linking models to policymaking , 521-526. Coughlan de Perez, E., Stephens, E., van Aalst, M. , Bazo, J., Fournier-Tombs, E., Funk, S., Hess, J. J., Ranger, N. & Lowe, R. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2021.08.003 Planning for compound hazards during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of climate information systems , 704-709 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Zaitchik, B. F., Omumbo, J., Lowe, R., van Aalst, M. , Anderson, L. O., Fischer, E., Norman, C., Robbins, J., Barciela, R., Trtanj, J., Von Borries, R. & Luterbacher, J. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0215.1 Summary for Policymakers In Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (pp. 3-33). Cambridge University Press. Reckien, D. & van Aalst, M. K. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009325844.001 Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Technical Summary . Cambridge University Press. Reckien, D. & van Aalst, M. K. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009325844.002 Research profiles Courses academic year 2023/2024 Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses academic year 2022/2023 
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