Eirik Keilegavlen
Senior Researcher at University of Bergen
Bergen, Vestland, Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolEirik Keilegavlen is a senior researcher and applied mathematician with 13 years of experience developing simulation technology for deformable porous media, focused on geothermal energy and subsurface CO2 storage. He combines deep expertise in multiphysics modeling, numerical methods, and scientific computing with hands-on open-source engineering as the initiator and lead developer of PorePy. Based at the University of Bergen, he supervises Master’s and PhD candidates and collaborates across geology and chemistry to turn theoretical methods into practical simulation tools. His work spans multiscale processes, robust linear and nonlinear solvers, and fast numerical methods for reservoir problems. Eirik has also contributed to prominent community tooling—enhancing meshio to support complex VTU polyhedral cell types and face data—bridging academic research and widely used software. Colleagues describe him as a pragmatic problem-solver who translates rigorous math into usable, extensible code for real-world subsurface challenges.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Applied Mathematics, Reservoir mechanics, PhD, Applied Mathematics, Reservoir mechanics at University of Bergen (UiB)Master's Degree, Applied Mathematics Hydrodynamics, Master's Degree, Applied Mathematics Hydrodynamics at University of BergenBachelor's Degree, Mathematics, Bachelor's Degree, Mathematics at University of Bergen
Github Skills (7)
mathematics10
mesh10
math10
python10
mesh-processing10
numpy9
vtk8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
nschloe/meshio
May 2020 - Oct 2020
:spider_web: input/output for many mesh formats
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 reviews, 31 commits, 3 PRs in 4 months
Contributions summary:Eirik primarily focused on enhancing the `meshio` library's capabilities, specifically regarding the import/export of mesh formats. Their work included implementing support for VTU (Visualization Toolkit Unstructured) polygon and polyhedron cell types, involving modifications to the reader and writer components. They also introduced a data structure to handle face information within polyhedral cells, incorporating relevant tests to validate these enhancements.
meshinput-outputpythonpypispider
pmgbergen/fvbiot
May 2017 - Nov 2019
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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