Elco Koks
Associate Professor
Zoeterwoude, South Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolElco Koks is an Associate Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam specializing in disaster impact modeling, critical infrastructure resilience, network analysis, and macroeconomic impact assessment. With eight years of focused experience and a PhD in Environmental Studies, he develops integrated frameworks that link natural hazard models to economy-wide and interregional consequences, particularly for industrial and transport systems. He leads Horizon Europe and H2020 work packages and regularly advises the World Bank and Asian Development Bank on climate adaptation for infrastructure. A VENI grant recipient, he combines academic leadership—supervising eight PhD students—with practical projects for major ports and international consortia. His open-source disaster impact models on GitHub reflect a commitment to reproducible, operational tools that bridge research and policy.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, STREEM (Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics), MSc, STREEM (Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics) at Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Studies, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Environmental Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)VWO, E&M, VWO, E&M at MendelcollegeUniversity Teaching Qualification, University Teaching Qualification at VU University Amsterdam
Dutch, English, German
Github Skills (16)
python8
network-graph5
mathematics4
data-extraction4
network-analysis4
risk-assessment4
parallel3
climate-science3
complex-networks3
graph-algorithms3
openstreetmap3
graph-theory3
igraph3
pandas2
geos1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ElcoK/osm_clipper
Jul 2020 - Jun 2021
Small python tool to clip pre-defined areas from large osm.pbf files.
Contributions:1 release, 19 commits, 2 PRs in 11 months
python
VU-IVM/BigData_AED
Nov 2022 - Mar 2026
Contributions:2 PRs, 187 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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