Summary
Elco Luijendijk is an Associate Professor of hydrogeology at the University of Bergen with 15 years of experience studying groundwater behavior over geological timescales and its coupling to geological and hydrological processes. He combines field-based geoscience insights with advanced numerical modeling, having developed new codes and inverse models for basin thermal history, fluid flow and continental-scale groundwater dynamics. His work spans academia and applied research—from PhD work reconstructing the Roer Valley Graben thermal evolution to postdoctoral and consultancy projects on submarine groundwater discharge, recharge estimation, and sustainable groundwater use. Known for designing open geoscientific model and data-analysis software, he brings both theoretical rigor and practical tools to address long-term subsurface change. Based in Bergen, Norway, he blends basin-scale thermochronology with modern computational approaches to reveal hidden drivers of groundwater systems.
15 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Hydrogeology & thermochronology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Hydrogeology & thermochronology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Drs., Earth science, hydrogeology, Drs., Earth science, hydrogeology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)