Erik Van Sebille
Professor at NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Randstad, Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolErik Van Sebille is a professor of oceanography and public engagement who blends frontier research on ocean circulation and marine plastics with hands-on open‑source software development. He leads a major NWO Vici project on multiscale transport of macroplastics and is the originator and lead developer of the widely used OceanParcels Lagrangian simulator and the interactive PlasticAdrift.org visualization. With a track record of over 150 papers co-authored by 500+ collaborators and high-profile awards (AGU Macelwane, EGU Outstanding Young Scientist), he is a sought-after communicator who has given 400+ media interviews. His work uniquely spans rigorous numerical modelling, field observations, and the societal role of scientists through Open Science and public engagement. Based in the Netherlands, he combines global research experience across Europe, the USA, Australia and the UK with active advisory roles to national institutes and NGOs.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Physics, Meterology and Physical Oceanography, MSc, Physics, Meterology and Physical Oceanography at Utrecht University
Dutch, English
Github Skills (13)
unit-testing10
develop10
pytest10
unit-test10
python10
testing10
cicd9
githubaction-workflow9
github-ci9
mpi7
c176
c116
zarr5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
OceanParcels/Parcels
Sep 2015 - Jan 2023
Main code for Parcels (Probably A Really Computationally Efficient Lagrangian Simulator)
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & QA Engineer
Back-end Developer & QA EngineerContributions:30 releases, 387 reviews, 2699 commits in 7 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Erik's commits primarily focus on improving the testing and functionality of the `Parcels` library. They have updated Windows and macOS test scripts and added new unit tests. Additionally, the user has refactored and enhanced existing code by implementing and fixing various kernel interactions. Their work has contributed to improving stability, maintainability, and code coverage within the repository.
parcelssimulationsimulatoratmosphereplanets
OceanParcels/TOPIOS
Dec 2017 - Aug 2023
Repository holding website and other information on the TOPIOS project
Contributions:4 reviews, 5 PRs, 164 pushes in 5 years 8 months
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