Summary
Tristan Van Leeuwen is a Professor of Computational Inverse Problems and leader of the Computational Imaging group at CWI, with a decade of focused research and academic leadership in inverse problems, tomography, and numerical optimization. He holds a PhD in geophysics from Delft University and an MSc in Computational Science from Utrecht, and his career includes postdoctoral work at UBC and a long assistant professorship at Utrecht University. Tristan bridges applied geophysics and computational imaging, developing algorithms that turn noisy measurement data into actionable images and models. Known for combining rigorous mathematical foundations with practical algorithm design, he directs collaborative projects that span academia and research labs in the Randstad. An often-overlooked strength is his sustained focus on translating theoretical inverse-problem advances into implementable computational tools used by interdisciplinary teams.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
MSc., Computational Science, MSc., Computational Science at Universiteit Utrecht
PhD., geophysics, PhD., geophysics at Delft University of Technology
Dutch, English