Marijke Huysmans is Associate Professor in Groundwater Hydrology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels in Belgium since 2012 (Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Water&Climate Research Group). She holds a degree in Mining Engineering and a PhD in Geology. Her research focuses on groundwater modelling, geostatistics, drought, groundwater-surface water interaction, climate adaptation measures and sustainable groundwater management. Her research group combines field work, groundwater modelling, model development and geostatistics for assessing groundwater reserves, groundwater recharge, interaction between surface water and groundwater, sustainable groundwater management and potential for shallow geothermal energy. She has been President of IAH-Belgium “the Belgian chapter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists” from 2016 to 2020. She is also very active in science communication and outreach on groundwater and drought to the general public. She is co-author of a children’s book of water that has been translated into seven languages. She is also active as a policy advisor and was named by the non-profit organisation InspiringFifty Belgium as one of the 50 top female role models in the technology sector in 2022.
