Welcome! My group tries to make a contribution to understand the physics of the large-scale ocean circulation and
the role of the ocean in the climate system through fundamental studies using concepts and methods from complex systems science.
Professor of Dynamical Oceanography, Department of Physics, Utrecht University
Director of the Centre for Complex Systems Studies, Utrecht University
Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Buys Ballot Building 661 Phone: +31-30-2532306 Fax: +31-30-2543163
email: h.a.dijkstra at uu.nl
1996: Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, PIONIER award
2002: Member Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences
2005: Lewis Fry Richardson Medal, European Geosciences Union (EGU)
2009: Fellow Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
2021: ERC Advanced Grant (European Research Council)
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Henk A. Dijkstra, Prof. dr. ir.
Professor of Dynamical Oceanography, Department of Physics, Utrecht University
Director of the Centre for Complex Systems Studies, Utrecht University
Contact Information
Princetonplein 5, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
Buys Ballot Building 661 Phone: +31-30-2532306 Fax: +31-30-2543163
email: h.a.dijkstra at uu.nl
Honors and Awards
1996: Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, PIONIER award
2002: Member Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences
2005: Lewis Fry Richardson Medal, European Geosciences Union (EGU)
2009: Fellow Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
2021: ERC Advanced Grant (European Research Council)
Curriculum Vitae (updated 1-1-2022)
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News
July 2023: ClimTip proposal (Horizon-Europe) fundedAugust 2023: Book Bifurcation of Fluid Flows (Fred Wubs and Henk Dijkstra, CUP) published.
September 2023: eTAOC project start (funded by NL eScience Centre)