Personalia

Name: Elmer Niels Ruigrok

Born: January 14th, 1981, Eindhoven, NL

Nationality: Dutch

Excerpt of educational and professional experience

from 2026:        80% Senior Seismologist at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Insititute (KNMI), De Bilt, NL

                          20% Senior Fellow at the Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL                         

2016 – 2025 :    80% Senior Seismologist at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Insititute (KNMI), De Bilt, NL

                          20% Assistant Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL                         

                          (Secondment from KNMI to UU) 

2014 – 2015 :    PostDoc at the Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL

Autumn 2014 : Visiting PostDoc at the Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JP

2012 – 2014 :    PostDoc at the Department of Geoscience & Engineering, Delft University of technology, Delft, NL

2007 – 2012 :    Ph.D. student at the Department of Geotechology, Delft University of technology, Delft, NL

Summer 2011 : Study visit to Physics Acoustics Lab, Boise State University, Boise, ID, US

Summer 2010 : Research internship at Shell International Exploration & Production B.V., Rijswijk, NL

Autumn 2008 :  Work visit to Saudi Aramco EXPEC Advanced Research Centre, Dhahran, SA

Summer 2007 : Research internship at Schlumberger Doll Research, Cambridge, MA, US

1999 – 2006 :    M.Sc. in Applied Geophysics, B.Sc. in Applied Earth Sciences, both at the Delft University of Technology, Delft, NL

Spring 2006 :    Study visit to MIT Earth Resources Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, US

Summer 2004 : Research internship at Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, UK

2003 :                 Erasmus exchange, Montanuniversität Leoben, Leoben, AT

2000 – 2001 :    Treasurer of AEGEE-Delft, Delft, NL

1993 – 1999 :    A-level secondary education (VWO) at Sint Willibrord Gymnasium, Deurne, NL