Understanding Mobility and Cities through Simulation, Data Science and Design Thinking.

I am a Data Scientist with a background in transportation science and urban planning. I am from the Netherlands 🇳🇱, but currently I am based in Helsinki, Finland 🇫🇮.

I have always been interested in the ways human behaviour and interaction shapes our built environment. In my worklife and studies, I have specialised myself in understanding the relation between mobility and cities, using methods from different disciplines. In recent years, I have increasingly dedicated myself to quantitative methods in the field of simulation and other data science methods. I like to build advanced tools to study the complexity of cities, but also take on a creative, data driven and visual approach to urban planning problems.

Currently I am working as a data scientist in Ramboll’s Digital Mobility Lab, where I develop and apply transport simulation models and other new digital methods for mobility analytics.

I am experienced with various programming language and tools, transport modelling solutions and geo-spatial software. However, my most preferend language is R. I also like making clear and attractive visualisation using Adobe CS.

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Work experience

2019 -
Data Scientist, Digital Mobility Lab - Ramboll Finland
After acquisition by Ramboll, Strafica’s Data Science team formed Digital Mobility Lab. Amongst others, I spend a large share of my time on the development and application of Brutus, a state-of-the-art individual-level travel demand model.

2018 - 2019
Data Scientist, Strafica
Strafica was a leading Finnish transport and infrastructure planning consultancy firm. It has been acquired by Ramboll.

2014 - 2018
Urban planner and designer, PosadMaxwan
Within PosadMaxwan I was involved in various research-by-design projects on the spatial impacts of smart mobility, various planning phases of a large-scale highway redevelopment and more. I furthermore participated in the development of two different models that determine the potential of reneweable energy both in the landscape and in the built environment.

Education

Msc.
Civil Engineering, track Transport & Planning, Delft University of Technology Cum Laude

Msc.
Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences, track Urbanism, Delft University of Technology Cum Laude

Papers and presentations

2020 (and upcoming)

• Detailed Cycling Simulation and Planning with Brutus: an Individual-Level Travel Demand Model, Presentation - Velo-city 2020, 5 Jun 2020, Lubljana, Slovenia
• Macro and Micro: Development of a Hybrid Travel Demand Model with Aggregate Gravity and Individual-Level Activity-Based Approaches, Co-authored conference paper/poster presentation - Transport Research Arena 2020, Apr 2020, Helsinki, Finland
• Modellering och Prognosis av Cykelresor I Växjö, Presentation - TransportForum 2020, 10 Jan 2020, Linköping, Sweden

2019

• Development of a Hybrid Travel Demand Model Combining Agent-Based Microscopic and Gravity-Based Macroscopic Approaches, Co-authored conference paper/presentation - European Transport Conference 2019, 11 Oct 2019, Dublin, Ireland
• The Spatial Impacts of Self-Driving Vehicles: Challenges for Finnish Towns and Cities, Presentation - Liikenne ja Määnkäyttö 2019 (Traffic and Land-use), 09 Oct 2019, Helsinki, Finland