Ivo Pothof

Mr. Ivo Pothof (PhD, MSc, 1972) is principal investigator at Deltares and leading the R&D portfolio on Energy Transition and GHG emissions and storage. He identifies innovations and has initiated multiple strategic R&D projects in the cross-over between water, renewable energy and smart control of water and energy infrastructure. Mr. Pothof has a background as an industrial hydrodynamics specialist at Deltares. Joining Delft Hydraulics (currently Deltares) in 1997, he became specialist in fluid transients, optimal control of pipeline systems and air-water pipe flows. His book chapter on transients in water supply systems has been downloaded over 8,000 times worldwide. His current interests include smart control of water infrastructure with increasing shares of solar and wind energy and strategic subsurface storage of water for drinking water and district cooling.