The IMAGE team

Detlef van Vuuren is responsible for the TIMER model. With a background in environmental studies and chemistry, he has specialized himself in modelling energy scenarios and the consequences for related environmental and sustainable development issues. He was a Lead Author of IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report and is currently involved in the development of new IPCC scenarios.

Coming from a background in analytical chemistry and environmental studies, Bas Eickhout is responsible for the integration of IMAGE, together with Bart Strengers and Detlef van Vuuren. His main work focusses on the development of the Atmospheric Ocean System of IMAGE 2.2. He left the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency in 2009 in order to take up a seat in the European Parliament.

Lex Bouwman, a soil scientist, has been working for 15 years on inventories of global land-use emissions and models for agricultural production. For IMAGE 2.2, he has contributed to the Terrestrial Environment System and is responsible for the Land-Use Emissions model.

Eric Kreileman has been responsible for the integration of IMAGE for more than 10 years. With his mathematical background, he has played an important role in constantly improving IMAGE. He currently holds a position as Sr Proces Analist at ASML.

Michiel Schaeffer, with his background in biophysics, focuses his research on climate-biosphere interactions, with an emphasis on climate variability and extreme events. Consequently, he was involved in improving the Atmospheric Ocean System of IMAGE 2.2. He is currently affiliated with Environmental System Analysis, Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR) and is one of the founders of Climate Analytics.

Rineke Oostenrijk has a background in ICT and is responsible for visualisation of the IMAGE scenarios and supporting IT tools. She is responsible for the User Support System of IMAGE 2.2 and the full implementation of this version.

Bert de Vries has a background in chemistry and environmental science and extensive experience in scenario development and analysis. He functioned as coordinator of the energy model in IMAGE (TIMER) and the IPCC Emission Scenarios. He was a lead author in the IPCC Working Group III of the Third Assessment Report. He holds a part-time position as professor at Utrecht University

Michel den Elzen has a background in mathematics, with long-standing experience in integrated assessment modelling and its applications in policy analysis. He is responsible for the TIMER emissions model and contributed to the improvement of the Atmospheric Ocean System of IMAGE 2.2.

Rik Leemans is responsible for the development of the IMAGE model. His research tasks include assessing the vulnerability of eco- and agrosystems to environmental change and developing appropriate models to accomplish this task. He was also a lead author of the IPCC Working Group I and II of the Third Assessment Report. He currently holds a position as professor at Wageningen University.

Bart Strengers is computer scientist with many years experience at RIVM in integrated assessment projects, both at global and European levels. He is responsible for the integration of IMAGE, in particular with respect to the Terrestrial Environment System of IMAGE 2.2.

Johannes Bollen handles the economic aspects of climate change policies in cooperation with economists at the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). He is responsible for the Worldscan economy model.

With a mathematical background, Henk Hilderink has specialized himself in demography. His expertise is on the area of integrated and interdisciplinary population modelling on a global and regional scale. He is responsible for the Phoenix population model of IMAGE 2.2.