About Lieke Meijer

Lieke Meijer is an expert on the topic of extreme weather impacts. She holds a Master in Earth Sciences: Global Environmental Change and Policy, with a specialization in water management.

In her work she focuses on the impacts of extreme weather on society from the perspective of critical infrastructure and social vulnerability. She performs quantitative impact modeling using Deltares’ RA2CE tool with which she has performed criticality and accessibility analyses for different regions in the world (among which the Netherlands, Mozambique, Nepal and Sint Maarten). She is closely connected to Deltares’ mission work regarding moonshot 2: keeping the world safe from flooding. She additionally focuses on climate adaptation and emergency management and crisis response in relation to extreme weather.