FAST HAZARD
Name of partner
Description
Fast Hazard is a climate-tech company based in the Netherlands that specialises in rapid, scientifically grounded modelling of climatological threats to help organisations and communities understand, anticipate, and respond to natural hazards such as floods and landslides. The company emerged as a spin-off from research at the University of Twente and integrates academic rigour with practical applications designed for risk assessment, adaptation planning, and disaster preparedness.
Role :
In the EUROSION project, Fast Hazard will support the University of Twente (UT) with WP4, which is the Design and development of multi-scale process-based soil erosion models. Fast Hazard will mainly focus on the water erosion model. Along with this, Fast Hazard will also support the calibration, sensitivity analysis and validation of the Erosion models.
Bastian van den Bout
CEO
Legal signatory and technical lead for the EUROSION project. Core research interest includes physically based, multi-hazard modelling, with a strong emphasis on translating fundamental physics into rapid, operational simulations.
Faheed Jasin Kolaparambil
Climate hazards consultant
Project manager and contact person for the EUROSION project. Core research areas include extreme weather events, climate analysis and physically based modelling of hydrometeorological hazards.
Katherine van Roon
Climate hazards consultant
Technical manager for the EUROSION project. Research topic includes using spatial data and advanced modelling to improve hazard prediction through ensemble forecast integration, uncertainty analysis, and spatial techniques that support disaster risk reduction and resilience planning.
David Meijvogel
COO
Administrative manager for the EUROSION project. Research interest lies at the intersection of climate risk assessment, urban climate resilience, and applied adaptation strategies.