| Birth Place: | Netherlands |
| Workplaces: | Stanford University |
| Alma Mater: | Stanford University, Delft University of Technology |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Joseph E. Oliger |
| Thesis Title: | Designing an Efficient Solution Strategy for Fluid Flows |
| Thesis Year: | 1997 |
Margot Geertrui Gerritsen is a professor of Energy Resources Engineering at Stanford University and a senior associate dean for educational initiatives in the Stanford University School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences. Her research interests include energy production, ocean dynamics, and sailboat design.
Gerritsen was born in the Netherlands. She earned a master's degree at Delft University of Technology. She completed her doctorate in 1996 in scientific computing and computational mathematics at Stanford, under the supervision of Joseph Oliger. Between 1996-2001, she was a faculty member in the Department of Engineering Science in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] Gerritsen then worked at the University of Auckland before rejoining Stanford as a faculty member in 2001.
She was named a SIAM Fellow in 2018.