Ludvik Georgsson

INSTITUTE:

UNU-GTP

OFFICE:

Orkustofnun, Grensasvegi 9, IS-108 Reykjavik, Iceland

E-MAIL:

PHONE:

+354 569-6079

NATIONALITY:

Iceland

Education

M.Sc., Engineering Physics, Technical University of Lund (Sweden)

Biographical Statement

Lúdvík S. Georgsson was born in Iceland 1949. Since 1990, he has been Deputy Director of the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP), Orkustofnun – National Energy Authority, in Reykjavik, with the main responsibilities of planning, academic and financial management of the 6-month training.

From 1975-1990 he served as a geophysicist at the Geothermal Division of Orkustofnun, with responsibilities in the exploration of geothermal systems, both of low-enthalpy and high-enthalpy type and was manager of many exploration projects.

He has been the editor of the UNU-GTP annual yearbook, Geothermal Training in Iceland, from its first publication in 1994 (ISSN 1670-7400).  Mr. Georgsson also serves as project leader of annual short courses on geothermal exploration and development, held both in Kenya and in El Salvador, which have been Iceland’s contribution to the UN Millennium Development Goals.  He undertakes missions and site visits for the UNU-GTP to many countries of Africa, Asia, Central America, and Eastern Europe.