Cornelis Kasse received his PhD on Early Pleistocene tidal and fluvial environments in relation to climate change at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 1988. He worked as an associate professor at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam from 1988 until 2022 and after his retirement as guest lecturer. His research topics mainly include quaternary geomorphology and sedimentology, fluvial and aeolian sedimentary environments in relation to climate change.