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Research titles and researchers
2025-2029
NL2120: Assessing the effects of nature-based solutions in small Dutch riversNicholas (PhD), Augustijn (Promotor), Kitsikoudis (Daily supervisor)
SOURCE: Practical Modeling of Shoreface Nourishments along the Dutch CoastShah (PhD), Hulscher (promotor), Duong (supervisor), vd Werf (supervisor)
NL2120: Modelling the behaviour of river bed dynamics to support Nature-based solutionsMedina (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Warmink, Bogatinoska
2025-2027
LIVING ON THE EDGE: Living dikes for nature-based flood risk mitigation - the development, protective function and resilience of tidal marshesStoorvogel (PD), Hulscher (supervisor), Borsje (supervisor), Horstman (supervisor)
2024-2028
SALTGARDEN: Understanding biodiverse salt marsh hydrodynamics, sediment transport and microplastics trapping through numerical modelling of biogeophysical feedbackMeijer (PhD), Wijnberg (promotor), Horstman (Daily supervisor)
SOURCE: Exploration of Using Non-native Sediments for Coastal NourishmentsPoursoleymanzdeh (PhD), Wijnberg (promotor), Horstman (Daily supervisor), van der Werf (Daily supervisor)
BANX: Understanding tidal sandbank dynamics and impacts of sand extraction in sediment-scarce environmentsGeerts (PhD), Hulscher (promotor), Roos
AdaptCoast – Modelling long-term morphological effects of intermittent human activities on beach-dune systemsFlorentina (PhD), Wijnberg (Promotor), Campmans
Dike erosion due to wave overtopping: Erosion of the clay layer after failure of the grass covervd Vegt (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Warmink, Hofland, v. Bergeijk
2023-2027
Action perspectives on climate extremes in the Dutch river delta: system-level impacts and mitigation measuresWelsch (PhD), Augustijn (Promotor), Hulscher (Co-promotor), Warmink
Understanding the behaviour of scour holes and developing mitigation measuresOldenhof (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Bomers, Warmink
SEDIMARE Project: Sand-mud mixtures transportNguyen (PhD), Roos (Promotor), v.d. Werf
SEDIMARE: Morphodynamics of tidal basins using subgrid modelling: role of bank erosionWang, S. (PhD), Roos (Promotor), Soares-Frazao, Volp
OR ELSE project: effect of large-scale sand extractions on sand wavesPloeg (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Borsje, Roos
Global coastal vulnerability index (CVI) assessment for present and futureBasnayake (PhD), Wijnberg (Promotor), Duong, Ranasinghe, Almar
INREEF: Interdisciplinary program to build the resilience of marine protected areas in tourism destinationsFaizal (PhD), Wijnberg (Promotor), Ranasinghe (Promotor), Horstman, Vermeulen, Kujawa
2022-2026
MELODY project: physical sand transport processes in the lower shorefaceFrankemölle (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), van der Werf
Development of Machine Learning Applications for Real-Time River Flood ForecastingBesseling (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Bomers, Warmink
Living on the edge: Biogeomorphic evolution of salt marshes under wave and tidal forcingDzimballa (PhD), Augustijn (Promotor), Borsje, Kitsikoudis
MELODY project: Scale interactions of sand waves on the lower shorefacePortos Amill (PhD), Roos (Promotor), Hulscher (Promotor), Damveld
Nature-based flood protection by Living Dikes: modelling salt marsh dynamics and coastal safetySipma (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Warmink (Daily Supervisor), Duong (Co-Supervisor)
Wave damping, sediment trapping and salt-intrusion mitigation by estuarine ecosystem engineering speciesBootsma (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), van der Wal (Promotor), Borsje (Co-Promotor)
Living Dikes: Stability of saltmarshes under extreme hydrodynamic forcingMuller (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Borsje, van der Werf
2021-2025
From micro to macro scale: from sand grain behaviour to emergent coastal dune propertiesWang (PhD), Wijnberg (Promotor), Campmans, Weinhart, Luding, Thornton
2021-2026
Seacode project: Efficient modelling of sand wave field dynamics for engineering purposesOveres (PhD), Hulscher (Promotor), Borsje, Luijendijk
