Prof. Dr. Maarten Kleinhans: Professor of rivers and deltas, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Water, sand and vegetation… Rivers, deltas and coasts have dynamic patterns of sand, mud and vegetation. These patterns are colourful, energetic, alive, and important to society. On planet Mars, the remains of rivers and deltas tell the story of a dry and frozen planet. My group aims to understand how these patterns form and change by replicating them in sand box experiments and computer models and by analysis of natural patterns.
- The Netherlands is not a delta: https://www.shellsandpebbles.com/2024/01/22/dutch-deltaification/
- My invention enables ebb and flood on the small scale of a laboratory sand box: www.uu.nl/metronome
- Short movies of my group on our research: https://bruningslecture.nl/previous/2020-2/
- Thinking about non-humans in the Embassy of the North Sea: https://www.ambassadevandenoordzee.nl/projecten/toekomst-van-de-delta/