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Maarten Kleinhans is a Professor of Biogeomorphology at Utrecht University, where he also serves as the Director of Education. His research focuses on the interaction between water, sand, and vegetation within rivers, estuaries, and coastal systems, exploring how these dynamics create living landscapes and influence sediment patterns. Kleinhans aims to understand the processes that shape these environments through innovative methodologies, including replicating models and conducting experiments in tidal flume facilities. He shares his findings with society and industry through open access publications, lectures, and workshops, notably the annual Christiaan Brunings lecture. His main research interests include estuarine dynamics, the impacts of climate change and sea-level rise, river channel patterns, sediment sorting, and even planetary morphology as seen on Mars. His work is grounded in a deep understanding of the philosophical and historical contexts of earth and geoscience practice.
Department of Psychology