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About Floris van Rees

Floris van Rees is a physical geographer with expertise in the interactions between abiotic environments and ecosystem functioning, particularly in coastal systems. He holds an MSc degree focusing on the role of vegetation growth strategies in mangroves and salt marshes for tidal channel initiation and the resultant drainage efficiencies of wetlands. Currently pursuing a part-time PhD, his research centers on sandy island genesis and the influence of allochthonous nutrient subsidies on sedimentation-vegetation dynamics. In this role, he has supervised numerous Bachelor’s and Master’s students, fostering academic growth and research excellence.

As a researcher at Deltares, Floris has contributed over five years to projects on nature-based solutions (NBS) in coastal systems. His work spans system understanding and guideline development for NBS, numerical modeling, and machine learning applications for habitat suitability mapping of biogenic reefs. These projects combined desk studies with international fieldwork campaigns in the USA, Europe, and Asia.

Floris combines an academic mindset with a pragmatic approach to research and applications. His leadership experience includes serving as a member of the Young Board of the Central European Dredging Association (CEDA), further demonstrating his ability to bridge scientific rigor and practical implementation.

Publications

  1. Google Scholar

  2. Influence of re-circulation dredging on fluid mud dynamics in seaport Emden

    Van Rees, F., Shakeel, A., & Kirichek, A. (2022)

  3. Effect of air exposure time on erodibility of intertidal mud flats. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, 1393262. Frontiers Media SA.

    Van Rees, F. F., Hanssen, J., Gamberoni, S., Talmon, A. M., & van Kessel, T. (2024).

  4. Birds influence vegetation coverage and structure on sandy biogeomorphic islands in the Dutch Wadden Sea.

    Science of the Total Environment, 950, 175254. Elsevier.

    Reijers, V. C., van Rees, F., van der Heide, T., Oost, A. P., Ruessink, G., Koffijberg, K., Camphuysen, K. C. J., Penning, E., Hijner, N., & Govers, L. L. (2024).

  5. Salt marshes create more extensive channel networks than mangroves.

    Nature Communications, 13(1), 2017. Nature Publishing Group UK London.

    Schwarz, C., van Rees, F., Xie, D., Kleinhans, M. G., & van Maanen, B. (2022).

  6. Community Building at Honors Programs in Continental Europe.

    Honors in Practice, 11, 93-109. ERIC.

    Brinkel, N., van Rees, F., Ruis, M., & Sloots, F. (2015).

  7. Case study assessment examining wholistic effects of deploying worms and plants into oil sands tailings.

    Chigbo, C., Schoonmaker, A., Xu, B., Walton-Sather, K., Kaminsky, H., Collins, V., Sun, S., de Lucas Pardo, M., & van Rees, F.

  8. IOSI PROJECT FINAL TECHNICAL REPORT.

    De Lucas Pardo, M. A., van Rees, F., Kuznetsov, P., Ulrich, A., Yuan, S., & Nik, S. R. M. (2021).

  9. Abiotic origins of self-organized ridge-runnel patterns on tidal flats.

    Limnology and Oceanography, 69(6), 1378-1389. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, USA.

    Fivash, G. S., Stoorvogel, M. M., de Smit, J. C., van Rees, F., van Dalen, J., Grandjean, T. J., van de Vijsel, R. C., Bouma, T. J., Temmerman, S., & van Belzen, J. (2024).

  10. Data & Scripts underlying the publication: Abiotic origins of self-organized ridge-runnel patterns on tidal flats.

    Fivash, G. S., Stoorvogel, M., de Smit, J., van Rees, F., van Dalen, J., Grandjean, T., van de Vijsel, R., Bouma, T., Temmerman, S., & van Belzen, J. (2023).

  11. Investigation of the microbiology in fluid mud of Seaport Emden (‚Emden-FM ‘) Contract no. 3F1910.

    Gebert, J., Deon, F., Shakeel, A., Kirichek, A., Perner, M., Böhnke-Brandt, S., Krohn, I., Bergmann, L., van Rees, F., & de Lucas Pardo, M. (2023).

  12. Mapping reef forming north sea species.

    Report Deltares 11207716--000-ZKS, 1, 40.

    Herman, P. M. J., & Van Rees, F. F. (2022).

  13. Effect of Oligochaete worms on the permeability of Fluid Fine Tailings and Thickened Tailings under operational parameters: consequences for dewatering and strengthening.

    Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering.

    Pardo, M. de L., Sittoni, L., van Kessel, T., Herman, P., Hanssen, J., van Rees, F., Buffarini, L., Le Galeze, S., Kuznetsov, P., & Ulrich, A. (2024).

  14. LESSONS LEARNED, AND PITFALLS TO AVOID IN MODERN RHEOMETRY.

    Talmon, A., Meshkati, E., & van Rees, F.

Projects

  1. Mandai Mangrove Park Construction

    Client: Tembusu Asia Consulting Pte Ltd. - Singapore

    Main project features: Scenario computations in Delft-3D on the construction of a mangrove park in Singapore under sea-level rise scenarios.

    Positions held: Researcher

    Activities performed: Numerical modelling, reporting, project management.

    Singapore, 2024

  2. Dunefront

    Client: European Union

    Main project features: EU project on the implementation of dune-dyke systems to enhance both coastal safety as biodiversity.

    Positions held: Researcher

    Activities performed: The construction of a digital twin by combing alongshore- and crossshore models for sediment transport.

    EU, 2023-present

  3. Biogenic reef suitability in the North Sea

    Client: Rijkswaterstaat (RIZA)

    Main project features: Establishing suitability maps for shell fish reefs in the North Sea.

    Positions held: Data analyst

    Activities performed: Performing machine learning and regression techniques to compute habitat suitability for the four most common reef-forming shellfish species in the North Sea.

    The Netherlands, 2023-2024

  4. IOSI Worms and Plant to re-generate old tar sand plains In Alberta

    Institute for Oil Sands Innovation

    Project: Evaluating the use of several worm and plant species for detoxifying and dewatering oil sand tailings to ultimately reforest former tailing ponds in Albera, Canada.

    Activities performed: Scientific explorations and project management in coordination with NAIT, and Queen Mary University of London.

    Canada, United Kingdom, 2020-2022

  5. Sediment to Soil

    Client: Jan de Nul nv

    Main project features: Using polycheate worms to dewater, and detoxify dredged material.

    Positions held: Researcher

    Activities performed: Perform numerous experiments to better the performance of biological agents to better dredged material for circular use.

    Belgium, 2020-2022

  6. Building With Nature Indonesia

    Wetlands International, Stichting Ecoshape - Building with Nature

    Main project features: Reducing coastal retreat by mangrove restoration.

    Positions held: Researcher

    Activities performed: Constructing technical guidelines for implementation of nature-based solutions. Data analysis of mangrove recruitment with respect to sedimentation regimes.

    Indonesia, 2019-2020

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