Langezijds

prof.dr. D. van der Wal (Daphne)

Full Professor
ITC-WRS
Langezijds 1105
d.vanderwal@utwente.nl
+31534897892
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Daphne van der Wal is full professor Spatial Water Quality and Aquatic Systems in the Department of Water Resources, Faculty of Geo-Information and Earth Observation (ITC) of University of Twente, Enschede. In addition, she is senior scientist at NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, in the Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems, Yerseke.

Her background is in physical geography. She obtained her PhD in 1999 from the University of Amsterdam, and was a postdoctoral research fellow from 1 Oct 1999 until 1 Jan 2002 at Royal Holloway, University of London. In Mar 2002, she started working at the institute in Yerseke, since 2012 the Department of Estuarine and Delta Systems of NIOZ.

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Ancillary activities

  • On behalf of UTPlatform Earth and Environmental Sciences (AMW)
  • on behalf of NIOZ and UTMember Round table NWO ENW Earth and Environmental Sciences
  • NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, NWO-IEmployee (function research leader)

Daphne van der Wal is an expert in earth observation of coastal, estuarine, and delta systems. Using earth observation, her main interest is in understanding the functioning of aquatic systems, with focus on the physical processes in the coastal zone and their interaction with biology. Topics also include the response of aquatic systems to climate change and human impact, as well as risks (e.g., flooding) and services (e.g., nature-based flood risk reduction) of the coastal zone.

Approaches include satellite, airborne and near-surface remote sensing in the optical, radar/SAR, and TIR domain, combined with statistical modelling, use of radiative transfer models, big data analyses.

Key qualifications include: remote sensing, geo-information, spatial patterns, time-series, coastal processes, river-sea interactions, water quality, wetlands, bio-geomorphology, morphology, sediment dynamics, aeolian dynamics, nature-based solutions.

See research output at ORCID and PURE.

Publications

2024

Vegetation traits and biogeomorphic complexity shape the resilience of salt marshes to sea-level rise (2024)Communications Earth & Environment, 5. Article 658. Cornacchia, L., van de Vijsel, R. C., van der Wal, D., Ysebaert, T., Sun, J., van Prooijen, B., de Vet, P. L. M., Liu, Q.-X. & van de Koppel, J.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01829-2Under pressure: Estuarine suspended sediment dynamics in response to hydrodynamic forcings and extreme events (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC). Tavora, J.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036562812Field measurement data of hydrodynamic and morphological processes in the mangrove forest of Lac Bay, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands (2024)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Gijsman, R., Engel, S., van der Wal, D., van Zee, R., Johnson, J., van der Geest, M., Wijnberg, K. M. & Horstman, E. M.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13904522Code to paper "Changing Sea Level, Changing Shorelines: Integration of Remote Sensing Observations at the Terschelling Barrier Island" (2024)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. 4TU.Centre for Research Data. Aschenneller, B., Rietbroek, R. & van der Wal, D.https://doi.org/10.4121/6f8f8535-5b4f-4abb-b0f6-89a6a80c13bfDatasets to paper "Changing Sea Level, Changing Shorelines: Integration of Remote Sensing Observations at the Terschelling Barrier Island" (2024)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. 4TU.Centre for Research Data. Aschenneller, B., Rietbroek, R. & van der Wal, D.https://doi.org/10.4121/fd84a556-e403-48ba-b302-a759b4603fa4High-resolution temporal NDVI data reveal contrasting intratidal, spring-neap and seasonal biomass dynamics in euglenoid- and diatom-dominated biofilms (2024)Science of the total environment, 951. Article 175676 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Bas, D. A., Sabbe, K., van der Wal, D., Dasseville, R., Van Pelt, D. & Meire, P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175676Spatial and temporal variation in long-term sediment accumulation in a back-barrier salt marsh (2024)Geomorphology, 456. Article 109191. Cornacchia, L., Bakker, J. P., Koppenaal, E. C., de Groot, A. V., Olff, H., van de Koppel, J., van der Wal, D. & Bouma, T. J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109191Coastal Flood Risk Reduction by Mangroves: An Engineering Perspective (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Gijsman, R.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036560955Bioturbation by Benthic Stingrays Alters the Biogeomorphology of Tidal Flats (2024)Ecosystems, 27, 493-507. Nauta, J., Leurs, G., Nieuwenhuis, B. O., Mathijssen, D. R. A. H., Olff, H., Bouma, T. J., van der Wal, D., Hijner, N., Regalla, A., Pontes, S. L. & Govers, L. L.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-024-00901-4Critical turbidity thresholds for maintenance of estuarine tidal flats worldwide (2024)Nature geoscience, 17(6), 539-544. Grandjean, T. J., Weenink, R., van der Wal, D., Addink, E. A., Hu, Z., Liu, S., Wang, Z. B., Lin, Y. & Bouma, T. J.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-024-01431-3

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M-GEO Common course Global Challenges, Local Action:

Coordination of The coastal project

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2023/2024

Selection

Project partner in EU HE REWRITE: REWilding and Restoration of InterTidal sediment Ecosystems for carbon sequestration, climate adaptation and biodiversity support,         see doi 10.3030/101081357

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Hallenweg 8
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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