Horst Complex
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prof.dr. R.W.M.R.J.B. Ranasinghe (Rosh)

Professor (Part-time)
ET-CEM-WS
Horst Complex
r.w.m.r.j.ranasinghe@utwente.nl
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For my full profile please visit my IHE Delft homepage.

Expertise

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Model
    • Coast
    • Investigation
    • Beach
    • Climate Change
    • Sea Level Rise
    • Tidal Inlet
    • Erosion

Organisations

Ancillary activities

  • DeltaresResearch
  • IHE DelftResearch and education

Publications

2026

A three-dimensional process-based morphodynamic model on orthogonal unstructured grids for coastal applications (2026)Coastal engineering, 204, 104915. Reyns, J., Jagers, B., Ranasinghe, R., Kernkamp, H. & Roelvink, D.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2025.104915

2025

Parameter uncertainty in medium-term coastal morphodynamic modeling (2025)Scientific reports, 15(1). Article 18471 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Kroon, A., Christiaanse, J. C., Luijendijk, A. P., Schipper, M. A. d. & Ranasinghe, R.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02300-8A country-level comparison of present-day coastal vulnerability to coastal flooding and erosion (2025)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] NCK Days 2025. Basnayake, V., Duong, T. M., Ranasinghe, R., Almar, R. & Wijnberg, K. M.On the time lag between sea-level rise and basin infilling at tidal inlets (2025)Scientific reports, 15(1). Article 4231. Ranasinghe, R., Wang, Z. B., Bamunawala, J. & Duong, T. M.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-86699-0

2024

Coastal hardening and what it means for the world’s sandy beaches (2024)Nature communications, 15(1). Article 10626. Nawarat, K., Reyns, J., Vousdoukas, M. I., Duong, T. M., Kras, E. & Ranasinghe, R.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54952-1An Assessment of the Tipping Point Behavior for Shoreline Retreat: A PCR Model Application at Vung Tau Beach, Vietnam (2024)Journal of marine science and engineering, 12(12). Article 2141. Wang, X., Dastgheib, A., Reyns, J., Li, F., Duong, T. M., Zhang, W., Sun, Q. & Ranasinghe, R.https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12122141Storm surges and extreme sea levels: Review, establishment of model intercomparison and coordination of surge climate projection efforts (SurgeMIP). (2024)Weather and climate extremes, 45. Article 100689. Bernier, N. B., Hemer, M., Mori, N., Appendini, C. M., Breivik, O., de Camargo, R., Casas-Prat, M., Duong, T. M., Haigh, I. D., Howard, T., Hernaman, V., Huizy, O., Irish, J. L., Kirezci, E., Kohno, N., Lee, J.-W., McInnes, K. L., Meyer, E. M. I., Marcos, M., … Zhang, Y. J.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2024.100689Global Coastal Characteristics (GCC): A global dataset of geophysical, hydrodynamic, and socioeconomic coastal indicators (2024)Earth system science data, 16(7), 3433-3452. Athanasiou, P., van Dongeren, A., Pronk, M., Giardino, A., Vousdoukas, M. & Ranasinghe, R.https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-3433-2024On detailed representation of flood defences and flow-wave coupling in coastal flood modelling (2024)npj Natural Hazards, 1(1). Article 16. Duong, T. M., Meynadier, R., Ranasinghe, R., Diaz Loaiza, M. A., Bricker, J. D., Reyns, J., Luijendijk, A. & Bamunawala, J.https://doi.org/10.1038/s44304-024-00016-9

2023

Small Island Developing States under threat by rising seas even in a 1.5 °C warming world (2023)Nature Sustainability, 6(12), 1552-1564. Vousdoukas, M. i., Athanasiou, P., Giardino, A., Mentaschi, L., Stocchino, A., Kopp, R. e., Menéndez, P., Beck, M. w., Ranasinghe, R. & Feyen, L.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01230-5

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Courses academic year 2025/2026

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Courses academic year 2024/2025

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University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20)
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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