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My research focuses on flow-body interaction and on the way turbulence affects flows and sediment transport in rivers and estuaries. I am interested in fundamental hydrodynamic processes and their intertwined relationship with sediment and biota in interdisciplinary studies in the context of environmental fluid mechanics and ecohydraulics. I do mostly experimental research, both in the field and in the laboratory.
I joined the University of Twente as an Assistant Professor in the summer of 2020. Before that, I did research on urban hydraulics at the University of Liege in Belgium, on flows at restored oyster reefs and stabilized shorelines at the University of Central Florida in the USA, on flow-body-sediment interaction with laboratory flume experiments at Istanbul Technical University in Turkey and at the University of Glasgow in the UK, and on machine learning modeling of sediment transport and flow resistance in rivers at Democritus University of Thrace in Greece.
Organisations Publications 3D numerical modelling of flow exchanges between flooded streets and residential blocks during urban flooding in an idealized district (2025) Journal of hydrology, 658 . Article 133150. Li, X., Yu, S., Kitsikoudis, V. , Dellinger, G., Chen, L., Erpicum, S., Guiot, L., Lai, C. & Dewals, B.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133150 SALTGARDEN: enabling resilient salt marshes in the Wadden Sea (2025) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] Coastal Zone Canada Conference 2025 . Horstman, E. M., Paul, M., Bunzel, D., Borsje, B. W., Kitsikoudis, V. , van Loon-Steensma, J. M., Rehdanz, K., Riekhof, M.-C., Sander, L., Schwermer, H., van der Wal, D. & Wijnberg, K. M. https://czc2025.exordo.com/programme/presentation/319 Development of a dashboard for management of saltwater intrusion in the Haringvliet Estuary (2025) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] NCR DAYS 2025 . Reyes Castillo, M., Kitsikoudis, V. , Blaas, M., van Leeuwen, B., Bom, S. & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. http://ncr_bundle_template_2025_compressed.pdf Lateral edge retreat at the Wiersum salt Marsh: Finding a relationship between erosion rate and hydrodynamic forcing (2025) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] NCK Days 2025 . Bruil, J., Dzimballa, S., Kitsikoudis, V. & Horstman, E. M. Numerical modelling of biogeomorphological processes in salt marsh development:: Do short-term vegetation dynamics influence long-term development? (2025) Geomorphology, 471 . Article 109534. Dzimballa, S., Willemsen, P. W. J. M., Kitsikoudis, V. , Borsje, B. W. & Augustijn, D. C. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109534 Can flume-derived formulations predict the effect of riparian vegetation on flow in rivers? (2025) In Proceedings of the 12th International conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, River Flow 2024 (pp. 1043-1050) (River Flow - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, River Flow 2024). CRC Press/Balkema. Denkers, A. J., Kitsikoudis, V. , Horstman, E. M., Wijnberg, K. M. & Cornacchia, L. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003475378-152 Modelling morphological effects of the Room for Living Rivers vision in 2DH (2025) In Proceedings of the 12th International conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, River Flow 2024 (pp. 260-268). CRC Press/Balkema. Welsch, N. M., Kitsikoudis, V. , Augustijn, D. C. M. & Velner, R. G. J. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003475378-41 Sediment nourishments to mitigate bed degradation in the River Waal in the Netherlands (2025) In Proceedings of the 12th International conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, River Flow 2024 (pp. 243-250). CRC Press/Balkema. de Lange, B. M., Liptiay, E. J. A., Kitsikoudis, V. , Augustijn, D. C. M., Welsch, N. M., Velner, R. G. J., van Vuren, S. & Chavarrias, V. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003475378-39 Efficient modelling of lateral discharge through a dike breach (2024) Journal of hydrology, 640 . Article 131660. Schmitz, V., Kitsikoudis, V. , Wylock, G., Erpicum, S., Pirotton, M., Archambeau, P. & Dewals, B.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131660 Saltwater entrainment from bathymetric depressions:: A CFD analysis from a laboratory cavity to a scour hole in the Haringvliet estuary (2024) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] NCK Days 2024 . Almohagry, A. A., O'Mahoney, T., Ebrahimierami, F., Kitsikoudis, V. & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. https://www.nck-web.org/boa-2024/834-saltwater-entrainmant-from-bathymetric-depressions-a-cfd-analysis-from-a-laboratory-cavity-to-a-scour-hole-in-the-haringvliet-estuary Research profiles Courses academic year 2025/2026 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 2024/2025 
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