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.

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2025

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/319Development 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.pdf3D 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 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). 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.2025.133150Numerical 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.2024.109534Can 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/10.1201/9781003475378-152Modelling 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., Kitsikoudis, V., Augustijn, D. C. M. & Velner, R. G. J.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003475378-41Sediment 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., Velner, R. G. J., van Vuren, S. & Chavarrías, V.https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003475378-39

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