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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 Book of abstracts of the Eighth International Conference on Marine and River Dune Dynamics (2026) [Book/Report › Book] 8th International Conference on Marine and River Dune Dynamics, MARID 2026 . University of Twente. Portos - Amill, L., Ploeg, W., Overes, P. H. P. & Kitsikoudis, V. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036572286 Integrated Salt Marsh Cliff Erosion Modelling: Evaluating Different Approaches (2026) In Coastal Dynamics 2025 (pp. 444-450) (Coastal Research Library; Vol. 41). Springer. Dzimballa, S., Kitsikoudis, V. , Willemsen, P. W. J. M., Folmer, E. O., Borsje, B. W., Georgiou, I. Y., Bregman, M. C. & Augustijn, D. C. M. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-15473-6_68 Effect of Banks Morphology on Curved Open-Channel Bends Hydrodynamics (2025) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] AGU Annual Meeting 2025 . Meinen, J., Kitsikoudis, V. & Augustijn, D. C. M. https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1908692 Drone-Based Mapping of Vegetation Edge Limits in Dutch Wadden Sea Salt Marshes:: Spatial Variability, Human Interventions, and Environmental Drivers (2025) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] AGU Annual Meeting 2025 . Dzimballa, S., Kitsikoudis, V. , Folmer, E., Borsje, B. W., Willemsen, P. W. J. M. & Augustijn, D. C. M. https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1906889 Cliff Erosion Observations and Modelling at the Wierum Salt Marsh in the Dutch Wadden Sea:: The Importance of Local Water and Site-Specific Calibration (2025) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] AGU Annual Meeting 2025 . Dzimballa, S., Kitsikoudis, V. , Willemsen, P. W. J. M., Folmer, E., Borsje, B. W., Georgiou, I. Y., Bregman, M. & Augustijn, D. C. M. https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1907066 Morphodynamic Modeling of Supply-Driven Sediment Nourishments to Mitigate Bed Degradation and Discharge Skewing in the Dutch Rhine Branches (2025) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] AGU Annual Meeting 2025 . Liptiay, E. J. A., de Lange, B., Oldenhof, M., Welsch, N. M., Chavarrías, V., Velner, R. G. J., Kitsikoudis, V. & Augustijn, D. C. M. https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/1858121 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 3D Numerical Modelling of Flow Overtopping Induced of Fluvial Dikes (2025) [Contribution to conference › Abstract] 41st World Congress of IAHR (International Association of Hydro-Environmental Engineering and Research) . Zhou, S., Li, X., Schmitz, V., Kitsikoudis, V. , Yu, S., Erpicum, S. & Dewals, B. https://www.iahr.org/library/infor?pid=37545 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 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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