Prof. dr. Gerben Ruessink

Prof. dr. Gerben Ruessink

Professor
Earth Surface Processes
+31 30 253 2780
b.g.ruessink@uu.nl

You can contact Gerben Ruessink on subjects like:

  • Coastal safety and dunes
  • Nature-based solutions in coastal regions

 

Selected media appearances (including those of team members):

  • 10 February 2024: Schevingen boulevard, in Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad
  • 20 February 2023: Funding of NWO-GWI project Δ-ENIGMA
  • Summer 2022: Podcast in the Coast2Cast series with coastal scientists
  • Summer 2020: Bouwen met de natuur - Natuurlijke landschappen als kustverdediging. Interview in Duin, magazine of Stichting Duinbehoud, on Building with Nature in coastal dunes (with Tjeerd Bouma).
  • 28 June 2019: De duinen mogen weer wandelen. Interview in Dutch newspaper NRC on dune reactivaton/ecological restoration.
  • 6 December 2018: Opinion piece (along with 7 other climate scientists of Utrecht University): 'Higher dikes don't protect us from the water'
  • 30 November 2018: Vroege vogels - Groeiende duinen. Dutch TV BNNVARA, on dune reactivation/ecological restoration.
  • 8 December 2017: Kan dat helmgras weg? Interview in Dutch newspaper Parool on dune reactivation/ecological restoration.
  • 20 February 2016: Hightech-onderzoek op een potvis van zand. Interview in Dutch newspaper Trouw on research at the Sand Engine.