About Benthe Noijons

Benthe Noijons, also known as Benthe Noyons, is a specialist in flood safety. She holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering with a specialization in anthropogenic landscapes and a Bachelor’s degree in Global Sustainability Science.

She works on projects aimed at improving flood safety, where she conducts research into dike stability. With her diverse background, she contributes interdisciplinary knowledge and systems thinking to the team. Her experience at Deltares includes geocentrifuge experiments, agent-based modeling, field experiments, numerical modeling, GIS, programming, and fieldwork. This work aligns with Moonshot 2: Keeping the world safe from flooding.

Within Moonshot 5: Resilient Infrastructure, Benthe contributes to risk assessments and climate adaptive measures to make infrastructure more resilient to climate threats. In this area, she is also expanding her knowledge of wildfires.

Recent projects

  • KIA Safety framework for animal burrowing
  • Agent-Based Modeling of beaver behavior during high water
  • Reevediep POD geocentrifuge tests
  • Risk-driven Management and Maintenance of levee revetments
  • PBL reassessment of climate risks: Wildfires
  • Guidelines Climate-resilient vital infrastructure
  • NL2120 Socio-economic benefits of Nature-based solutions

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