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About Marcel van Gent

Prof. dr. Marcel R.A. van Gent is full professor of coastal structures at the Delft University of Technology, Senior specialist and Science board member at Deltares and the Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Coastal Engineering (Elsevier). Marcel van Gent has more than 35 years of experience in the field of coastal engineering, more in particular in coastal and hydraulic structures. His experience is based on research, consultancy and educational activities. Marcel van Gent published more than 150 international scientific papers on coastal and hydraulic structures, wave modelling and dune erosion. He obtained his PhD degree in 1995 at the Delft University of Technology on wave interaction with permeable coastal structures. He joined Deltares in 1995 where became head of the Department Coastal Structures and Waves at Deltares for about 25 years. Marcel van Gent is the Editor-in-Chief of the most important scientific journal in the field of Coastal Engineering: COASTAL ENGINEERING (Elsevier). Marcel van Gent contributed to many scientific publications on breakwaters, dikes, laboratory testing, numerical modelling, artificial intelligence techniques, and climate adaptation of coastal structures.

Since 1991 Marcel van Gent participates in various research projects, including projects for the European Union, for the Dutch Government, and in co-operation with Universities, Consultancy firms, and Contractors. He was leading the present version of the guidelines on physical processes and design tools in the well-known Rock Manual: The use of Rock in Hydraulic Engineering. Marcel van Gent was leading the physical model activities of Deltares for the extension of the Port of Rotterdam. Scientific publications were presented at international conferences and in international scientific journals. In 2024 Marcel van Gent also co-chaired the Coastlab 2024 conference in Delft. Marcel van Gent delivered keynote addresses at several international conferences (e.g. in Italy, Canada, Bulgaria, Croatia, Turkey, and India).

Publications

  1. Stability of single-layer cube armoured roundheads under wind and swell waves

    Yuksel, Y., E. Cevik, C. Sahin, M.R.A. van Gent, B. Rehber, B. Polat, C. Mustafazade, U. Inal and M.U. Ogur (2026)

  2. Surrogate modelling of dike wave overtopping hydrodynamics using an adapted deep learning Vision Transformer

    Schrama, W.P., V.M. van Bergeijk, P. Mares-Nasarre, J.P. den Bieman, M.R.A. van Gent, and J.P. Aguilar-López (2026)

  3. Guidelines on wave overtopping discharges at rubble mound breakwaters including slope angle effects

    Van Gent, M.R.A., J. van Marrewijk, P. Mares-Nasarre (2025)

  4. The influence of shallow water on rock armour stability

    Scaravaglione, G., S. Marino, A. Francone, E. Leone, L. Damiani, G.R. Tomasicchio, M.R.A. van Gent and A. Saponieri (2025)

  5. Individual overtopping volumes, water layer thickness and front velocities at rubble mound breakwaters with a smooth crest in shallow water

    De Ridder, M.P., D.C.P. van Kester, P. Mares-Nasarre, M.R.A. van Gent (2025)

  6. Structural and hydraulic response of emerged low-crested cube-armoured breakwaters

    Yuksel, Y., E. Cevik, C. Sahin, M.R.A. van Gent, S. Gumus, D. Issever, U. Inal and M.U. Ogur (2025)

  7. On the uncertainties in stone armor stability

    Scaravaglione, G., J. Melby, G.R. Tomasicchio, M.R.A. van Gent and A. Saponieri (2025)

  8. Curved concrete crownwalls on vertical breakwaters under impulsive wave load: Finite element analysis

    Gísladóttir, L.M., M. Castellino, D. Dermentzoglou, M.A.N. Hendriks, P. de Girolamo, M.R.A. van Gent and A. Antonini (2025)

  9. An in-depth analysis of formulas for the stability of rock armoured structures

    Proc. Austrasian Coasts and Ports Conference 2025, pp. 36-40, Adelaide, Australia.

    Etemad-Shahidi, A., M.R.A. van Gent and J.R. Medina (2025)

  10. Submerged low-crested structures in front of coastal structures

    Van Gent, M.R.A. (2024)

  11. Wave overtopping discharges at rubble mound structures in shallow water

    De Ridder, M.P., D.C.P. van Kester, R. van Bentem, D.Y.Y. Teng, M.R.A. van Gent (2024)

  12. Wind effects on wave overtopping discharges at dikes and breakwaters with a crest wall

    ASCE, Proc. ICCE 2024, Rome

    Van Gent, M.R.A., R.J. van der Bijl, S.J. Dijkstra, L.F. van Vliet and D. Wüthrich (2024)

  13. Numerical modelling of wave overtopping events at rubble mound breakwaters with a crest element

    Aguilera Chaves, M.G., M.R.A. van Gent, P. Mares-Nasarre and, M. de Ridder (2024)

  14. Stability and hydrodynamics of the reef enhancing breakwater: A physical model study

    Houtzager, D., J. Ascencio, B. Hofland, E. Mendoza, R. Silva Casarin, and M.R.A. van Gent (2024)

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