About Ymkje Huismans

Ymkje Huismans is an expert in salt intrusion and sediment dynamics in estuaries. Her research focuses mainly on the effects of climate change, investigating how the dynamics of these systems change and what the consequences are for the future availability of fresh water and ecological quality. In addition to quantifying the effect of climate change, she focuses on developing adaptation measures.

She has been working at Deltares since 2012. She studied physics at the University of Groningen and conducted her master's research in Sweden and Italy. After teaching in Kathmandu, she obtained her PhD in physics in 2012 at the AMOLF Institute in Amsterdam and the Max Born Institute in Berlin.

The core of her work is to connect scientific knowledge and innovations with the management practice of water systems. A thorough understanding of the physics of water systems helps to develop new ideas for adaptation measures for climate change and for the optimization of current water management. On the application side, she works on projects for the Ministry, Rijkswaterstaat and local water boards on the themes of salt intrusion, water availability, sediment dynamics and climate adaptation in the Rhine-Meuse estuary and Wadden Sea. Internationally, she has been working on projects in Japan (Tenryuu River), Romania (Danube) and Ghana (Volta). In her role as a guest researcher at TU Delft, she supervises PhD and master students and participates in several large research projects on the future development of the Dutch and German Wadden Sea (WadSed, PARCA) and salt intrusion in the Rhine-Meuse estuary (SALTI).