Breadcrumb

Pronouns: she/her
Bio
My long-term research goal is to develop predictive surface process models, which form a tool to quantify responses of the Earth system to changing environmental conditions.
I have a keen interest in using field studies to critically assess model performance. I have special interest and concern for remote and pristine regions of the world. The fact that global changes are amplified in high latitudes stresses the importance of working in these regions for a global understanding of the changing environment.
Current research projects involve sedimentary processes in fjord environments, and floodplain sedimentation. I have interest in Greenlandic rivers and their response to Greenland Ice Sheet melt, and in Arctic coastal erosion mostly applied to the Beaufort Sea coast.
Additionally, I am the Deputy Director of the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS), where our team promotes the modeling of surface processes by developing, supporting, and disseminating integrated software modules that predict fluxes of water, sediment and nutrients in landscapes and their sedimentary basins. I am most involved in the ‘Coastal’ and ‘Education and Knowledge Transfer’ Working Groups.
Education
- Ph.D.: Delft University of Technology, 2002
- M.Sc.: Wageningen University, 1996
- B.Sc.: Wageningen University, 1993
Awards
- Science Communication Fellowship, University of Colorado, 2015
- National Oceanographic Partnership Program Award, 2010
- Outstanding Student Award, Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude, The Netherlands, 1996
- Tropenfonds, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, 1994
Research
Specialties
Earth surface process modeling; coastal and river geomorphology; sedimentary geology; civil engineering and applied Earth sciences
Research interests
Numerical modeling of river and coastal processes; sedimentary systems; polar regions
Publications
Recent publications
Latitudinal Controls on Siliciclastic Sediment Production and Transport
Type: Conference Proceeding
The Expanding Footprint of Rapid Arctic Change
Moon TA; Overeem I; Druckenmiller M; Holland M; Huntington H; Kling G; Lovecraft AL; Miller G; Scambos T; Schadel C...
- Moon TA
- Overeem I
- Druckenmiller M
- Holland M
- Huntington H
- Kling G
- Lovecraft AL
- Miller G
- Scambos T
- Schadel C
Publication Date: 2019-03-01
Type: Journal Article
Promises and perils of sand exploitation in Greenland
Publication Date: 2019-02-01
Type: Journal Article
Quantifying sediment storage on the floodplains outside levees along the lower Yellow River during the years 1580-1849
Publication Date: 2019-02-01
Type: Journal Article
Providing multidisciplinary scientific advice for coastal planning in Kitimat Arm, British Columbia
Lintern G; Blais-Stevens A; Stacey C; Shaw J; Bobrowsky P; Conway K; Huntley D; Mackillop K; Overeem I; Scherwath M...
- Lintern G
- Blais-Stevens A
- Stacey C
- Shaw J
- Bobrowsky P
- Conway K
- Huntley D
- Mackillop K
- Overeem I
- Scherwath M
Publication Date: 2019-01-01
Type: Chapter
A synthesis dataset of permafrost-affected soil thermal conditions for Alaska, USA
Wang K; Jafarov E; Overeem I; Romanovsky V; Schaefer K; Clow G; Urban F; Cable W; Piper M; Schwalm C...
- Wang K
- Jafarov E
- Overeem I
- Romanovsky V
- Schaefer K
- Clow G
- Urban F
- Cable W
- Piper M
- Schwalm C
Publication Date: 2018-12-21
Type: Journal Article
Teaching with Numerical Models in the Earth Surface Processes
Type: Conference Proceeding
A synthesis dataset of permafrost-affected soil thermal conditions for Alaska, USA
Wang K; Jafarov E; Schaefer K; Overeem I; Romanovsky V; Clow G; Urban F; Cable W; Piper M; Schwalm C...
- Wang K
- Jafarov E
- Schaefer K
- Overeem I
- Romanovsky V
- Clow G
- Urban F
- Cable W
- Piper M
- Schwalm C
Type: Journal Article
A modeling toolbox for permafrost landscapes
Publication Date: 2018-09-28
Type: Journal Article
A Modeling Toolbox for Permafrost Landscapes
Publication Date: 2018-09-28
Type: Journal Article
Can we build useful models of future risk from natural hazards?
Type: Journal Article
Global Flood Hazard
Type: Book
A model of water and sediment balance as determinants of relative sea level rise in contemporary and future deltas
Publication Date: 2018-03-15
Type: Journal Article
River linking in India: Downstream impacts on water discharge and suspended sediment transport to deltas
Publication Date: 2018-02-28
Type: Journal Article
Estimating Change in Flooding for the 21st Century Under a Conservative RCP Forcing: A Global Hydrological Modeling Assessment
Publication Date: 2018-01-01
Type: Chapter
Greenland: Build an economy on sand
Publication Date: 2017-11-17
Type: Journal Article
Doomed to drown? Sediment dynamics in the human-controlled floodplains of the active Bengal Delta
Publication Date: 2017-11-10
Type: Journal Article
Substantial export of suspended sediment to the global oceans from glacial erosion in Greenland
Overeem I; Hudson BD; Syvitski JPM; Mikkelsen AB; Hasholt B; van den Broeke MR; Noel BPY; Morlighem M...
- Overeem I
- Hudson BD
- Syvitski JPM
- Mikkelsen AB
- Hasholt B
- van den Broeke MR
- Noel BPY
- Morlighem M
Publication Date: 2017-11-01
Type: Journal Article
Delta progradation in Greenland driven by increasing glacial mass loss
Bendixen M; Iversen LL; Bjork AA; Elberling B; Westergaard-Nielsen A; Overeem I; Barnhart KR; Khan SA; Box JE; Abermann ...
- Bendixen M
- Iversen LL
- Bjork AA
- Elberling B
- Westergaard-Nielsen A
- Overeem I
- Barnhart KR
- Khan SA
- Box JE
- Abermann J
Publication Date: 2017-10-05
Type: Journal Article
Continuously amplified warming in the Alaskan Arctic: Implications for estimating global warming hiatus
Publication Date: 2017-09-16
Type: Journal Article
Morphological response to flooding in a human controlled fluvial system, the Indus River.
Type: Conference Proceeding
Design with nature: Causation and avoidance of catastrophic flooding, Myanmar
Publication Date: 2017-02-01
Type: Journal Article
A numerical analyzes on how climate change affects riverine flooding
Type: Conference Proceeding
The impact of climate change on riverine flooding
Type: Conference Proceeding
A sediment budget for the lower Yellow River during the years 1580-1849
Type: Conference Proceeding
Pages
Teaching
I have always greatly enjoyed sharing my enthusiasm for the Earth Sciences. As a teacher I want to inspire, provide opportunities and empower. I see science as a process that highlights questioning, discovery, challenge, and synthesis towards solution. For me, science and engineering is all about investigating the world around oneself, and drawing conclusions based on a combination of collected data, hypotheses, and thorough analysis. If that can happen in the field, all for the better! I strive to pass along an exciting view of science, as well as a firm footing in methodologies and quantitative reasoning.
I am always interested in engaging with students who are looking into graduate research. Work in my growing group of sedimentary process modelers investigates sediment fluxes from Greenland, river and delta permafrost dynamics in Alaska and sedimentation rates in the Ganges delta in Bangladesh. These projects provide opportunities for new exciting new sedimentology and river/delta science topics, with a combination of fieldwork and modeling.
Please feel free to email me for more information!
Current courses
- GEOL 1010: Exploring Earth
- Investigates the processes operating on and below Earth’s surface, the composition of the Earth, and the resulting features of landscapes, natural hazards, and earth materials & resources.
- GEOL 4700-023/5700-023: Sedimentary Systems Modeling
- Sweeps though theory of sediment transport, morphodynamics and source to sink sedimentary systems. Modeling labs run existing river and coastal models and teach skills in Python.
- GEOL 5702: Geomorphology Seminar
- Explores the dynamics and forms of Earth's surface through critical reading and discussion of both classical and modern literature. Weekly, we will choose two papers to read and discuss, with participants taking turns in leading the discussion.
- GEOL 4700-123: Field Methods in Earth Surface Processes
- Learn about fieldwork preparation, map reading, GPS location marking, DEM analysis, design of sample strategies. Conduct field measurements for quantifying river dynamics with modern equipment, collect/analyze sediment samples. Participants create a fieldbook and project report.
Past courses
- GEOG 5700: Surface Process Modeling: Applying the CSDMS Modeling Tool
- Numerical surface process modeling and hydrological modeling with Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System tools.
- Geological Modeling
- Hands-on course on numerical geological modeling techniques for process studies and subsurface modeling.
- Reservoir Geological Fieldwork
- 3 week field course on fluvial outcrop studies and quantitative reservoir geological architecture, taught in the Pyrennees in Spain.
- Sedimentary Geology and Tectonic Processes of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River System
- 2 week field school, 32 students, Bangladesh, February 2014.
- River and Coastal System Modeling
- Two day short course on numerical modeling with a variety of models, teach this every summer for about 30 US and International students in the National Center for Earth Dynamics Summer Institute, University of Minnesota.
Current postdoc and students
Former postdocs and students
- Mette Bendixen, Postdoctoral Scholar
- Katy Barnhart PhD 2015 in Geological Sciences
- co-supervision
- Ben Hudson, Research Assistant & PhD 2015
- Stephanie Higgins, Postdoctoral Researcher
- co-supervision
- Kimberly G. Rogers, Research Associate
- Jordan Adams, Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Kang Wang, Postdoctoral Scholar
- Lei Zheng, Graduate student
Outreach
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