HM
Member Since 1990
Heidi Margaret Nepf
Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professional Experience
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor
1993 - Present
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor
Education
Doctorate
1992
Current Roles
Member
Ocean Sciences Fellows Committee
Honors & Awards
Publications
Plant Morphology Impacts Bedload Sediment Transport
Bedload sediment transport plays an important role in the evolution of rivers, marshes and deltas. In these aquatic environments, vegetation is wid...
June 14, 2024
Flow and Turbulence Due To Wood Contribute to Declogging of ...
January 21, 2024
Impact of Lateral Gap on Flow Distribution, Backwater Rise, ...
October 19, 2023
AGU Abstracts
Wave attenuation and economic analysis of hybrid marsh-seawall nature-based solutions
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics and sediment processes | 23 february 2024
In Him Lee, Heidi M. Nepf
A seawall fronted by a marsh is a potential hybrid, nature-based solution for both rural and urban coastal protection. The wave attenuation achieved b...
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Quantifying the Influence of Porosity-Induced Drag on Wave Attenuation in Constructed Oyster Reefs
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
coastal and estuarine hydrodynamics and sediment processes | 23 february 2024
James Vincent Brice, Heidi M. Nepf
There has been great interest in the application of constructed oyster reefs (CORs) as nature-based coastal protection, primarily designed to attenuat...
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Spatial variability in sediment carbon storage in a patchy seagrass meadow
OCEAN SCIENCES 2024
coastal and estuarine biology and biogeochemistry | 22 february 2024
Rachel B. Schaefer, Phil Colarusso, Juliet Simpson...
Seagrass meadows are known for their capacity for long-term storage of sediment organic carbon, but a range of environmental factors drive significant...
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Volunteer Experience
2023 - 2024
Member
Ocean Sciences Fellows Committee
2020 - 2021
Chair
Hydrology Langbein Lecture Committee
2019 - 2021
Member
Hydrology Nominations Canvassing Committee
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