Andreas Baas

Professor Andreas Baas is a leading academic in aeolian geomorphology, holding a Professorship at King's College London's Department of Geography within the School of Global Affairs. His research focuses on dune dynamics on Earth and Mars, aeolian sand transport, and climate change impacts. He earned BSc/MSc from the University of Amsterdam and a PhD from the University of Southern California, supported by an NSF Research Award. Previously, he was an Adjunct Professor at California State University San Bernardino.

Research interests include desert dune hazards, microplastics transport, and Martian dune bedforms. He has published 40+ peer-reviewed articles, 10+ book chapters, and his work has been cited over 3,500 times. His grants include funding from the Leverhulme Trust, Nuffield Foundation, and UK NERC.

He supervises PhD students on topics like barchan swarms and Mars dune dynamics. His lab work includes developing tools like PyShoreVolume for shoreline change analysis. He is an associate editor for Earth Surface Dynamics and a member of the NERC Peer-Review College.