Irina Overeem

Irina Overeem is an Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS) at the Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on Earth surface process modeling, with emphasis on coastal and river geomorphology in remote and polar regions.

• PhD: Delft University of Technology (2002)
• MS: Wageningen University (1996)
• BS: Wageningen University (1993)

Her work investigates sediment fluxes in Greenland rivers, Arctic coastal erosion, and floodplain sedimentation through integrated field studies and numerical modeling. She specializes in using CSDMS tools for predictive simulations of water, sediment, and nutrient fluxes across landscapes.

Recent publications highlight her contributions to permafrost dynamics, carbon budgets in icy rivers, and FAIR principles for open-source geoscience software. Her research spans from fjord environments to high-mountain erosion dynamics.

• Science Communication Fellowship (2015)
• National Oceanographic Partnership Program Award (2010)
• Outstanding Student Award, Netherlands (1996)
• Tropenfonds scholarship (1994)

She mentors graduate students in sedimentary process modeling, leads CSDMS working groups on coastal dynamics and education, and teaches courses in sedimentary systems modeling, geomorphology, and field methods. Her work combines field measurements with computational approaches in the Cryosphere and Surface Processes Lab.