M.A. van der Lugt

M.A. van der Lugt is a part-time Researcher / Consultant Coastal Morphodynamics at Deltares (0.2 FTE) and a PhD candidate at Delft University of Technology. Her work focuses on coastal morphodynamics, sediment transport, and wave dynamics in mixed-energy and low-energy beach environments.

Education

• MSc in Civil Engineering (2017), Delft University of Technology
• BSc in Physics (2014) and Mathematics (2014), Universiteit Utrecht

Research Interests include coastal engineering challenges such as beach profile dynamics, extreme event responses, and hydrodynamic modeling. She contributes to datasets like SEDMEX and explores intersections of climate change and coastal resilience.

Article Trends highlight her focus on sediment transport, beach morphodynamics, and storm impact modeling, with methodologies involving acoustic monitoring and nonlinear wave analysis.

Collaborations span institutions like TU Delft, Universiteit Utrecht, and international teams, with recent work involving Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science and Coastal Engineering journal contributions.