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29 DELTARES, MARCH 2019 DOCTORATES Deltares has had an International Advisory Board (IAB) since October 2018. The Board advises Deltares about the international context of our operations, identifying new trends and developments. The Deltares research programme will also be scrutinised with the aim of raising the social impact of our MARCELLA VAN DER WAALS Breaking down the components of fuel Supervisor: Professor H. Smidt Co-supervisor : Dr. J. Gerritse – Wageningen University & Research Doctorate award ceremony: 18 October 2018 EELCO VERSCHELLING Drowning or emerging – The effect of climate change on the morphology of tidal freshwater wetlands Supervisor: Professor H. Middelkoop Co-supervisors : Dr. M. van der Perk, Dr. C.J. Sloff – Utrecht University Doctorate award ceremony: 3 December 2018 SANNE MUIS Assessing coastal flood risk at the global scale Supervisor: Professor J.C.J.H. Aerts, P.J. Ward – VU-University, Amsterdam Doctorate award ceremony: 4 December 2018 EVELINE VAN DER DEIJL Sediment dynamics in a freshwater tidal wetland system- A case study in the Biesbosch in the Rhine-Meuse delta Supervisor: Professor H. Middelkoop Co-supervisor: Dr. M. van der Perk – Utrecht University Doctorate award ceremony: 7 December 2018 Michael Berkowitz Managing Director, Rockefeller Foundation; President, 100 Resilient Cities Professor David N. Bresch Full Professor for Weather and Climate Risks at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zürich and MeteoSwiss Margaret Leinen Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Director & AGU Chair; USA Claudia Sadoff International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Director-General Bambang Susantono Asian Development Bank, Vice-President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development Mark Tercek The Nature Conservancy, President and CEO Professor Georg Teutsch Helmholz Leipzig, Scientific Managing Director, Germany Jeroen Aerts, Professor of Water and Climate Risks at the VU-University in Amsterdam, has been working at Deltares for one day a week since January 2019. He is also the director of the Institute for Environmental Issues (IVM) and he contributes his expertise in the fields of water management, risk management, insurance, decision-making, adaptation and climate change. He is working Deltares-wide on strategic issues and projects. In addition, his new role is strengthening the alliance between IVM/VU- University and Deltares. JEROEN AERTS JOINS DELTARES A delegation of the International Advisory Board with some members of the Deltares management. International Advisory Board work on the international stage. The board will meet once a year but it may also be approached in the interim with specific questions. It will be chaired by the Dutch Water Envoy Henk Ovink. The other members are: