Prof. Heidi M. Nepf

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Professor

My Profile

About

The Nepf Lab studies the interaction of flow with aquatic vegetation and the feedbacks to sediment transport, chemical flux and ecosystem function. We develop models for physical processes that determine how vegetated habitats (green infrastructure), such as seagrasses, salt marsh, and mangroves, provide coastal protection, mitigate anthropogenic nutrient and pollutant loads, and provide blue carbon reservoirs, with the goal of applying these models to improve the management of natural resources and the design of green infrastructure.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Fluid Mechanics, Hydrodynamics, Turbulent Flow, Environmental Engineering, Mechanics, Computational Physics

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Fluid Mechanics
Committee on Ecohydraulics
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Working Group on Reservoir Sedimentation

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
JOE Editorial Board	Associate Editors	2022-01-01	2024-01-01
Committee on Fluid Mechanics	Member	2012-01-01	2021-07-01
JHR Editorial Board	Associate Editors	2012-01-01	Now

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Efficient numerical representation of the impacts of flexible plant reconfiguration on canopy posture and hydrodynamic drag	2020
Aquatic interfaces: a hydrodynamic and ecological perspective	2014
Effect of Submerged Vegetation Patch on Hydrodynamics	2013
Lateral Dispersion in Vegetated Flows: Reynolds-Number Dependence at Transitional Reynolds Numbers	2009
Experimental Investigation of Lateral Dispersion in Aquatic Canopies	2007
Turbulence Structure in Depth-Limited, Vegetated Flow: Transition Between Emergent and Submerged Regimes	1999

My Videos

Title	Year
[Oct.10] Mohamed Ghidaoui & Heidi Nepf - Africa Online Summer School	2022
Heidi M. Nepf - Bridging lab and field to inform marsh restoration	2021
Heidi Nepf - Wave Energy Dissipation by Flexible Coastal Vegetation	2020

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date
M. Selim Yalin Lifetime Achievement Award	2023
Harold Jan Schoemaker Award	2013