Luca van Duren

Dr. Luca A. van Duren is a senior scientist at Deltares. She is a marine ecologist with a background in the interaction between biota, fluid dynamics and sediment. She received her PhD in marine biology at the University of Groningen and subsequently worked at the Netherlands Institute of ecology in Yerseke (the Netherlands). Since 2008 she has been working at Deltares on a large variety of multidisciplinary integrative projects in marine and coastal waters, ranging from ecosystem restoration and environmental management to modelling tools for aquaculture. The focus of her work is on ecosystem functioning in relation to physical processes (hydrodynamics and sediment dynamics) and human use.

 She currently leads projects on the ecosystem effects of large-scale implementation of offshore wind and floating solar in the southern North Sea. She also participates in joint industry projects on enhancing the ecological value of offshore infrastructure and EU projects focussing on the implementation of IMTA (Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture). Dr. van Duren also served recently on the Scientific Advisory board for National stakeholder consultation North Sea, Netherlands, which culminated in the North Sea Agreement.