Heidi Nepf

Title Donald and Martha Harleman Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; MacVicar Faculty Fellow; Graduate Officer
Email hmnepf@mit.edu
Faculties Climate, Environment & Life Science
Address Room 48-216D
Telephone 617.253.8622
Research Website https://web.mit.edu/nepf/www/
Assistant Sal Netherton / snethert@mit.edu

Education

B.S. 1987, Bucknell University
M.S. 1988, Stanford University
Ph.D., 1992, Stanford University

Research Interests

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.

Awards and Honors

IAHR M. Salim Yalin Lifetime Achievement Award 2023
Fellow, American Geophysical Union 2018
ASCE, Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award 2019
Chi Epsilon Honor Member 2017
18th Harold Jan Schoemaker Award 2013

Teaching Interests

Fluid mechanics, surface water transport processes, physical limnology.

Selected Publications

For selected publications please visit Professor Nepf’s home page.