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Heidi Nepf

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
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Area of research
Ecology · Earth-Surface Processes
Research interest
Research interests include Turbulence, Drag, Vegetation (pathology), Sediment, Environmental science, and Mechanics.
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4,838
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51
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Recent publications

Turbulence in a channel with a patchy submerged canopy: the impact of spatial configuration
Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2025cited by 14position: lastdoi
Submerged Flexible Canopies Produce Weaker Shear‐Layer Turbulence and Mitigate Sediment Transport, Compared to Rigid Model Canopies
Geophysical Research Letters 2025cited by 13position: lastdoi
Plant Morphology Impacts Bedload Sediment Transport
Geophysical Research Letters 2024cited by 51position: lastdoi
Turbulence and Bedload Transport in Submerged Vegetation Canopies
Water Resources Research 2024cited by 13position: lastdoi
Competing effects of vegetation density on sedimentation in deltaic marshes
Nature Communications 2022cited by 67position: lastdoi
A wave damping model for flexible marsh plants with leaves considering linear to weakly nonlinear wave conditions
Coastal Engineering 2022cited by 26position: lastdoi
Spatial heterogeneity in sediment and carbon accretion rates within a seagrass meadow correlated with the hydrodynamic intensity
The Science of The Total Environment 2022cited by 17position: lastdoi
Impact of Stem Size on Turbulence and Sediment Resuspension Under Unidirectional Flow
Water Resources Research 2021cited by 70position: lastdoi
Turbulence Dictates Bedload Transport in Vegetated Channels Without Dependence on Stem Diameter and Arrangement
Geophysical Research Letters 2021cited by 59position: lastdoi
Wave damping by flexible marsh plants influenced by current
Physical Review Fluids 2021cited by 35position: lastdoi
Suspended Sediment Concentration Profile in a <i>Typha Latifolia</i> Canopy
Water Resources Research 2021cited by 31position: lastdoi
Drag force and reconfiguration of cultivated Saccharina latissima in current
Aquacultural Engineering 2021cited by 19position: lastdoi
Measured and Predicted Turbulent Kinetic Energy in Flow Through Emergent Vegetation With Real Plant Morphology
Water Resources Research 2020cited by 75position: lastdoi
Turbulence and Bed Load Transport in Channels With Randomly Distributed Emergent Patches of Model Vegetation
Geophysical Research Letters 2020cited by 70position: lastdoi
Turbulence and Particle Deposition Under Steady Flow Along a Submerged Seagrass Meadow
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans 2020cited by 57position: lastdoi
Momentum and Energy Predict the Backwater Rise Generated by a Large Wood Jam
Geophysical Research Letters 2020cited by 57position: lastdoi
Wave-induced reconfiguration of and drag on marsh plants
Journal of Fluids and Structures 2020cited by 46position: lastdoi
Flow‐induced reconfiguration of aquatic plants, including the impact of leaf sheltering
Limnology and Oceanography 2020cited by 43position: lastdoi
Wave damping by flexible vegetation: Connecting individual blade dynamics to the meadow scale
Coastal Engineering 2019cited by 153position: lastdoi
Impact of Vegetation on Bed Load Transport Rate and Bedform Characteristics
Water Resources Research 2019cited by 99position: lastdoi
Blade dynamics in combined waves and current
Journal of Fluids and Structures 2019cited by 62position: lastdoi
From patch to channel scale: The evolution of emergent vegetation in a channel
Advances in Water Resources 2019cited by 58position: lastdoi
Impact of Vegetation‐Generated Turbulence on the Critical, Near‐Bed, Wave‐Velocity for Sediment Resuspension
Water Resources Research 2019cited by 55position: lastdoi
The role of patch size in ecosystem engineering capacity: a case study of aquatic vegetation
Aquatic Sciences 2019cited by 35position: middledoi
Variation in contaminant removal efficiency in free-water surface wetlands with heterogeneous vegetation density
Ecological Engineering 2019cited by 28position: middledoi
A Turbulence‐Based Bed‐Load Transport Model for Bare and Vegetated Channels
Geophysical Research Letters 2018cited by 124position: lastdoi
Turbulent Kinetic Energy in Submerged Model Canopies Under Oscillatory Flow
Water Resources Research 2018cited by 78position: lastdoi
Seagrass blade motion under waves and its impact on wave decay
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans 2017cited by 129position: lastdoi
Vortex Structure and Sediment Deposition in the Wake behind a Finite Patch of Model Submerged Vegetation
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering 2017cited by 90position: lastdoi
Velocity and Drag Evolution From the Leading Edge of a Model Mangrove Forest
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans 2017cited by 84position: lastdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Jiarui Lei · National University of Singapore7 papers (2017–2022)Chao Liu · Massachusetts Institute of Technology6 papers (2016–2025)Mitul Luhar · Massachusetts Institute of Technology5 papers (2012–2017)Yuqi Shan · Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 papers (2020–2025)Judy Q. Yang · Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 papers (2015–2019)Xiaoxia Zhang · Massachusetts Institute of Technology4 papers (2020–2022)Tian Zhao · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2020–2024)Eduardo Infantes · Utrecht University3 papers (2012–2017)Yuan Xu · Massachusetts Institute of Technology3 papers (2020–2022)Andrea Marion · University of Padua3 papers (2014–2019)Alejandra C. Ortiz · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2012–2013) · 2 papers (2012–2013)Sara Puijalon · Université Claude Bernard Lyon 12 papers (2014–2019)Johannes Gérson Janzen · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2015–2019)Matteo Tregnaghi · University of Padua2 papers (2014–2019)Tjeerd J. Bouma · Utrecht University2 papers (2014–2019) · 2 papers (2012–2013)Andrea Bottacin‐Busolin · University of Padua2 papers (2017–2019)Elizabeth Follett · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2012–2020)Zhengbing Chen · Massachusetts Institute of Technology2 papers (2012–2013)
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