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Dr Andreas Baas

Professor Andreas Baas

Professor of Aeolian Geomorphology

Research interests

  • Geography

Biography

Professor Andreas Baas is a wide-ranging aeolian geomorphologist with current research focus on: 1) the development and dynamics of dunes and dune fields on Earth and Mars, 2) the physics of aeolian sand transport by turbulence in boundary layer flows. This research is supported by a broad interest in novel instrumentation and techniques for field measurement and data analysis, remote sensing, and computer simulation modelling.

Andreas holds a BSc and MSc from the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and earned his PhD at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, supported by a Research Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). During his last year in Los Angeles he was an Adjunct Professor at California State University San Bernardino.

He is an associate editor for Earth Surface Dynamics, edited the Aeolian as well as the Quantitative Modelling volumes of Elsevier’s Treatise on Geomorphology, and has reviewed 150+ manuscripts for 50+ international peer-reviewed journals. Andreas is a member of NERC's Peer-Review College and has reviewed grant proposal for 15+ national and international funders.

His research is supported by The Leverhulme Trust, The Nuffield Foundation, and the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). To date he has published 40+ research articles and 10+ book chapters, and his scientific work has been cited more than 3500 times.

Research

  • desert dune hazards due to climate change
  • microplastics transport by wind in coastal dune environments
  • sand transport dynamics and bedforms on Mars
  • dune interactions in barchan swarms
  • aeolian sand transport by boundary layer turbulence

Teaching

Undergraduate

  • 5SSG2023 Earth Surface Environments
  • 5SSG2064 Global Environmental Issues 

Postgraduate

  • 7SSGN110 Environmental Data Analysis 

PhD supervision

Andreas welcomes research students on a range of topics, including:

  • Desert dune hazards under climate change
  • Dune interactions in barchan swarms
  • Sand transport dynamics and bedforms on Mars
  • Micro-plastics in coastal dune environments

Current PhD students

  • Dominic Robson
  • Lucie Delobel

Past PhD students

  • Zoë Lee (now at Planet Mark)
  • Na Yan (now at University of Leeds)

Further details

See Andreas' research profile

    Research

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    Physical & Environmental Geography research group

    Researching the interactions between the Earth’s hydrological, geomorphological, atmospheric and ecological processes at different geographical scales.

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    King's Climate Research Hub

    Studying climate change through the relationship between science, policy and culture, particularly in the developing world.

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    Earth Observation and Environmental Sensing Hub

    The Earth Observation and Environmental Sensing (EOES) Hub is an interdisciplinary research group at the Department of Geography, King’s College London.

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    Centre for Non-Equilibrium Science (CNES)

    CNES acts as an international hub for cross-disciplinary research in non-equilibrium science.

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    P31: Analysis and Modelling of Bedform Development as an Aggregation & Fragmentation Process

    Analysis and Modelling of Bedform Development as an Aggregation & Fragmentation Process

    Project status: Completed

    News

    News tracker: COP27 expert commentary and updates

    All the latest from across King's relating to COP27, climate, sustainability and more.

    Cop27 News 2

    Wind climate change threatens to bury entire villages under sand

    Climate change could alter wind regimes so much by the end of this century that desert dunes and sand seas may impact human infrastructure, agriculture and...

    Aerial shot of an abandoned village in the UAE

      Research

      earth-banner
      Physical & Environmental Geography research group

      Researching the interactions between the Earth’s hydrological, geomorphological, atmospheric and ecological processes at different geographical scales.

      climate change hero
      King's Climate Research Hub

      Studying climate change through the relationship between science, policy and culture, particularly in the developing world.

      lidar_image_london_Kelly
      Earth Observation and Environmental Sensing Hub

      The Earth Observation and Environmental Sensing (EOES) Hub is an interdisciplinary research group at the Department of Geography, King’s College London.

      cnes herox
      Centre for Non-Equilibrium Science (CNES)

      CNES acts as an international hub for cross-disciplinary research in non-equilibrium science.

      AQ  Mathematics NMES Paid Media
      P31: Analysis and Modelling of Bedform Development as an Aggregation & Fragmentation Process

      Analysis and Modelling of Bedform Development as an Aggregation & Fragmentation Process

      Project status: Completed

      News

      News tracker: COP27 expert commentary and updates

      All the latest from across King's relating to COP27, climate, sustainability and more.

      Cop27 News 2

      Wind climate change threatens to bury entire villages under sand

      Climate change could alter wind regimes so much by the end of this century that desert dunes and sand seas may impact human infrastructure, agriculture and...

      Aerial shot of an abandoned village in the UAE