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Vanessa Mary An Heyvaert

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Education

2007

  • DOCTOR OF SCIENCE, 05/02/2007, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
    Thesis: Fluvial Sedimentation, Sea-level History and Anthropogenic Impact in the Great Mesopotamian plain: A new Holocene Record. Unpublished PhD thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 164 p.

2006

  • DOCTORAL SCHOOL, 2006, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

2002

  • MASTER OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICAL LAND RESOURCES, 2002 - option ENGINEERING GEOLOGY, Department of Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel / Rijks Universiteit Gent, Belgium.
    Thesis: Modelling of soil erosion with GIS: comparison of different models, Morgan versus Wischmeier. Case study Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. (incl. Soil erosion atlas), Unpublished Master Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 137 p.
  • GGS MILIEUDESKUNDIGE / MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENT, 2002, Department of Human Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
    Thesis: Effectiviteit van milieueffectrapportage voor monostortplaatsen van baggerspecie, Unpublished Master Thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 211 p.
  • ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST LEVEL A, 2002 (Milieu coordinator A), Department. of Human Ecology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
  • CERTIFICATE QUALIFIED TEACHER, 2002, Aggregaat voor het onderwijs – Geografie en Geologie , Department IDLO, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

2001

  • LICENCIAAT GEOGRAFIE – optie FYSISCH MILIEU / MASTER OF SCIENCE IN GEOGRAPHY- option PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT, Department of Geography, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.
    Thesis: Erosiekartering en modellering te Ban Huai Plachon, Tambon Khao Hin Sorn, Ampphoe Amphoe Phanomsarakam, Thailand, Unpublished Master thesis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 127 p.

Career

  • February 2007 – Present: Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Geological Survey of Belgium, Belgium – Postdoctoral Research Associate.
  • September 2007 – Present: University of Nagoya, Department of Geography, Nagoya, Japan, Honorary Research Fellow.
  • February 2007 – August 2007: University of Nagoya, Department of Geography, Nagoya, Japan, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences Research Fellow / Assistant Professor.
  • July 2002 – December 2006: Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences, Geological Survey of Belgium, Belgium, PhD Fellow.

Research Fields

My research expertise is in the field of reconstructing the Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of coastal and fluvial plains in the surroundings of archaeological sites. Special attention is paid to the understanding of regional as well as local driving forces (e.g. relative sea-level change, neo-tectonics, sediment budget changes, human - interference) and the interaction between coastal and fluvial processes. Moreover I am fascinated by (palaeo)hazard events e.g. (palaeo) tsunami, erosion and land slides. I have been working in the Middle East (Iraq, Iran), Asia (Japan, Thailand) and the Eastern Mediterranean region (Cyprus, Syria).

Research Projects

  • Palaeoenvironmental investigation of the Lower Khuzestan coastal-fluvial plain, SW-Iran, Persian Gulf. (Since 2002 until present)
    Funded by Belgian Science Policy Grant – IAP project, Phase V (2002-2007) and Phase VI (2007-2011)
  • Geoarchaeological reconstruction of the Euphrates plain in the surroundings of the archaeological sites Tell-ed Der and Sippar, Iraq (2004-2007).
    Funded by Belgian Science Policy Grant – IAP project, Phase V (2002-2007)
  • Palaeoenvironmental investigation of the Shizuoka coastal plain: the role of tsunamis as driving mechanisms of coastal evolution (2007-2009).
    Funded by the Japananese Society for the Promotion of Science.
  • Development of ancient civilization in Cyprus in the global context of Recent Palaeo -environmental Evolution (2008-present).
    Funded by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (2007-2011) More information: http://www.vub.ac.be/mari/HalaSultanTekke.html
  • The reconstruction of the environment of the ancient harbour town Tel Tweini, Syria (2008-present).
    Funded by Belgian Science Policy Grant – IAP project, Phase VI (2007-2011).
    More information: www.telltweini.com/logic/pages/home.aspx?sctn=telltweini&lng=nl-BE (this link opens in a new tab)

Scientific Dinstinction

  • Laureate of the ‘Studieprijs afval-en emissiepreventie 2003’, Kabinet van Leefmilieu, Vlaamse Gemeenschap.( Laureate of the waste-and emission prevention prize 2003, delivered by the Flemish Governement, Cabinet of Environment)
    With Masters thesis Environmental specialist: Effectiviteit van milieueffectrapportage voor monostortplaatsen voor baggerspecie.
    More info: www.milieuwinst.be/stages_studieprijs.html#winnaar2004 (this link opens in a new tab)
  • Laureate of the ‘Development Co-operation Prize 2002’, Directorate-General for Development Co-operation Belgium.
    With Masters thesis: Modelling of soil erosion with GIS: comparison of different models. Case Study: Chachoengcao Province (Thailand).
    More info: www.devcoprize.africamuseum.be/en/laurea02/00s12.htm (this link opens in a new tab)
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Survey Activity

BELGIUM

  • June-September 2002-2008: Hand-operated coring and study of outcrops in the Western Belgian coastal plain in collaboration with Prof. Dr. C. Baeteman. Facies analyses of Holocene coastal deposits in the surroundings of the IJzer palaeo-valley and nearby the archaeological site Raversijde.
  • November 2001 - February 2002: Masters dissertation fieldwork. Environmental prospection of dredging dumps in Flanders, Belgium. Environmental sampling of water, air and soil pollutants.

INTERNATIONAL

  • Syria, Jebleh: May-June 2008. Facies analyses of the sedimentary sequence of hand-operated cores in the surroundings of the ancient porttown Tell Tweini. Topographic levelling, assisstance of archaeologists at excavations site ( eg. Identification of bedrock, raw materials of juwels etc...). In collaboration with Prof. Dr. K. Vanlerberghe (KuLeuven, excavation director).
  • Cyprus, Larnaca: April 2008. Geoarchachaeological research in the surroundings of the site Halla Sultan Tekke. Coring in saltlake, facies analyses of coastal deposits, distinction archaeological sterile layers and anthropogenic deposits. Sampling for provenance study of sherds. In collaboration Prof. Dr. K. Nys (VUB, excavation director).
  • Japan, Nagoya: February-July 2007 (3 days a week). Hand-operated coring, mechanical coring (geo-slicer), facies analyses of Tsunami deposits, sampling for radiocarbondating and foraminifera analyses, training of Msc students and PhD students. In collaboration with Prof. Dr. M. Umitsu (University of Nagoya), Dr. O. Fujiwara (Geological Survey of Japan).
  • Iran, Ahwaz: January – February 2004, December 2004 - Phd dissertation fieldwork. Hand-operated coring and study of outcrops in the Lower Khuzestan coastal plain along the Persian Gulf. Groundcontrol of images processed by means of remote sensing and GIS to optimalise remote sensing procedures for mapping of archaeological sites and irrigation networks. Detailed lithological facies analyses of fluvial and coastal sedimentary sequences, sampling for diatom analyses and foraminifera anlyses. In collaboration with Prof. Dr. M. Tanret (UGent).
  • France, Mougon: March 2002. Stage in geophysical prospection methods (fluxgate gradiometer and electrical resistivity). In collaboration with K. Strutt and Dr. Ch. Loveluck (University of Southampton, United Kingdom).
  • Thailand, Chachoengcao Province: August-September 2000 - Masters dissertation fieldwork. Soil-erosion and land-use mapping. Study of causes of erosion features, possible sustainable measures to increase crop yield. In collaboration with Prof. Dr. M. Van Molle (VUB).

INVITED LECTURES

International

  • University of Reading, Geoscience Department, London, United Kingdom, November 2009.
  • University of Cambridge, Archaeology department, Cambridge, United Kingdom, June 2009.
  • Nagoya University, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya, Japan. Organized by Nagoya Geographical Association, May 2007.
  • Kyushu University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan, May 2007.
  • AIST- Geological Survey of Japan. Active fault Research Center, Tsukuba, Science City, Japan, July 2007.
  • Waseda University, School of Education, Tokyo, Japan. Supported by Japanese Quaternary Association, July 2007.
  • International symposium on Quaternary Environmental Changes and Humans in Asia and the Western Pacific, Tsukuba, Science City, Japan, November 2007. (Guest speaker coastal session)

National

  • University of Leuven, The first Interdisciplinary Tweini Workshop, Research unit of Near Eastern Studies, University of Leuven (KUL), Belgium, March 2009.
  • University of Ghent, Workshop on the landscape of southern Mesopotamia and Khuzestan, Dept. of Languages & Cultures of the Near East & North Africa, University of Ghent, Belgium, January 2008.
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Scientific Publications (for the last 5 years)

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CHAPTER IN BOOKS WITH INTERNATIONAL REFEREE SYSTEM

  • Walstra, J., Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Verkinderen, P., 2010. Mapping the alluvial landscapes of Lower Khuzestan (SW Iran). In: Smith, M. J., Paron, P. & Griffith, J.S. (Eds.) Geomorphological mapping: Methods and applications. Developments in Earth Surface Processes 15, Elsevier, Amsterdam,The Netherlands. ISBN: 978-0-444-53446-0.
  • Walstra, J., Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Verkinderen, P., 2010. Reconstructing landscape evolution in the Lower Khuzestan plain (SW Iran): integrating imagery, historical and sedimentary archieves. In: Cowley, D., Standring, R., Abicht M. (Eds.). Landscapes through the lens: aerial photographs and the historic environment. Oxbow books, Oxford, United Kingdom. ISBN-13: 978-1-84217-981.
  • Jones, M., Askari, H., Djamali, M., Heyvaert, V.M.A., Stevens, L. & Weeks, L., 2010 (submitted). Mid Holocene environmental and climatic change in Iran. In Petrie C. (Ed): Ancient Iran and its neighbours during the 4th Millennium BC. Archaeological Monographs of the British Institute of Persian Studies, London.

INTERNATIONAL PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Walstra, J., Verkinderen, P., Weerts, H. & Ooghe, B., 2010 (submitted). The role of human interference on the channel shifting of the river Karkheh in the Lower Khuzestan plain (Mesopotamia, SW Iran). Quaternary International. (SCI:1.601)
  • Walstra, J., Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Verkinderen, P., 2010 (in press). Assessing human impact on the Jarrahi fan development using satellite images: a case-study from Lower Khuzestan (SW Iran). Geodinamica Acta . (SCI)
  • Fujiwara, O., Ono, E., Yata, T., Umitsu, M., Sato, Y. & Heyvaert, V.M.A., 2010. Geomorphic and social impact by the1498 Meio earthquake along the Hamana River on the Enshu-nada coast, Central Japan. Journal of Historical Earthquake, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Walstra, J., Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Verkinderen, P., 2009. Remote sensing for the study of fluvial landscapes in Lower Khuzestan, SW Iran. The 2009 Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Annual Conference, University of Leicester, (8-11 September), Leicester, UK. Extended abstract 8p.
  • Walstra, J, Heyvaert, V.M.A.& Verkinderen, P., 2008. Remote sensing for recording past landscapes of the Mesopotamian alluvial plain. Lasaponara, R. and Masini, N. (eds.) Advances on Remote Sensing for Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Management. Rome: EARSeL & CNR, pp. 379-382.
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Baeteman, C., 2008. A Middle to Late Holocene avulsion history of the Euphrates river: A case study from Tell-ed Der, Iraq, Lower Mesopotamia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 27, 2401-2410. (SCI: 4.113).
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Gherels, R., 2008. Report on the Annual International meeting of IGCP495, Queensland, Australia, 28 July - 7 August 2007, Quaternary Newsletter, 116, pp. 29-33. (ISSN 0143-2826).
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Baeteman, C., 2007. Holocene sedimentary evolution and palaeocoastlines of the Lower Khuzestan plain (southwest Iran), Special Issue IGCP 495, Marine Geology 242, 83-108. (SCI: 2.029).
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Baeteman, C., Dawson, S., Gehrels, R. & Sharma, C., 2007. Holocene coastal changes in the Lower Khuzestan Plain (SW-Iran, Lower Mesopotamian Plain): A product of sea-level, fluvial sediment forcing and anthropogenic impact. In: Mizuno, K. and Yamaguchi, M. (Eds). International symposium on Quaternary Environmental Changes and Humans in Asia and the Western Pacific, Geological Survey of Japan Interim Report no. 42., pp. 18-19.
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A.. & Baeteman, C., 2007. Holocene sedimentary evolution and Palaeocoastlines of the Lower Khuzestan plain (southwest Iran, Persian Gulf). XVII INQUA Congress 2007, Cairns, Australia. Quaternary International, 167-168, pp. 167-168.
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Weerts, H.J.T., 2007. Development of the Holocene Karun megafan, Lower Khuzestan, southwest Iran (Shatt-el Arab region). XVII INQUA Congress 2007, Cairns, Australia. Quaternary International, 167-168, pp.168.

PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES (with abstract published in abstract-volume)

  • Walstra, J., Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Verkinderen, P., 2010. The use of satellite imagery for mapping ancient irrigation systems in Lower Khuzestan, SW Iran. Water History Conference Delft16-20 June 2010, Delft, The Netherlands, ABSTRACT NR 170, p 21-22. (oral)
  • Verkinderen, P., Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Walstra, J., 2010. “Reconstructing the Fluvial Landscape of Early Islamic Greater Mesopotamia”, State Formation and State Decline in the Near and Middle East Past and Present, Marburg 24-27.3.2010. (oral)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Walstra, J., Ooghe, B., Verkinderen, P. & Baeteman, C., 2010. Human impact on natural avulsion processes in Lower Khuzestan, SW Iran: a multidisciplinary approach. Lac2010 conference, Amsterdam, ABSTRACT NR 15, P 24. (poster).
  • Walstra, J., Heyvaert, V.M.A & Verkinderen, P., 2010. The use of satellite imagery for revealing the landscapes of irrigation in Lower Khuzestan, SW Iran. Lac2010 conference, Amsterdam, ABSTRACT NR 139, P 127. (oral).
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Walstra, J., Ooghe, B., Weerts, H.J.T. & Baeteman, C., 2009. Human-induced and obstructed avulsion in lower Khuzestan, SW-Iran. International congress on “Susa and Elam. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives, University of Gent (14-17/12/2009), Gent. (Oral presentation)
  • Walstra, J., Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Verkinderen, P., 2009. Remote Sensing for the Study of Fluvial Landscapes in Lower Khuzestan. International congress on “Susa and Elam. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives, University of Gent (14-17/12/2009), Gent. (Oral presentation)
  • Osamu Fujiwara, Eisuke Ono, Toshifumi Yata, Masatomo Umitsu and Vanessa M.A. Heyvaert (2009). Environmental change caused by the 1498 Meio earthquake in the Hamana River along the Enshu-nada coast, Central Japan. “Historical Earthquake meeting”, Sept. 12-15, Otsu, Japan. (Poster)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A, Walstra, J., Verkinderen, P. & Baeteman, C., 2009. Assessing human impact on the development of the Jarrahi fan (SW Iran) by integrating remote sensing, historical and geological data. Third International Geologica Belgica meeting,September 2009, University of Gent, Gent .(Oral presentation)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A, Walstra, J., Ooghe, B., Weerts, H.J.T. & Baeteman, C., 2009. Unravelling the influence of human actions on short-term river variability within a semi-arid region: Avulsion processes of the rivers Karkheh and Karun in Lower Khuzestan, SW-Iran. Third International Geologica Belgica meeting,September 2009, University of Gent, Gent (Poster).
  • Walstra, J., Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Verkinderen, P., 2009. Remote sensing for the study of fluvial landscapes in Lower Khuzestan, SW Iran. The 2009 Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Annual Conference, University of Leicester, (8-11 September), Leicester, UK. (Oral presentation)
  • Jones, M., Djamali, M., Stevens, L., Heyvaert, V.M.A., Askari, H., Norolahie, D. & Weeks L., 2009. Early to mid Holocene environmental and climate change in Iran. Workshop on Ancient Iran and its neighbors - Local developments and long-range interactions in the 4th Millennium BC, June 26-28, University of Cambridge. (Oral presentation)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Baeteman, C. & Tanret, M., 2009. Reconstructing Holocene coastal and fluvial changes in the Lower Khuzestan plain, Southwest Iran by integrating geological, remote sensing and historical data. Workshop on Ancient Iran and its neighbours - Local developments and long-range interactions in the 4th Millennium BC, June 26-28, University of Cambridge. (Invited speaker)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Nys, K. & Claeys, P., 2009. Recent Holocene palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Hala Sultan Tekke salt lake, Larnaca plain, Cyprus, Mediterranean Sea. IGCP 495 project international meeting ‘Land –Ocean Interactions’, Egmond aan Zee (21-24/06/2009), The Netherlands. (Oral presentation)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Walstra, J. & Baeteman, C., 2009. Testing the archaeological story of Tell Tweini. Geological evidence for its possible identification as the ancient harbour town of Giballa (Syria). Geoarchaeology 2009 conference (15-17/04/2009), University of Sheffield. (Poster)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Ooghe, B., Weerts, H.J.T. & Baeteman, C., 2009. The role of human interference on the floodplain history of the rivers Karkheh and Karun, Lower Khuzestan, Iran. Integrating geological and historical data. Geoarchaeology 2009 conference (15-17/04/2009), University of Sheffield. (Oral presentation)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Walstra, J. & Baeteman, C., 2009. Coastal evolution, neotectonics and relative sea-level change in the surroundings of Tell Tweini, Syria. 7thInternational conference on Geomorphology, Australia, Melbourne. (Poster - p.23 abstract book)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Verkinderen, P., Walstra, J. & Weerts, H.J.T., 2009. Human-controlled development of the Jarrahi alluvial fan, Lower Khuzestan plain, Iran. 7th International conference on Geomorphology, Australia, Melbourne. (poster - p.42 abstract book)
  • Walstra J., Heyvaert, V.M.A., Weerts, H.J.T. & Verkinderen, P., 2009. History of a human-controlled avulsion cut in the Lower Khuzestan plain, Iran. 7thInternational conference on Geomorphology, Australia, Melbourne. (Oral presentation- p.23 abstract book)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Walstra, J. & Baeteman, C., 2008. Late Holocene coastal-Fluvial Changes in the Jebleh plain (Syria)—New geological evidence for the archaeological story of Ancient Giballa. Fifth IGCP495 international conference, 27th October-1st of November, Faro, Portugal. (Oral presentation)
  • Walstra, J., Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Verkinderen, P., 2008. Recording landscapes of the past in Lower Mesopotamia. International Aerial Archaeology Conference, 9-11 September 2008, Ljubljana. (Oral presentation)
  • Walstra, J., Heyvaert, V. M. A. & Verkinderen, P., 2008. Historical images of past landscapes in Lower Khuzestan. Historic maps and imagery for modern scientific applications, 28-30 November 2008, Bern. (Oral presentation)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Baeteman, C., 2008. Middle to late Holocene avulsion history of the Euphrates river: a case study from Tell ed-Der and Sippar, Iraq, Mesopotamia. Geoarchaeology2008, an international conference, Porto Heli, Greece. (Oral presentation)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Baeteman, C. & Weerts, H.J.T. (2008). Geological and historical data integration: Towards a reconstruction of river channel shifting and coastal evolution in Lower Mesopotamia, SW-Iran, Persian Gulf. Geoarchaeology2008, an international conference, Porto Heli, Greece. (Oral presentation)
  • Sharma, C., Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Gehrels, R., 2006. Foraminifera from the Lower Khuzestan Plain, South-Western Iran: Holocene coastal evolution with a Cretaceous signature. Program and abstracts, 50th Palaeontological association meeting, University of Sheffield, December 18-21. (Poster)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Baeteman, C., Dawson, S., Gehrels, R., Sharma, C. & Weerts, H.J.T, 2006, The development of the Mesopotamian marshes: a product of the progradation of the Karun-mega fan under decelerating sea-level rise. Program and abstracts, Third International IGCP495 meeting, Quaternary land-ocean interactions: Natural and Human Forcings on coastal evolution, Santa-Catarina, Brazil, Sept. 17-22. (Oral presentation)
  • Ooghe, B. & Heyvaert, V.M.A., 2006. The value of geological and historical data integration in recreating landscape history in Lower Mesopotamia: the post-10th century A.D. Lower Khuzestan plain, SW-Iran. Geoarchaeology 2006 Open Science Meeting, Exeter, September 10-13. (Oral presentation)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Baeteman, C., Ooghe, B. & Weerts, H.J.T., 2006. The impact of channel shifting of the river Karkheh on the Late Holocene evolution of the northern part of the Lower Khuzestan plain (Persian Gulf, SW Iran): integrating geological and historical data. Program and abstracts, IGCP 495 project “Quaternary land-ocean interactions: driving mechanisms and coastal responses”, Uk-Working Group Conference and Fieldtrip, Romney Marsh & Dungeness Foreland, Wye College, July 9-12. (Oral presentation)
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A. & Baeteman, C., 2006. The Holocene sedimentary record of the Lower Khuzestan plain (SW Iran): a Footprint of Palaeogeographical Changes. Program and Abstracts. Broadening Horizons, Multidisciplinary approaches to the study of past landscapes, Gent, Belgium, February 27-28. (oral presentation).

PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL CONFERENCES (with abstract published in abstract-volume)

  • Walstra, J., Heyvaert, V.M.A., Weerts, H.J.T. & Verkinderen, P., 2009. Remote sensing for reconstructing the avulsion history of the river Karun, SW Iran. Belqua annual workshop, Paleis der Academie, Brussel (oral).
  • Heyvaert, V.M.A., Baeteman, C., Dawson, S., Gehrels, R., Weerts, H.J.T., 2008. The impact of channel shifting, sea-level change and human action on the Holocene coastal evolution of the Lower Khuzestan plain, Iran, Persian Gulf. Belqua annual workshop, Paleis der Academie, Brussel. (oral).
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