Ms. Ellis Penning has been working for Delft Hydraulics as an aquatic ecology for 6 years and is currently undertaking her PhD ‘ecohydromorphology of shallow lakes’. She focuses on the interaction between organisms (specially macrophytes and bivales). She is specialised in defining the linkages between aquatic ecology and related environmental aspects, including impact assessment of freshwater habitats using multivariate analysis and ecological modelling. She also worked in several European projects regarding the implementation of the Water Framework Directive and has been involved in research on the sustainability of cyclic floodplain rejuvenation, the development of a general concept for setting international Environmental Flow Requirements, in which river systems have been classified using the ecotope concept to the broader functioning of the rivers, and the effects of urban developments and spatial planning on the sustainability of Dutch aquatic ecosystems.

Scientific interests

• Ecohydomorphology
• Uspended sediments and process in freshwater lake
• Freshwater habitats using multivariate and analysis and ecological modeling
• Underwater light climate