Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Senior scientist with experience in coastal engineering, hydraulic modelling, data acquisition and instrumentation. His research focuses on wave run-up and wave overtopping. Since 2009, Dr. Kerpen has been involved in numerous national and international research projects, some of them with a leading function.Since 2017, Dr. Kerpen has been responsible for laboratory operations at the Ludwig-Franzius-Institute as Chief Operations Officer.
Teaching
- Supervision of Bachelor and Master theses
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Wave-induced responses of stepped revetments
Kerpen, N., 2017, 163 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral thesis
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Adapting the effective flow work method for monopile scour estimation under combined wave-current loading
Jalloul, M. H., Satari, R., Schendel, A., Welzel, M., Kerpen, N. B., Neuweiler, I. & Schlurmann, T., 30 Jul 2026, In: Ocean engineering. 362, 3, 19 p., 126442.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Kelp-stone ratio and bed roughness control green gravel stability under hydrodynamic forces
Paul, M., Kerpen, N. B. & Moghimi, A., 20 Apr 2026, In: PLOS ONE. 21, 4, 18 p., e0345763.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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Microplastic retention due to gravel obstacles in combined wave: Current flows
Kesgin, R. İ. T., Passalacqua, G., Carstensen, S., Iuppa, C., Faraci, C., Larsen, B. E., Kerpen, N. B. & Fuhrman, D. R., Oct 2026, In: Continental shelf research. 301, 17 p., 105721.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
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The influence of the pile Reynolds number on monopile scour prediction across experimental length scales under combined wave-current loading
Hoballah Jalloul, M., Satari, R., Schendel, A., Welzel, M., Kerpen, N. B., Visscher, J., Neuweiler, I. & Schlurmann, T., 15 Apr 2026, In: Coastal engineering. 206, 104951.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer review
Open Access
Datasets
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Dataset for "Microplastic retention in marine vegetation canopies under breaking irregular waves"
Kerpen, N. (Creator), Larsen, B. E. (Creator), Schlurmann, T. (Creator), Paul, M. (Creator), Guler, H. G. (Creator), Goral, K. D. (Creator), Carstensen, S. (Creator), Christensen, E. D. (Creator) & Fuhrman, D. R. (Creator), Technical University of Denmark, 2 Jan 2024
DOI: 10.11583/DTU.22801799.v1, https://data.dtu.dk/articles/dataset/Dataset_for_Microplastic_retention_in_marine_vegetation_canopies_under_breaking_irregular_waves_/22801799/1
Dataset
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Dataset for: "Experimental study of non-buoyant microplastic transport beneath breaking irregular waves on a sediment bed"
Larsen, B. E. (Creator), Fuhrman, D. R. (Creator), Güler, H. G. (Creator), Carstensen, S. (Creator), Christensen, E. D. (Creator), Quintana, O. (Creator), Kerpen, N. (Creator), Schlurmann, T. (Creator) & Goral, K. D. (Creator), Technical University of Denmark, 6 Jul 2022
DOI: 10.11583/DTU.19298669, https://data.dtu.dk/articles/dataset/Dataset_for_Experimental_study_of_non-buoyant_microplastic_transport_beneath_breaking_irregular_waves_on_a_sediment_bed_/19298669
Dataset
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Critical shear stress of kelp-stone-systems under waves [dataset]
Paul, M. (Creator), Lawes, T. (Creator), Merlau, M. (Creator) & Kerpen, N. (Creator), PANGAEA – Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science, 12 Mar 2026
Dataset
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Data Storage Report. RODBreak - Wave run-up, overtopping and damage in rubble-mound breakwaters under oblique extreme wave conditions due to climate change scenarios
Santos, J. A. (Creator), Lemos, R. (Creator), Weimper, J. (Creator), Gronz, O. (Creator), Hofland, B. (Creator), Sande, J. (Creator), Peña, E. (Creator), Reis, M. T. (Creator), Fortes, C. J. (Creator), Figuero, A. (Creator), Bornschein, A. (Creator), Kerpen, N. (Creator), Pedro, F. (Creator), Coimbra, M. (Creator), Körner, M. (Creator), Van Den Bos, J. (Creator), Dost, B. (Creator), Carvalho, R. F. (Creator), Alvarellos, A. (Creator) & Pohl, R. (Creator), Zenodo, 30 Jul 2019
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3335656, https://zenodo.org/records/3335656
Dataset
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Dataset for "full-scale experimental study on wave impacts at stepped revetments"
Herbst, M. (Creator), Kerpen, N. B. (Creator), Schoonees, T. (Creator) & Schlurmann, T. (Creator), Forschungsdaten-Repositorium der LUH, 19 Feb 2025
DOI: 10.25835/3n23z735, https://data.uni-hannover.de/dataset/0ec106cd-a062-4ed4-99ad-da9e329e1357
Dataset
Prizes
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Best Paper Award - Journal of Ecohydraulics
Paul, M. (Recipient) & Kerpen, N. (Recipient), 14 Nov 2023
Prize: Publication award
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Activities
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Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
Kerpen, N. (Visiting researcher)
Oct 2013 → Dec 2013Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Fachausschuss für Küstenschutzwerke (External organisation)
Kerpen, N. (Member)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Membership in a scientific association/a scientific community
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DIN-Normenausschuss 119-02-20 AA Nichtverzahnte Deckwerke aus Beton (External organisation)
Kerpen, N. (Member)
5 Sept 2023 → 31 Dec 2025Activity: Membership › Membership in a scientific committee › Transfer
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HTG-Arbeitskreis „Klimawandelanpassungen von See- und Binnenhäfen" (External organisation)
Kerpen, N. (Member)
Sept 2021 → Dec 2025Activity: Membership › Membership in a scientific association/a scientific community
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German Marine Research Alliance (DAM) (External organisation)
Kerpen, N. (Member)
2020 → …Activity: Membership › Membership in a scientific association/a scientific community