Marcel Taal

Background

About Marcel Taal

Marcel Taal has an impressive track record and experience in coastal and estuarine policy and management in the Netherlands. During almost all his professional career he concentrated on the challenge to link system knowledge and estuarine and coastal management. At present he is one of the experts of Deltares, section Morphology and Sediment Dynamics of the Unit Marine and Coastal Systems. He fulfills the role of program manager and specialist adviser, in the complex arena of the Scheldt estuary. He is now the key player in the research programs for this estuary. Having worked at the Dutch Ministry for Public Works for over seven years, he knows how to give advice and manage applied research so that it gives output that really matches the problems and questions of coastal and estuarine managers / policy makers.