First name: Paolo
Family name: Ciavola
Date of birth: 21 August 1964
Nationality: Italian
Present Position: Full Professor (Coastal Geomorphology)

Habilitation as Full Professor in December 2013 for the discipline of Physical Geography and Geomorphology

Address:

Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra
Università di Ferrara
Via Saragat, 1
44122 Ferrara Italia
Tel.: +39-0532-974622
Cell. Ph: +39-329-0116710

e-mail: cvp@unife.it

Home Page: http://fst.unife.it/ricerca/aree-di-ricerca-1/costuf


Education:

1990 Master Degree in Geological Sciences awarded by the Faculty of Sciences of the
University of Bologna with the grade of 110/110 (First Class).
Research work carried out at the University of Hull (UK).
Title of thesis: “Coastal Morphodynamics of Spurn Head (UK): an example of Coastal
Modelling”.

1999 Ph.D. in Marine Sciences awarded by UCTRA, University of Algarve (Faro, Portugal).
Title of thesis: “Sediment transport processes on reflective beaches: field experiments in
the Algarve”.

Visiting Research Fellowships

1995 Human Capital and Mobility Programme (European Union) to study for 18 months
beach processes in Portugal at the University of Algarve.

1999 NATO Senior Visiting Fellowship to spend two months at the University of
Algarve (Faro, Portugal), to study saltmarsh geomorphology.

2000 Bologna-Clare Hall Visiting Fellowship to visit Clare Hall College at the University of Cambridge to study saltmarshes in Essex (UK) and mudflats in the Scheldte Estuary (NL).
Membership of professional bodies
• Chartered Geologist of the Geological Society (UK)
• EuroGeologist of the European Federation of Geologists

Professional Career

1990-1991
Research Assistant to Prof. J.S. Pethick, School of Geography & Earth Resources and Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies, University of Hull, UK.
Under contract to the Spurn Heritage Trust. Working on the following topics: beach monitoring, wave measurements, modelling of wave refraction patterns.

1991-1996
Coastal Geomorphologist (Scientific Officer) at the British Geological Survey, part of NERC-UK (National Environment Research Council). During the period June 1995-September 1996 is sent to Portugal on study leave.

1995-1996
Visiting Fellow (Investigador Convidado) at the University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Working on the study of longshore transport and developing field equipment for measurements of waves, currents and suspended sediment.

1996-present
Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, Full Professor of the Department of Physics and Earth Sciences at the University of Ferrara.
Undertaking research on sediment transport, coastal sedimentology, coastal geomorphology, coastal management. Teaching modules of geomorphology, geology and coastal dynamics for the BSc and MSc degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Participation to VI and VII Framework Research Projects

VI Framework HYDRALAB III-Access to Major Experimental Hydraulics Facility GWK- Hannover http://www.hydralab.eu/project_summary_report.asp?id=104
Coordinator of the project HYIII-GWK-05 Experiments on Sediment Depth of Disturbance for beaches under the influence of Drainage Systems (ESDODDS).

VII Framework, Environment Theme-MICORE Project http://www.micore.eu/
Coordinator of the project MICORE (Morphological Impacts and COastal Risks induced by Extreme storm events) (started 01/06/2008, contract n° 202798, duration 40 months)

VII Framework, Environment Theme-ConHaz Project http://conhaz.org/
WorkPackage Leader (WP7 Costs of storms and coastal risks) in the project ConHaz (Costs of Natural Hazards) (started 01/02/2010, contract n° 244159, duration 24 months)

VII Framework, Environment Theme-RISC-KIT Project http://www.risckit.eu
WorkPackage Leader (WP1 Database of Historical Storms) in the project RISC-KIT (Resilience-Increasing Strategies for Coasts-toolKIT) (started 01/11/2014, contract n° 603458 duration 42 months)

Currently coordinating all data collection work on impact of historical storms all case study sites. In charge for the production of a database of storm impacts, publicly accessible at:
http://risckit.cloudapp.net/risckit/#/

Author of a public “Review report of key challenges and lessons learned from historical extreme hydrometeorological events”. Downloadable at:
http://www.risckit.eu/np4/file/23/RISC_KIT_Deliverable_D.1.1_V3.pdf


Completed international research projects as Chief Scientist for the University of Ferrara

• Feed-backs of Estuarine Circulation and Transport of Sediments on Phytobenthos (F-ECTS).
• Research project financed by UE-MAST (Marine Science and Technologies).
• Sediment and Water Movement in Industrialised Estuarine Environments (SWAMIEE) Research project financed by UE-TMR (Training and Mobility of Researchers) for the period 1998-2001.
• Rationale for Integrated Coastal Area Management (RICAMA). Project financed by UE-LIFE (1997-2000) as a part of the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Integration Programme for the preparation of a database on coastal erosion in the Abruzzo region (central Italy).
• Inlet Nearshore Dynamics Initiative Algarve (INDIA). Research project financed by UE-MAST III (1997-2000) to study coastal process at inlets.
• Wave dissipation on natural and artificially created saltmarshes. Research project financed by the UK Royal Society, undertaken in co-operation with the Cambridge Coastal Research Unit (CCRU) of the University of Cambridge (director Dr T. Spencer).
• Assessing the stability of mudflat surfaces by mapping sediment characteristics and extremely sparse vegetation and algae cover with hyperspectral imaging (HYSENS). Research project financed by the UE-Access to Large Scale Facilities.
• PRediction Of The Erosion of Cliffed Terrains (PROTECT). Research project financed by the UE-5th Framework.
• The COASTVIEW Project. Research project financed by the UE-5th Framework to develop video-monitoring tools in support of Coastal Zone Management.

Completed national research projects as Chief Scientist for the University of Ferrara

• Physical laboratory modelling of beach processes in support of beach replenishment projects of the Venetian barrier-island systems. Financed by the Magistrato alle Acque di Venezia through its concessionary Consorzio Venezia Nuova.
• Impact of sediment resuspension generated by vessel-passage in the canals of the lagoon of Venice. Financed by the Magistrato alle Acque di Venezia through its concessionary Consorzio Venezia Nuova.
• CARG Regional Coastal Mapping Project, Regione Campania. Supervisor of survey activities in the Coastal Zone.
• Development of a coastal morphodynamic classification for the beaches of the Regione Emilia-Romagna. Under contract to the Regional Geological Survey.
• Field testing of a Beach Management System based on sediment drainage. Under contract to ENI, to test the system on the beach of the Fiumi Uniti river mouth near Ravenna, Italy.

Memberships of professional societies

• Elected in 1992 as a Fellow of the Geological Society of London and given in 1995 the Chartered Geologist status.
• Member of the Italian Geological Society, the European Union for Coastal Conservation, EUROCOAST, the Italian Society for Environmental Geology (SIGEA).
• Awarded in 1996 the title of Eurogeologist by the European Federation of Geologists.
• Member of COPRI of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Editorial and Refereeing

Referee of the following international journals: Caribbean Journal of Science, Geo-Marine Letters, Marine Geology, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Journal of Geophysical Research.

Member of the Editorial Board of:

Continental Shelf Research (Elsevier)
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaleditorialboard.cws_home/662/editorialboard#editorialboard

Remote Sensing (MDPI)
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing

Frontiers in Marine Sciences (Frontiers Publishing)
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science

Coastal Futures
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-prisms-coastal-futures
.
Organization of International Workshops and Conferences

International Conference on Coastal Conservation and Management in the Atlantic and Mediterranean
Tavira, Portugal, 17-20 April 2005, organized by Eurocoast
http://webpages.fe.up.pt/ihrh/icccm/default.htm

International Coastal Symposium 2007
The Gold Coast, Australia, 16-20 April 2007, organized by Griffith University and Journal of Coastal Research
http://www.griffith.edu.au/conference/ics2007/

International Conference on Coastal Management 2007
Cardiff, UK, 31 October-1 November 2007, organized by Institution of Civil Engineers, UK
http://www.coastalmanagement2007.com/

Il Sistema Fiume-Costa: ricerca scientifica e strumenti per una gestione integrata
Ferrara, Italy, 26-27 June 2008,
http://digilander.libero.it/motopaolo1964/Convegno/index.html

International Coastal Symposium 2009
Lisbon, Portugal, 13-18 April 2009, organized by University of Lisbon and Journal of Coastal Research
http://e-geo.fcsh.unl.pt/ICS2009/index.html

Risk and Management of current and future Storm Surges
Hamburg, Germany, 13-17 September 2010
http://meetings.copernicus.org/ssc2010/

International Coastal Symposium 2011
Szczecin, Poland, 9-14 May 2011, organized by University of Szczecin and Journal of Coastal Research
http://www.ics2011.pl/

The 3rd Coastal and Maritime Mediterranean Conference (Conférence Méditerranéenne Côtière et Maritime)
Ferrara from 25 to 27 November 2015
http://www.paralia.fr/ferrara_2015_880.htm


Organization of national conferences and workshops

Il Sistema Fiume-Costa: ricerca scientifica e strumenti per una gestione integrata
Ferrara, 26-27 Giugno 2008,
http://digilander.libero.it/motopaolo1964/Convegno/index.html

I Forum Internazionale del Mare e delle Coste, Forte dei Marmi (LU), 25-27 settembre 2014
Verso una gestione integrata della costa Apuo-Versiliese: lo stato delle conoscenze nel contesto delle esperienze internazionali
http://www.goodlink.it/calendario/3/0/6/forum-internazionale-del-mare-e-delle-coste/2014

II Forum Internazionale del Mare e delle Coste, Forte dei Marmi (LU), 1-3 ottobre 2015
Verso una gestione integrata della costa Apuo-Versiliese: tecniche di contrasto all’erosione mediante la ridistribuzione di sabbia all’interno della cella sedimentaria
http://www.goodlink.it/calendario/3/0/6/forum-internazionale-del-mare-e-delle-coste

Coast Expo: Salone sulla tutela della costa, Ferrara
http://www.remtechexpo.com/en/coast
Editions 2010-2023


Awards

• Winner of the medal of the Societá Geologica Italiana for the best paper published in 1991 on the journal of the society
• Winner of a NATO Senior Visiting Fellowship in 1999 to the University of Algarve, Portugal
• Since 1999 he is a Life Visiting Fellow of Clare Hall College at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is also a Visiting Scholar of the Geography Department in the same University
• Winner in 2008 of the Elsevier Award for the journal Continental Shelf Research as corresponding author of the most cited paper for the period 2003-2007 doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2002.12.001

PUBLICATIONS

28 book chapters in international and national books
102 papers in referred journals
Editor of 5 Special Issues of International Journals (Journal of Coastal Research, Geomorphology, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, Remote Sensing)
91 Contributions to international and national congresses
25 Technical and Scientific Reports and 1 map.

Editorship of Special Issues

1. Monitoring and modelling to guide coastal adaptation to extreme storm events in a changing climate, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 16
https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue210.html

2. The record of marine storminess along European coastlines. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 13
https://nhess.copernicus.org/articles/special_issue135.html

3. Thresholds for storm impacts along European coastlines. Geomorphology, 143-144
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/geomorphology/vol/143/suppl/C

4. Sediment Transport in European Estuarine Environments. Journal of Coastal Research (ISSN:0749-0208) Special Issue 41.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/i25736623

5. UAV Application for Monitoring Coastal Morphology. Remote Sensing MDPI https://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/special_issues/UAV_Application_Monitoring_Coastal_Morphology

6. RISC-KIT: Resilience-increasing Strategies for Coasts – Toolkit
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/coastal-engineering/vol/134/suppl/C

Book autorship and editorship:

Management of the Effects of Coastal Storms: Policy, Scientific and Historical Perspectives
Philippe Quevauviller (Editor), Paolo Ciavola, Emmanuel Garnier
ISBN: 978-1-84821-762-1
188 pages
March 2017, Wiley-ISTE

Coastal Storms: Processes and Impacts
Paolo Ciavola, Giovanni Coco
ISBN: 978-1-118-93710-5
280 pages
June 2017, Wiley-Blackwell

Google Scholar Profile
http://scholar.google.it/citations?user=5XSNO1YAAAAJ

ORCID Researcher ID
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7107-8185

Research Gate Profile
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paolo_Ciavola