Team

The University of Ferrara is involved in sediment dynamics research through the Department of Earth Sciences, one of the oldest departments of the University, with an international reputation in sedimentary research.

The COPRU team headed by Dr Ciavola has a longstanding tradition of sediment transport research at local, national and international level, having carried out fieldwork in the Po Delta, the Lagoon of Venice, Portugal, France, Albania, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Ireland and the United Kingdom. The main interests of the group of Dr Ciavola currently include beach and estuarine processes, remote sensing of SPM, Holocene sedimentation in lagoons and coastal lakes, cliff erosion monitoring.

Dr Yann Balouin is a post-doctoral research fellow (Marie Curie Fellowship contract EKV3-CT-2002-50014). He has a PhD in Marine Geology from the University of Bordeaux (France) and is currently working on coastal processes, with a particular interest in the morphodynamics of tidal inlets and adjacent coasts.

Ms Clara Armaroli is a research assistant within the CoastView EC project. She is working on GIS and Argus video images to define shoreline evolution indicators.

Mr Matteo Zanella is a research assistant working on signal and image processing for application in the coastal environment.
He holds an MSc in Civil Engineering from the University of Ferrara.