Sea level and coastal changes

Honorary Professorship

We work on past sea-level changes and on the effects of current climate change on coastal environments. The focus of our research is understanding sea-level changes in the past through the measurement of past sea level indicators and comparison with earth models to disentangle local sea level changes caused by climate variability versus those caused by earth processes (e.g., tectonics).

We have a parallel interest in modern coastal environments, where we investigate coastal erosion, extreme wave events, interactions between ecological and geological processes and trajectories of coastlines and nearshore environments under changing climates and sea levels.

Working Area

Western Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, Polynesia

Methods

Geological mapping, coastal stratigraphy, hydrodynamic modeling, relational databases.

Ripple marks evident at low tide on a beach in the Indian Ocean
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Prof. Dr. Alessio Rovere

2000–2004 BSc in Environmental Sciences
2004–2006 MSc in Marine Environmental Sciences
2011 PhD in Marine Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy

Positions / Appointments:
2010–2016: CEO, SEAMap srl (ltd), Spin-off of the University of Genoa
2012–2014: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
2014–2019: MARUM, University of Bremen and Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT)
2014–2021: Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, NY, USA
2014–2019: Leader of the Young Investigator Group “Sea-Level and Coastal Changes”, MARUM (Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen) & ZMT (Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research), Germany
2019–2021: Tenured Research Scientist, MARUM, University of Bremen
2021–2023: Associate Professor, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Since 2020 Honorary Professor, University of Bremen
Since 2023: Professor, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

Research areas:
Coastal geology and geomorphology, paleo sea-level changes, paleoclimates

alessio.rovere@unive.it

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Department for Environmental Sciences, Statistics and Informatics
Via Torino 155
30172, Venice

Prof. Dr. Alessio Rovere

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Department for Environmental Sciences, Statistics and Informatics
Via Torino 155
30172, Venicealessio.rovere@unive.it