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ANDREA D'ALPAOS
Position
Professore Ordinario
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VIA G. GRADENIGO, 6 - PADOVA
Telephone
0498279117
CURRENT POSITION Full Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Padova, 2020-PERSONAL DATA and EDUCATION• Born in Feltre (BL), Italy, on May 24th 1976;• BS+MS, Civil Engineering (Hydraulics), 110/110 Summa cum Laude and mention of merit for curriculum studi), University of Padova (Italy), thesis' title “On the hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of tidal environments”, 2001.• PhD, Hydrodynamics and Environmental Modelling, University of Padova (Italy), thesis's title “Morphodynamics of tidal environments” (advisors: A. Rinaldo, S. Lanzoni, M. Marani), 2005.• Research Fellow, School of Computational Science and Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL (advisor: S. Fagherazzi), 2003-2004.• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Padova, 2005-2007.• Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, Univ. Padova, 2008-2014.• Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, Univ. Padova, 2014-2020.FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS • Prof. Aldo Gini Fellowship for studies and research abroad, Gini Foundation, Padova, Italy, 2003-2004.• Cum Laude distinction and Mention of Merit for curriculum studi, University of Padova, Italy, 2001.• Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Fall meeting, December 2004.RESEARCH ACTIVITY D’Alpaos’ current research is in the fields of environmental fluid mechanics and ecogeomorphology, with special emphasis on estuarine systems. The research activity deals with the observation, understanding and modeling of the ecomorphodynamic evolution of estuarine systems governed by intertwined processes of physical, chemical and biological nature, in response to changes in the forcing due to e.g. climate change and human pressures. Major topics of the research:SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY • Author of > 125 papers published or in press on peer-reviewed international journals; 7 peer-reviewed book chapters; > 100 papers published on the proceedings of Italian and international conferences (Scopus Indices (05/06/2025) as follows: Documents: 127; Total Citations: 6462; Cited by 2905 documents; h-index: 39);• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=eC2kR-IAAAAJ;ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1172-8278Scopus Author ID: 6506326460;ResearcherID: F-3161-2012;• Reviewer for Nat. Geoscience; Nat. Communications; PNAS; GRL; PLOS-ONE, JGR-ES; WRR; ECSS; Continental Shelf Research; Geomorphology; ESPL; Marine Ecology Progress Series; Adv. Water Resour; Coastal Engineering.• RESEARCH GRANTS, PI- “Analysis of the stability of fluvial levees through mathematical modelling and non-invasive geophysical investigations”, University of Padova, 2008-2011;- “Reading signatures of the past to predict the future: 1000 years of stratigraphic record as a key for the future of the Venice Lagoon”, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo, 2012-2015;- “Tidal vs. tidally-influenced fluvial point bars: facies distribution and implications for reservoirs production development, SHELL, 2013-2016;- “Dinamiche erosive e morfosedimentarie in Laguna di Venezia” within the project “Venezia 2021: Programma di ricerca scientifica per una laguna regolata” founded by the Provveditorato Interregionale OOPP per il Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige e Friuli Venezia Giulia.- Local PI PRIN2022, Eco-geomorphic CArbon Pumping from rivers To blUe caRbon Ecosystems (e-CAPTURE), PI Prof. Carlo CamporealeFor more details: http://147.162.183.151/personal/dalpaos-andrea
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Orari di ricevimento
Mer10:0013:00Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Terzo piano, Stanza 51Si riceve previo appuntamento
Publications
For a detailed list of publications visit: http://147.162.183.151/publications-1
JOURNAL PAPERS (most recent)
73. Cosma, M., N. Yan, L. Colombera, N.P. Mountney, A D'Alpaos, M. Ghinassi (2020), An integrated approach to determine three‐dimensional accretion geometries of tidal point bars: Examples from the Venice Lagoon, Sedimentology, in press, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12787.
72. Cosma, M., A. Finotello, A. Ielpi, D. Ventra, O. Oms, A D'Alpaos, M. Ghinassi (2020), Geophysical and sedimentological investigations integrate remote-sensing data to depict geometry of fluvial sedimentary bodies: An example from Holocene point-bar deposits of the Venetian plain (Italy), Geomorphology, in press, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107402.
71. Cassiani, G., E. Bellizia, A. Fontana, J. Boaga, A. D’Alpaos, M. Ghinassi (2020), Geophysical and sedimentological investigations integrate remote-sensing data to depict geometry of fluvial sedimentary bodies: An example from Holocene point-bar deposits of the Venetian plain (Italy), Remote Sensing, 12(16), 45-56, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12162568.
70. Finotello*, A., M. Ghinassi, L. Carniello, E. Belluco, M. Pivato, L. Tommasini, and A. D’Alpaos (2020), Three-Dimensional Flow Structures and Morphodynamic Evolution of Microtidal Meandering Channels, Water Resources Research, 56 (7), e2020WR027822, doi: 10.1029/2020WR027822.
69. Finotello*, A., M. Marani, L. Carniello, M. Pivato, M. Roner, L. Tommasini, and A. D’Alpaos (2020), Control of wind-wave power on morphological shape of salt marsh margins, Water Science and Engineering, available online 26 March 2020, 13(1), 45-56, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wse.2020.03.006.
68. Finotello*, A., A. D’Alpaos CA, M. Bogoni, M. Ghinassi, S. Lanzoni (2020), Remotely-sensed planform morphologies reveal fluvial and tidal nature of meandering channels, Scientific Reports, 10 (1), doi:10.1038/s41598-019-56992-w.
67. Ielpi, A., M.G. Lapôtre, A. Finotello, M. Ghinassi, A. D'Alpaos (2020), Channel mobility drives a diverse stratigraphic architecture in the dryland Mojave River (California, USA), Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 48(8), 1717-1731, doi: 10.1002/esp.4841.
66. Zolezzi, G., L. Carniello, A. D'Alpaos, S. Lanzoni, M. Tubino (2020), River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics Selected papers from the 10th anniversary of the RCEM Symposium, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45(5), 1311-1314, doi: 10.1002/esp.4823.
65. Yousefi Lalimi, F., M. Marani, J.B. Heffernan, A. D'Alpaos, A.B. Murray (2020), Watershed and ocean controls of salt marsh extent and resilience (2020), Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45(6), 1456-1468, doi:10.1002/esp.4817.
64. Geng*, L., Z. Gong, Z. Zhou, S. Lanzoni, A. D'Alpaos (2020), Assessing the relative contributions of the flood tide and the ebb tide to tidal channel network dynamics, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45 (1), 237-250, doi: 10.1002/esp.4727.
63. Finotello*, A., A. Canestrelli, L. Carniello, M. Ghinassi, A. D'Alpaos (2019) Tidal Flow Asymmetry and Discharge of Lateral Tributaries Drive the Evolution of a Microtidal Meander in the Venice Lagoon (Italy) Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 124 (12), 3043-3066, DOI: 10.1029/2019JF005193.
62. Finotello*, A., A. D'Alpaos, E.D. Lazarus, S. Lanzoni (2019), High curvatures drive river meandering, Geology, 47 (10), 485-485, doi: 10.1130/G46761C.1.
Research Area
RESEARCH ACTIVITY D’Alpaos’ current research is in the fields of environmental fluid mechanics and ecogeomorphology, with special emphasis on estuarine systems. The research activity deals with the observation, understanding and modeling of the ecomorphodynamic evolution of estuarine systems governed by intertwined processes of physical, chemical and biological nature, in response to changes in the forcing due to e.g. climate change and human pressures.Major topics of the research can be listed as follows:•Morphometric analyses of tidal eco-geomorphological patterns;•Morphodynamic modelling of tidal networks and channels; •Eco-morphodynamic modelling of the evolution of tidal patterns and channel-marsh systems;•Multiple equilibria and abrupt transitions in tidal eco-morphodynamics.
