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ANDREA D'ALPAOS

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Position

Professore Ordinario

Structure

Dipartimento di Geoscienze

Address

VIA G. GRADENIGO, 6 - PADOVA

Telephone

0498279117

E-mail

andrea.dalpaos@unipd.it

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), with a thesis entitled “On the hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of tidal environments”, April 2001.
• PhD, Hydrodynamics and Environmental Modelling, University of Padova (Italy), with a thesis entitled “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, University of Padova, 2008-2014.
• Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of 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:
• Morphometric analyses of tidal eco-geomorphological patterns;
• Morphodynamic modelling of tidal networks;
• Eco-morphodynamic modelling of the evolution of channel-marsh systems;
• Multiple equilibria and abrupt transitions in tidal eco-morphodynamics.

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY
• Author of more than 100 papers published or in press on peer-reviewed international journals; 7 peer-reviewed book chapters; more than 66 papers published on the proceedings of Italian and international conferences (Scopus Indices (16/5/2022) as follows: Documents: 99; Total Citations: 4404; Cited by 1950 cdocuments; h-index: 35);
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=eC2kR-IAAAAJ;
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1172-8278
Scopus Author ID: 6506326460;
ResearcherID: F-3161-2012;
• Reviewer for Nature Geoscience; Nature Communications; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA; Geophysical Research Letters; PLOS-ONE, Journal of Geophysical Research; Water Resources Research; Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science; Continental Shelf Research; Geomorphology; Earth Surface Processes and Landforms; Marine Ecology Progress Series; Advances in Water Resources; Coastal Engineering.
• Guest Editor for the Special Issue “Ecogeomorphological feedbacks of water fluxes, sediment transport and vegetation dynamics in rivers and estuaries”, Advances in Water Resources; (ii) "River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics Selected papers from the 10th anniversary of the RCEM Symposium", Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
• Involved in several national and international research projects.
For more details: http://147.162.183.151/personal/dalpaos-andrea

Notices

Office hours

  • Wednesday from 10:00 to 13:00
    at Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Terzo piano, Stanza 51
    Si riceve previo appuntamento

Teachings

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.