Our Partner Alliance Network

Nadia is Full Professor of Physical Oceanography at the University of Bologna and the Director of the Decade Collaborative Centre for Coastal Resilience. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University, and her interests range from ocean numerical modelling and predictions to data assimilation, numerical modelling of the marine physical-biological interactions and pollutants at sea. She has written more than a hundred and seventy papers in peer-reviewed journals on a wide range of subjects. 

Ghada is a Senior Specialist in data sciences for ecosystem modeling and services. She is an associate professor in data assimilation and optimization at TU Delft and plays a key role in strategic research at Deltares. She is a coastal expert specialized in uncertainty and sensitivity analysis, data assimilation for environmental and ecosystem health, and integrated monitoring. She supervises PhD and MSc students and leads national and international projects. She is a member of the Science Council of Deltares.

Giovanni is the Principal Scientist and Director of the CMCC “Global Coasts as a new frontier” Program

Joanna Staneva is a marine scientist at Helmholtz Centre Hereon, specializing in ocean and coastal modeling, Digital Twins of the Ocean (DTOs), and coastal resilience. She coordinates FOCCUS, a Horizon Europe project endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade, focusing on advancing coastal forecasting systems. She also serves as co-chair of the Digital Twins of the Ocean program (DITTO) and the Coastal Ocean and Shelf Seas Task Team (COSS-TT).