Alessio ROVERE

Position
Full Professor
Roles
Member of Ca' Foscari E.R.C. Board
Telephone
041 234 8602
E-mail
alessio.rovere@unive.it
Academic discipline
Physical Geography and Geomorphology [GEOS-03/A]
Website
https://www.unive.it/web/en/19197/people/alessio.rovere(personal record)
Office
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics
Website: https://www.unive.it/dep.dais
Where: Campus scientifico via Torino
Room: office 318 (Epsilon bulding, 3rd floor)
Research Institute
Research Institute for Complexity
Safety Role
Preposto di Laboratorio

Office hours

By appointment to be arranged via e-mail to alessio.rovere@unive.it, at the lecturer's office, Mestre Science Campus, 155 Via Torino, Epsilon Building, 3rd floor.

Teaching activity current year

Teaching activity previous years

Activities and research skills

Academic discipline
Geografia fisica e geomorfologia [GEOS-03/A]
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare (SSD) affine
GEOGRAFIA FISICA E GEOMORFOLOGIA [GEO/04]
Geographic areas in which the research experience mainly applies
Internazionale: Europa, America Latina, Africa Caraibi e Pacifico, Oceania
Known languages
Inglese (scritto: avanzato parlato: avanzato)
Francese (scritto: intermedio parlato: avanzato)
Spagnolo (scritto: intermedio parlato: intermedio)
Main departmental research areas and fields
Area: Ambiente Linea: Clima
Area: Ambiente Linea: Scienze della terra
Sea level and extreme waves in the Last Interglacial
Funding body:
European Research Council Starting Grant
Type:
H2020 - Excellence Science - ERC
Role in the project:
LD
Sito di progetto:
www.warmcoasts.eu
Starting date:
Year: 2019 Length in months: 72

Publication highlights

Rovere, Alessio; Pico, Tamara; Richards, Fred; O’Leary, Michael J.; Mitrovica, Jerry X.; Goodwin, Ian D.; Austermann, Jacqueline; Latychev, Konstantin Influence of reef isostasy, dynamic topography, and glacial isostatic adjustment on sea-level records in Northeastern Australia in COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT, vol. 4 (ISSN 2662-4435)
DOI 2023, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5049600

Alessio Rovere; Deirdre D. Ryan; Matteo Vacchi; Andrea Dutton; Alexander R. Simms; Colin V. Murray-Wallace The World Atlas of Last Interglacial Shorelines (version 1.0) in EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE DATA, vol. 15, pp. 1-23 (ISSN 1866-3508)
DOI 2023, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/5015584

Rovere, Alessio; Pappalardo, Marta; Richiano, Sebastian; Aguirre, Marina; Sandstrom, Michael R.; Hearty, Paul J.; Austermann, Jacqueline; Castellanos, Ignacio; Raymo, Maureen E. Higher than present global mean sea level recorded by an Early Pliocene intertidal unit in Patagonia (Argentina) in COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT, vol. 1 (ISSN 2662-4435)
DOI 2020, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3747449

Rovere A.; Casella E.; Harris D.L.; Lorscheid T.; Nandasena N.A.K.; Dyer B.; Sandstrom M.R.; Stocchi P.; D'Andrea W.J.; Raymo M.E. Giant boulders and Last Interglacial storm intensity in the North Atlantic in PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, vol. 114, pp. 12144-12149 (ISSN 0027-8424)
DOI 2017, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3759161

Rovere A.; Raymo M.E.; Vacchi M.; Lorscheid T.; Stocchi P.; Gomez-Pujol L.; Harris D.L.; Casella E.; O'Leary M.J.; Hearty P.J. The analysis of Last Interglacial (MIS 5e) relative sea-level indicators: Reconstructing sea-level in a warmer world in EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS, vol. 159, pp. 404-427 (ISSN 0012-8252)
DOI 2016, Journal Article - ARCA card: 10278/3759169

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Curriculum vitae

Short Bio

I am a coastal geologist and Full Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. I study how sea level has changed in the past to better understand what climate change will mean for our coastlines. Along coasts around the world, I look for ancient beaches, fossil cliffs and uplifted coral reefs. These are traces the sea left behind when the climate was warmer than today, and I compare them with computer models to understand how much sea level rose or fell, and why. I also study today's coasts: beach erosion, storm surges and extreme waves, and how shorelines will change in the coming decades.

I have worked at Columbia University in New York and at the University of Bremen in Germany. In 2018 I was awarded a European Research Council (ERC) grant for the WARMCOASTS project. My research has taken me into the field in more than fifteen countries, from the Bahamas to the Maldives and from French Polynesia to South Africa.

I'm a surfer, and my passion for the ocean goes beyond my university work. I host the podcast Storie di mare ("Ocean Stories"), which tells the stories of explorers, scientists and surfers who have devoted their lives to the ocean. I also share science on social media (Instagram: @alessio_rovere) and at public events.

Work

  • Since 2023. Full Professor, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
  • 2021-2023. Associate Professor, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
  • 2019-2021. Tenured researcher, MARUM, University of Bremen
  • 2014-2019. Young Investigator Group Leader, ‘Sea Level and Coastal Changes’.  MARUM (Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen) & ZMT (Leibniz Center for tropical marine ecology), Germany
  • 2014-2021. Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, NY, USA
  • 2012-2014. Postdoctoral research scientist, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, NY, USA. 
  • 2010-2016. CEO, SEAMap srl (ltd), Spin-off University of Genoa
  • Italian Habilitation (Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale, ASN) as both 'Full Professor' and ‘Associate Professor’ (II Fascia) in Applied Geology, Physical Geography and Geomorphology’ (04/A3) by the Italian Ministry for Teaching, University and Research (MIUR)

Highlights

  • Recipient of the European Research Council Starting Grant 2018 WARMCOASTS
  • Supervision of Ph.D. students, BSc-MSc students, and postdocs
  • President of the "Coastal and marine Processes" commission of INQUA
  • Editor for Climate of the Past and Earth System Science Data journals
  • Special Issue Editor for Quaternary Science Reviews and Earth System Science Data
  • Leader of the INQUA-PAGES PALSEA working group
  • Experience of fieldwork in Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cape Verde, Egypt, French Polynesia, Ghana, Greece, Israel, Italy, Maldives, Netherlands, Antilles, Portugal (Azores), South Africa, Spain, United States

Education

  • 2008-2010. University of Genoa (Italy). European Ph.D. in Marine Sciences.  Award date: 30/06/2011
  • 2004-2006. University of Genoa (Italy). MSc in Marine Environmental Sciences
  • 2000-2004. University of Genoa (Italy). BSc in Environmental sciences
  • Short visiting periods at The University of Western Australia (2010, Visiting Ph.D.), Brunel University, UK (2010, Visiting Ph.D.), The University of the Aegean, GR (2009-2010, Visiting Ph.D.), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, ES (ERASMUS student exchange Project)