SAVINI ALESSANDRA

Role
Associate professor  
Academic disciplines
Geografia fisica e geomorfologia (GEO/04)
Office phone
Room:
  • U04, Floor: 3, Room: 3020
  • U04, Floor: 3, Room: 3036

Biography

Alessandra Savini is associate professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca, where she teaches introductory courses in Submarine Geomorphology. She is a marine geoscientist with expertise in seafloor imaging and mapping using geophysical data (bathymetry, backscattering and seismic) and RGB still images and videos. She investigates the interaction between submarine geomorphic processes and benthic organisms, over long- and short-time scales. Emphasis is given to marine bioconstructions (from cold-water to tropical corals) and cold seep systems, to decipher the response of submarine landscapes and landforms to Pleistocene and Holocene climate changes. She participated, also as leader or co-leader, in numerous national and EU funded projects, taking part in more than 30 oceanographic surveys in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Indian Oceans (leading 8). She is a member of the submarine geomorphology working group (established under the flag of the International Association of Geomorphologists – IAG), whose activity has made a significant contribution to the establishment of submarine geomorphology as a scientific discipline. She is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the MaRHE center, located in Maldives (www.marhe.unimib.it), where she coordinates the annual training course on mapping technologies in coral-reef environments. 

Research

Research Interests:

Research Methods in seafloor imaging and Mapping

Geomorphology of Continental Margins

Submarine Geomorphic Processes and Interaction with Benthic Organisms

Geomorphology of Algal and Coral Reefs in Tropical and Cold-Water

Fluid-Flow Processes and associated Submarine Landforms and Habitats

Geohazard and Anthropogenic Impacts in Marine Environments

Publications

  • Savini, A., Krastel, S., & Micallef, A. (2021). Perspectives on Submarine Geomorphology: An Introduction. In Elsevier Reference Collection in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier [10.1016/B978-0-12-818234-5.00192-9]. Detail
  • Micallef, A., Krastel, S., & Savini, A. (2021). Submarine geomorphology. In T.P. Burt (a cura di), The History of the Study of Landforms or the Development of Geomorphology. Volume 5: Geomorphology in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century (pp. M58-2021-2). Geological Society of London [10.1144/M58-2021-2]. Detail
  • Prampolini, M., Savini, A., Foglini, F., & Soldati, M. (2020). Seven Good Reasons for Integrating Terrestrial and Marine Spatial Datasets in Changing Environments. WATER, 12(8) [10.3390/w12082221]. Detail
  • Fallati, L., Saponari, L., Savini, A., Marchese, F., Corselli, C., & Galli, P. (2020). Multi-Temporal UAV Data and Object-Based Image Analysis (OBIA) for Estimation of Substrate Changes in a Post-Bleaching Scenario on a Maldivian Reef. REMOTE SENSING, 12(13) [10.3390/rs12132093]. Detail
  • Fallati, L., Polidori, A., Salvatore, C., Saponari, L., Savini, A., & Galli, P. (2019). Anthropogenic Marine Debris assessment with Unmanned Aerial Vehicle imagery and deep learning: A case study along the beaches of the Republic of Maldives. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 693 [10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133581]. Detail

Research projects

BridgET - Bridging the gap between the land and the sea in a virtual environment for innovative teaching and community involvement in the science of climate change-induced marine and coastal geohazard.
Year: 2021
Call: ERSAMUS -KA203 - Strategic Partnerships for higher education
Grantors: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
ISOBatA: Italian Southern Ocean Bathymetry from consistent exploitation of opportunistic seafloor datasets in Antarctic region and surrounding areas
Year: 2019
Call: PROGRAMMA NAZIONALE DI RICERCHE IN ANTARTIDE Bando di cui al Decreto n. 20 del 17.01.2020 GRADUATORIA LINEE DI INTERVENTO A1 , A2
Grantors: MINISTERO DELL'UNIVERSITA' E DELLA RICERCA (MUR)