SAVINI ALESSANDRA
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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