Dr Georg Umgiesser, M.Sc in Oceanography (1986) and M.Sc in Physics (1997) at University of Hamburg, Germany, Ph.D in Biomedical Sciences (2009) at University of Klaipeda, Lithuania. Since 1992 he has been working with ISMAR-CNR Venice, Italy and is now the Director of Research. He created the modelling framework SHYFEM that is used in the modelling of lagoons and the coastal zone by many groups. He wrote more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is a member of the ETWCH-4 expert team of JCOMM on Waves and Coastal Hazards and represents ISMAR in the MONGOOS (ex MOON) network. In the new ESFRI infrastructure Danubius-RI, he leads the thematic modelling node.
In LandSeaLot, Georg will mainly work in developing and applying models to the Danube Delta, which lies on the border between the Danube River and the Romanian coastal zone. Main topics will be addressed, including storm surge, pollution, and sediment transport.
LandSeaLot has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under grant agreement No 101134575. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. UK participants in Horizon Europe Project LandSeaLot are supported by UKRI grant numbers: 10109592 University of Stirling and 10107554 Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
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