Coast2Cast
Coastal geoscience is one of the most fascinating topics of research. Ana and Giovanni interview coastal scientists passionate about research in morphodynamics, bedforms, sediment transport and hydrodynamics. Join us to know about some curious research questions and some more curious non-research questions (https://coastalhub.science/coast2cast). Ana Vila-Concejo and Giovanni Coco are researchers at The University of Sydney and The University of Auckland, respectively. You can find them both in LinkedIn. Here are their websites: - https://coastalhub.science/ - https://grgusyd.org/ - https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/ana-vilaconcejo.html
Coastal geoscience is one of the most fascinating topics of research. Ana and Giovanni interview coastal scientists passionate about research in morphodynamics, bedforms, sediment transport and hydrodynamics. Join us to know about some curious research questions and some more curious non-research questions (https://coastalhub.science/coast2cast). Ana Vila-Concejo and Giovanni Coco are researchers at The University of Sydney and The University of Auckland, respectively. You can find them both in LinkedIn. Here are their websites: - https://coastalhub.science/ - https://grgusyd.org/ - https://www.sydney.edu.au/science/about/our-people/academic-staff/ana-vilaconcejo.html
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Aug 27, 2026
Coast2Cast #88 Chari Pattiaratchi
Aug 27, 2026
Aug 27, 2026
48 min
Chari Pattiaratchi, Professor of Coastal Oceanography at the University of Western Australia. He leads the UWA Coastal Oceanography Group and the IMOS National Facility, a large Australia program for ocean observation and monitoring, for Ocean Gliders. He has played an active role in research related to coastal ocean physical processes and their influence on climate, biological, and geological processes in estuaries, the nearshore (beach) zone, the continental shelf region and the deep ocean. The research programs he has developed involves ocean observation integration, numerical modelling and synthesis to define the role of physical processes in pathways of water and sediment (including morphological changes) weather and climate and ecosystem in the coastal ocean and the adjacent deep ocean.
- https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=GcNmceAAAAAJ&hl=en
- https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/charitha-pattiaratchi/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/charitha-pattiaratchi-67a70738b/
Interview by Ana Vila-Concejo https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-vila-concejo-7aa946101/
Aug 27, 2026
48 min

Jul 23, 2026
Coast2Cast #87 Julia Cisneros
Jul 23, 2026
Jul 23, 2026
47 min
Julia Cisneros is an Assistant Professor of Earth Surface Processes at the Department of Gesociences at Virginia Tech (USA).
https://juliacisneros.com/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=beH9wIAAAAAJ&hl=en
https://geos.vt.edu/people/Everyone/cisneros--julia.html
Interview by Giovanni Coco gcoco@icm.csic.es and https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-coco-124847b9/
Jul 23, 2026
47 min

Jun 17, 2026
Coast2Cast #86 Larissa Naylor
Jun 17, 2026
Jun 17, 2026
53 min
Larissa Naylor is Professor of Geomorphology and Environmental Geography at the University of Glasgow, UK.
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/ges/staff/larissanaylor/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dg6-mH4AAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.linkedin.com/in/larissa-naylor-ba5388b6/
Interview by Ana Vila-Concejo https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-vila-concejo-7aa946101/
Jun 17, 2026
53 min

Apr 21, 2026
Coast2Cast #85 Huib de Swart
Apr 21, 2026
Apr 21, 2026
57 min
Huib de Swart is Emeritus Professor in Physical Oceanography of Coastal and Shelf Seas at Utrecht University.
https://webspace.science.uu.nl/~swart104/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1DR_80MAAAAJ&hl=nl
Interview by Giovanni Coco gcoco@icm.csic.es and https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-coco-124847b9/
Apr 21, 2026
57 min

Mar 5, 2026
Coast2Cast #84 Giovanni Seminara
Mar 5, 2026
Mar 5, 2026
41 min
Giovanni Seminara is Emeritus Professor of Fluid Dynamics at the University of Genoa
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rmyo8SMAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-seminara-4617b4136/
Interview by Giovanni Coco from the Institute of Ciencies del Mar, CSIC.
Mar 5, 2026
41 min

Feb 2, 2026
Coast2Cast #83 Gary Parker
Feb 2, 2026
Feb 2, 2026
23 min
Gary Parker is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Geology.
Website: https://esec.illinois.edu/directory/profile/parkerg
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=oXOjPZUAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
Interview by Giovanni Coco
Feb 2, 2026
23 min

Jan 15, 2026
Coast2Cast #82 Curt Storlazzi
Jan 15, 2026
Jan 15, 2026
40 min
Curt Storlazzi is a research geologist at the Pacific Coastal and Marine Center USGS Santa Cruz. His research focuses on the coastal zone, from coastal erosional processes to sediment dynamics in the shallow coastal ocean, particularly on coral reefs.
Website https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/curt-storlazzi
Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=fFOaP0QAAAAJ&hl=en
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/curt-storlazzi-67aaa87b/
Interview by Ana Vila-Concejo
Jan 15, 2026
40 min

Dec 16, 2025
Coast2Cast #81 Nobuhito Mori
Dec 16, 2025
Dec 16, 2025
39 min
Nobuhito Mori is a Professor at the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University. He is also vice-director and Professor (cross-appointment), Typhoon Science and Technology Research Center, Yokohama National University, Japan.
https://www.oceanwave.jp/?Introduction/CV+in+English
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=b-s0CvYAAAAJ&hl=en
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nobuhito-mori-965181313/
Interview by Ana Vila-Concejo https://www.linkedin.com/in/ana-vila-concejo-7aa946101/
Dec 16, 2025
39 min

Nov 14, 2025
Coast2Cast #80 Heidi Nepf
Nov 14, 2025
Nov 14, 2025
48 min
Heidi Nepf is the Donald and Martha Harleman Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA)
https://cee.mit.edu/people_individual/heidi-nepf/
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Igpe-OcAAAAJ&hl=en
https://nepf.mit.edu/
Interview by Giovanni Coco
Nov 14, 2025
48 min

History
In early 2021, Giovanni Coco and Ana Vila-Concejo (University of Sydney) decided to interview scientists around the world asking a similar set of questions with the purpose to know a bit more about their life and interests (from their hobbies to their favourite singer), and about some general research issues.
The idea is that, as covid madness continues, students and scientists around the world can still "meet" coastal scientists and hear directly from them.
The choice of scientists we interviewed has been a bit chaotic but we have tried to cover the whole planet and we have inevitably started by asking collaborators/friends/colleagues (hoping they would be kind enough to be interviewed). We definitely want to thank all scientists that have agreed to be interviewed, often at crazy times of the day. We also want to thank Maarten Kleinhans for providing the music for the intros and outros.
Feel free to contact us (ana.vilaconcejo@sydney.edu.au, g.coco@auckland.ac.nz) and suggest scientists you want us to interview.

