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
Podcast Description
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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Episodes

Sep 18, 2025
Coast2Cast #78 Giovanni Besio
Sep 18, 2025
Sep 18, 2025
29 min
Giovanni Besio is a professor of Coastal Engineering at the University of Genoa. He is internationally known for his research in coastal morphodynamics and engineering.
Personal page: https://rubrica.unige.it/personale/VUZBX19g
LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovanni-besio-57a001a/
Interview by Giovanni Coco!

Aug 19, 2025
Coast2Cast #77 Kathelijne Weinberg
Aug 19, 2025
Aug 19, 2025
44 min
Ana Vila-Concejo chats with Kathelijne Weinberg, a Full Professor at the University of Twente, in the Department of Civil Engineering and Management. Her research interests include Coastal morphodynamics, nature-based engineering, coastal observation and video remote sensing, the natural coastal system and its response to human intervention, and anthropogenic shores.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathelijne-wijnberg-1a110160/

Jun 5, 2025
Coast2Cast #76 Donatus Angnuureng
Jun 5, 2025
Jun 5, 2025
44 min
Ana interviews Donatus Angnuureng. Donatus is an expert in coastal Processes and Coastal Morphology at the University of Cape Coast in the Central Coast of Ghana. Donatus is interested in coastal geomorphology, coastal processes, shoreline, currents and remote sensing.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/donatus-angnuureng-b2510013a/

Apr 6, 2025
Coast2Cast#75 Doug Jerolmack
Apr 6, 2025
Apr 6, 2025
52 min
Doug Jerolmack works at the University of Pennsylvania and is an experimental geophysicist/geomorphologist. His research focuses on patterns that emerge at the interface of fluid and sediment on Earth and planetary surfaces.

Mar 16, 2025
Coast2Cast #74 Maitane Olabarrieta
Mar 16, 2025
Mar 16, 2025
23 min
Giovanni interviews Maitane Olabarrieta, University of Florida (USA), who studies atmosphere and ocean momentum exchange processes during hurricanes and extreme storms, the generation mechanisms of meteotsunamis, storm impacts and longer-term evolution of estuaries and coastal areas.

Mar 16, 2025
Coast2Cast#73 Jen Irish
Mar 16, 2025
Mar 16, 2025
36 min
Ana interviews Jennifer Irish, a professor of coastal engineering at Virginia Tech and a globally recognized expert in storm surge dynamics, coastal hazard assessment, and nature-based coastal infrastructure.

Feb 23, 2025
Coast2Cast#72 Mark Davidson
Feb 23, 2025
Feb 23, 2025
45 min
Mark Davidson from University of Plymouth tells us about his career, his hobbies and his amazing research.

Feb 5, 2025
Coast2Cast #71 - Ryan Lowe
Feb 5, 2025
Feb 5, 2025
28 min
Ryan Lowe is a Full Professor at the University of Western Australia. He is internationally recognised for his research on hydrodynamics of coral reefs and other nature based solutions.
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=23cEg1kAAAAJ&hl=en
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-lowe-12425035/?originalSubdomain=au

Jan 15, 2025
Coast2Cast #70 - Huib de Vriend
Jan 15, 2025
Jan 15, 2025
27 min
Professor Huib de Vriend is a civil engineer by training. He received his PhD from Delft University of Technology. Before his retirement in 2012, he was director of science of Deltares and part-time professor of river engineering and eco-hydraulics at Delft University of Technology. He is director of the EcoShape Foundation, which coordinates the ‘Building with Nature’ innovation programme executed by a consortium of government agencies, universities, research organisations, consultants, and engineering contractors. Prof. de Vriend is a member of the National Commission for the EIA, and of the think-tank on flood safety of the Netherlands Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment.
https://www.reformrivers.eu/news/172.html

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.

