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Villy KOURAFALOU
Decade Collaborative Centre - Coastal Resilience
Chief Scientific Officer
Villy Kourafalou (PhD in Physical Oceanography) is a Professor at the University of Miami’s Department of Ocean Sciences and is acclaimed for pioneering research in coastal areas and marginal seas, especially in regions of large river outflows and basins of complex biophysical connectivity. She has a record of over 150 refereed publications on coastal ocean dynamics with applications on predictions and forecasts that bring ocean influence to the coastal, land and urban environments, track material transport and evaluate ocean observing system design. Prof. Kourafalou co-chairs the international "CoastPredict" program, endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade, and is a member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) of the EU Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service.
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