Associate Professor Graziela Miot da Silva
Associate Professor in Coastal and Marine Sciences
College of Science and Engineering
I am a coastal geomorphologist/oceanographer with a BSc in Oceanography from the University of Vale do Itajaí (UNIVALI), Brazil, and a Masters Degree and Ph.D. in Marine Geology from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. I have joined the School of Environment (College of Science and Engineering) at Flinders University in 2013 after a visiting position at the Department of Geology and Geophysics at Louisiana State University (LSU). I have extensively worked on barrier systems in Southern Brazil and conducted research on surfzone dynamics and sediment transport, beach morphodynamics and sedimentology, aeolian sediment transport, dune ecology, foredune dynamics and barrier evolution. I have applied and expanded the knowledge obtained from studying coastal systems in Brazil to the Australian sandy barriers, in collaboration with researches from Australia and various parts of the world.
ARC Linkage - Threats to the water quality and ecosystem of Coffin Bay, South Australia, 2023. Prof Adrian Werner ; Prof Sabine Dittmann ; Prof Karen Gibb ; A/Prof Graziela Miot da Silva ; Prof Matthew Currell ; A/Prof George Stewart Walker.
ARC Linkage - Submerged Environments Survey and Sampling Suite, 2026. Dr John McCarthy ; A/Prof Jonathan Tyler ; Dr Alexander Francke ; Prof Jonathan Benjamin ; Dr Chelsea Wiseman ; Prof Ian Moffat ; Prof Sean Ulm ; Prof Julien Louys ; A/Prof John Tibby ; Dr Mark de Bruyn ; A/Prof Graziela Miot da Silva ; Mr Mathieu Bestille.
ARC LIEF - Coastal Bathymetry with Advanced Technologies (CoastBAT), 2023. Dr Graziela Miot da Silva; Adj A/Prof David Bruce; A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou; Prof Patrick Hesp; Prof Adrian Werner; A/Prof Ruth Reef; Dr Ryan Baring ; Mr Jason Quinn; Dr Milena Fernandes; Mr James Holyman.
ARC Discovery Project - Evolution, geomorphology, age structure and dynamics of the Younghusband Peninsula Holocene coastal barrier dunefield (2022-2025) with Patrick Hesp, Graziela Miot da Silva, Ian Moffat, Christopher Wilson, Robert Bourman (all Flinders University), Colin Murray-Wallace (UoW), Patrick Nunn (USC), Toru Tamura (Japan), Sergio Dillenburg (UFRGS, Brazil), Roger Luebbers (Melbourne).
Recipient of the Flinders University College of Science and Engineering Research Student mentorship Award (2022)
Awarded the '2011 Secretary's Partners in Conservation Award’ by the US Department of the Interior for "Archaeological Analysis of Submerged Sites, Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf" with A. Evans, M. Keith, P. Hesp, and M. Allison. The award recognizes organizations and individuals who partner with others to conserve and restore our land, help wildlife thrive, address water issues, and forge solutions to complex natural resource challenges.
Deputy Node Leader SA-IMOS
Chair, South Australian Branch, Australian Coastal Society
Steering Committee Member IMOS Coastal Wave Buoys Facility and CoastRI AuScope National Coastal Observatory Facility
Member of the Surface Waves Working Group, Forum for Operational Oceanography
Courses taught:
Nicholls State University (USA):
GEOL 101 (Physical Geology);
GEOL 102 (Historical Geology);
GEOL 300 (Oceanography).
Louisiana State University (USA):
GEOL 1001 (Physical Geology);
OCS/GEOG 4024 (Coastal Morphodynamics);
GEOL 3032 (Sedimentology and Depositional Environments);
GEOL 3039 (Geological Research - Sedimentology)
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South Australia 5042
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