Ana Paula da Silva

Ana has a Ph.D. in coastal oceanography (Griffith University, Australia) focused on investigating the dynamic and climatic conditions leading to the occurrence of sediment bypassing around a headland (Fingal Head, NSW, Australia). She also holds a Master of Science degree with an emphasis in Oceanography/Coastal Dynamics, and a Bachelor (Hons) in Oceanography at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis – Brazil. She has experience in data analysis with Geographic Information Systems and numerical modeling of coastal processes. During her academic formation, her research interests were focused on wave climate changes, sediment transport variability, long-term climate change, coastal morphodynamics and adaptation. In 2022, she worked as a postdoc fellow at the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR – Canada) with research focused on morphodynamics and coastal erosion in the Canadian High Arctic. Currently, Ana returned to Australia as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Sydney to study the eco-morphodynamics of the Great Barrier Reef and the coastal changes projected up to 2100.