Dr. Joanna Staneva
Dr. Joanna Staneva
Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation
Head of DepartmentPhone: +49 (0)4152 87-1804
- Recent Research Topics: Circulation and wave modelling, ocean predictions, Earth System Modelling, climate change, modelling of marine environment, wave dynamics, nature-based solutions, co-use of marine resources, digital twin and machine learning, coastal and regional oceanography.
Scientific career
| Since 11/2017 | Group Leader | Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation | Institute for Coastal Research, Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht (Hereon), Germany |
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| 2013-2017 | Senior scientist | Topic Coordinator “Wave Modelling" | Institute for Coastal Research, Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht (Hereon), Germany |
| 2007-2013 | Scientist | Climate System | Institute for Coastal Research, Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht (Hereon), Germany |
| 2003-2007 | PostDoc | Climate System Division | Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany, University of Oldenburg, Germany |
| 1999-2000 | Scientist | National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgaria | |
| 1998-1999 | PostDoc | Écologie des Systèmes Aquatiques | Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium |
| 1994-1998 | Scientist | Scientist: University of Sofia, Bulgaria |
Education and Training
| 1998 | PhD in Physical Oceanography, Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria |
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| 1993 | MSc in Meteorology and Geophysics, Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Sofia, Sofia Bulgaria |
Schools
| 2004 | OceanWeather Forecasting. An Integrated view in Oceanography, La Londe Les Maures, France |
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| 1998 | Course on Mediterranean Sea(s) Circulation and Ecosystem Functioning, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy |
| 1998 | NATO ASI on Ocean Modelling and parameterization, Les Houches, France. |
| 1996 | International School on Ecological Modelling. Erdemli, Turkey |
| 1994 | Regional Training Course on Strategies and Methodologies for Applied Marine Radioactivity and Environmental Isotope Studies for the Black Sea, Istanbul, Turkey |
Selected Activities
| Member | of different editorial and scientific boards and reviewer of scientific programmers, projects (H2020, DFG, FP7) and journals. |
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| Coordinator | of the CMEMS Service Evolution Project Wave2NAMO |
| Principle Investigator (PI) | in many international (e.g. H2020, CMEMS, FP7, FP4-6) and national (BMBF, DFG) funded projects. |
| Member | of the GODAE The Coastal Ocean and Shelf Seas Task Team (COSS-TT) |
| Member | NEMO Developer steering committee |
| Expert | in Wave-NEMO modelling working group |
- Dammak, N., Chen, W., & Staneva, J. (2025): Toward an AI-enhanced hydro-morphodynamic model for nature-based solutions in coastal erosion mitigation. Applied Ocean Research, Vol 154, 104326, doi:10.1016/j.apor.2024.104326
- Alvarez Fanjul, E. , Ciliberti, S. , Pearlman, J. , Wilmer-Becker, K. , Bahurel, P. , Ardhuin, F. , Arnaud, A. , Azizzadenesheli, K. , Aznar, R. , Bell, M. , Bertino, L. , Behera, S. , Brassington, G. , Calewaert, J.B. , Capet, A. , Chassignet, E. , Ciavatta, S. , Cirano, M. , Clementi, E. , Cornacchia, L. , Cossarini, G. , Coro, G. , Corney, S. , Davidson, F. , Drevillon, M. , Drillet, Y. , Dussurget, R. , El Serafy, G. , Fearon, G. , Fennel, K. , Ford, D. , Le Galloudec, O. , Huang, X. , Lellouche, J.M. , Heimbach, P. , Hernandez, F. , Hogan, P. , Hoteit, I. , Joseph, S. , Josey, S. , Le Traon, P.-Y. , Libralato, S. , Mancini, M. , Martin, M. , Matte, P. , McConnell, T. , Melet, A. , Miyazawa, Y. , Moore, A.M. , Novellino, A., O’Donncha, F. , Porter, A. , Qiao, F. , Regan, H. , Robert-Jones, J. , Sanikommu, S. , Schiller, A. , Siddorn, J. , Sotillo, M.G. , Staneva, J. , Thomas-Courcoux, C. , Thupaki, P. , Tonani, M. , Garcia Valdecasas, J.M. , Veitch, J. , von Schuckmann, K. , Wan, L. , Wilkin, J. , Zhong, A. , & Zufic, R. (2024): Promoting Best Practices in Ocean Forecasting through an Operational Readiness Level, Front. Mar. Sci., Sec. Ocean Observation , Vol 11, doi:10.3389/fmars.2024.1443284
- Bonaduce, A., Nam, P.T., Staneva, J., Grayek, S., Raj, R.P., & Breivik, Ø. (2024): Sea state contributions to thermosteric sea-level in high-resolution ocean-wave coupled simulations. Ocean Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s10236-024-01632-9
- Chen, W., & Staneva, J. (2024): Characteristics and trends of marine heatwaves in the northwest European Shelf and the impacts on density stratification: In: von Schuckmann, K., Moreira, L., Grégoire, M., Marcos, M., Staneva, J., Brasseur, P., Garric, G., Lionello, P., Karstensen, J., and Neukermans, G. (eds.): 8th edition of the Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR8). Copernicus Publications, State Planet, 4-osr8, 7, doi:10.5194/sp-4-osr8-7-2024
- Chen, W., Staneva, J., Jacob, B., Sánchez-Artús, X., & Wurpts, A. (2024): What-if nature-based storm buffers on mitigating coastal erosion. Science of The Total Environment, Vol 928, 172247, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172247
- Mehra, A., Staneva, J., Kim, H.-S., Joseph, S., & Glenn, S. (2024): Editorial: Impact of oceans on extreme weather events (tropical cyclones). Front. Mar. Sci., 11:1428063, doi:10.3389/fmars.2024.1428063
- Nam, P.T., Staneva, J., Bonaduce, A., Stanev, E., & Grayek, S. (2024): Interannual sea level variability in the North and Baltic seas and net flux through the Danish straits. Ocean Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s10236-024-01626-7
- Pein, J., & Staneva, J. (2024): Eutrophication hotspots, nitrogen fluxes and climate impacts in estuarine ecosystems: A model study of the Odra estuary system. Ocean Dynamics 74, 335–354 (2024), doi:10.1007/s10236-024-01607-w
- Ricker, M., Behrens, A., & Staneva, J. (2024): The operational CMEMS wind wave forecasting system of the Black Sea. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 1–22, doi:10.1080/1755876X.2024.2364974
- Thao, N.T., Staneva, J., Grayek, S., Bonaduce, A., Hagemann, S., Nam, T.P., Kumar, R., & Rakovec, O. (2024): Impacts of extreme river discharge on coastal dynamics and environment: Insights from high-resolution modeling in the German Bight. Regional Studies in Marine Science, Vol 73, 103476, doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2024.103476
- Van Dam, B., Helfer, V., Kaiser, D., Sinemus, E., Staneva, J., & Zimmer, M. (2024): Towards a fair, reliable, and practical verification framework for Blue Carbon-based CDR. Environ. Res. Lett. 19, 081004, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ad5fa3
- van de Wal, R., Melet, A., Bellafiore, D., Camus, P., Ferrarin, C., Oude Essink, G., Haigh, I. D., Lionello, P., Luijendijk, A., Toimil, A., Staneva, J., & Vousdoukas, M. (2024): Sea Level Rise in Europe: Impacts and consequences. In: van den Hurk, B., Pinardi, N., Kiefer, T., Larkin, K., Manderscheid, P., & Richter, K.: Sea Level Rise in Europe: 1st Assessment Report of the Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise (SLRE1). Copernicus Publications, State Planet, 3-slre1, 5, doi:10.5194/sp-3-slre1-5-2024
- Villa Castrillón, L., Ricker, M., Staneva, J., Meyerjürgens, J., Badewien, T.H., & Stanev, E.V. (2024): Relative dispersion and relative diffusivities in an ocean-wave coupled model of the North Sea. Ocean Dynamics (2024), doi:10.1007/s10236-024-01619-6
- von Schuckmann, K., Moreira, L., Grégoire, M., Marcos, M., Staneva, J., Brasseur, P., Garric, G., Lionello, P., Karstensen, J., & Neukermans, G. (eds.): 8th edition of the Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR8). Copernicus Publications, State Planet, 4-osr8, 2024, doi:10.5194/sp-4-osr8
- Wang, J., Ezer, T., de Camargo, R., Miyazawa, Y., Staneva, J., & Xu, F. (2024): The 12th International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean (IWMO 2022) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA on June 28–July 1, 2022. Ocean Dynamics 74, 77–80, doi:10.1007/s10236-023-01593-5
- Yuan, B., Jacob, B., Chen, W,, & Staneva, J. (2024): Downscaling sea surface height and currents in coastal regions using convolutional neural network. Applied Ocean Research, Vol 151, 104153, doi:10.1016/j.apor.2024.104153
- Zlateva, I., Ricker, M., Slabakova, V., Slavova, K., Doncheva, V., Staneva, J., Stanev, E., Popov, I., Gramcianinov, C., & Raykov, V. (2024): Analysis of terrestrial and riverine sources of plastic litter contributing to plastic pollution in the Western Black Sea using а lagrangian particle tracking model. Marine Pollution Bulletin, Vol 209, Part A, 117108, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117108
- Chen, W., Jacob, B., Valle-Levinson, A., Stanev, E., Staneva, J., & Badewien, T.H. (2023): Subtidal secondary circulation induced by eddy viscosity-velocity shear covariance in a predominantly well-mixed tidal inlet. Front. Mar. Sci., 10:1105626, doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1105626
- Ciliberti, S.A., Alvarez Fanjul, E., Pearlman, J., Wilmer-Becker, K., Bahurel, P., Ardhuin, F., Arnaud, A., Bell, M., Berthou, S., Bertino, L., Capet, A., Chassignet, E., Ciavatta, S., Cirano, M., Clementi, E., Cossarini, G., Coro, G., Corney, S., Davidson, F., Drevillon, M., Drillet, Y., Dussurget, R., El Serafy, G., Fennel, K., Garcia Sotillo, M., Heimbach, P., Hernandez, F., Hogan, P., Hoteit, I., Joseph, S., Josey, S., Le Traon, P.-Y., Libralato, S., Mancini, M., Matte, P., Melet, A., Miyazawa, Y., Moore, A.M., Novellino, A., Porter, A., Regan, H., Romero, L., Schiller, A., Siddorn, J., Staneva, J., Thomas-Courcoux, C., Tonani, M., Garcia-Valdecasas, J.M., Veitch, J., von Schuckmann, K., Wan, L., Wilkin, J., & Zufic, R. (2023): Evaluation of operational ocean forecasting systems from the perspective of the users and the experts. In: von Schuckmann, K., Moreira, L., Le Traon, P.-Y., Grégoire, M., Marcos, M., Staneva, J., Brasseur, P., Garric, G., Lionello, P., Karstensen, J., & Neukermans, G. (eds.): 7th edition of the Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR7). Copernicus Publications, State Planet, 1-osr7, 2, doi:10.5194/sp-1-osr7-2-2023
- El Serafy, G., Mészáros, L., Fernández, V., Capet, A., She, J., Sotillo, M.G., Melet, A., Legrand, S., Mourre, B., Campuzano, F., Federico, I., Guarnieri, A., Rubio, A., Dabrowski, T., Umgiesser, G., Staneva, J., Ursella, L., Pairaud, I., Bruschi, A., Frigstad, H., Baetens, K., Creach, V., Charria, G., & Alvarez Fanjul, E. (2023): EuroGOOS roadmap for operational coastal downstream services. Front. Mar. Sci., 10:1177615, doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1177615
- Gramcianinov, C.B., Staneva, J., de Camargo, R., & da Silva Dias, P.L. (2023): Changes in extreme wave events in the southwestern South Atlantic Ocean. Ocean Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s10236-023-01575-7
- Gramcianinov, C.B., Staneva, J., Souza, C.R.G., Linhares, P., de Camargo, R., & da Silva Dias, P.L. (2023): Recent changes in extreme wave events in the south-western South Atlantic. In: von Schuckmann, K., Moreira, L., Le Traon, P.-Y., Grégoire, M., Marcos, M., Staneva, J., Brasseur, P., Garric, G., Lionello, P., Karstensen, J., & Neukermans, G. (eds.): 7th edition of the Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR7). Copernicus Publications, State Planet, 1-osr7, 12, doi:10.5194/sp-1-osr7-12-2023
- Grayek, S., Wiese, A., Ho-Hagemann, H.T.M., & Staneva, J. (2023): Added value of including waves into a coupled atmosphere–ocean model system within the North Sea area. Front. Mar. Sci., 10:1104027, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1104027
- Jacob, B., Dolch, T., Wurpts, A., & Staneva, J. (2023): Evaluation of seagrass as a nature-based solution for coastal protection in the German Wadden Sea. Ocean Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s10236-023-01577-5
- Larsén, X.G., Staneva, J., Rutgersson, A., & Lundquist, J. (2023): Editorial: Offshore wind energy: Modeling and measurements. Front. Energy Res., 11:1146071, doi:10.3389/fenrg.2023.1146071
- Pein, J., Staneva, J., Mayer, B., Palmer, M.D., & Schrum, C. (2023): A framework for estuarine future sea-level scenarios: Response of the industrialised Elbe estuary to projected mean sea level rise and internal variability. Front. Mar. Sci., 10:1102485, doi:10.3389/fmars.2023.1102485
- Wahle, K., Stanev, E.V., & Staneva, J. (2023): Detecting anomalous sea-level states in North Sea tide gauge data using an autoassociative neural network. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 415–428, doi:10.5194/nhess-23-415-2023
- Babanin, A., Bidlot, J., Staneva, J., & Saulter, A. (2022): Chapter 8 Wave modelling. In: Implementing Operational Ocean Monitoring and Forecasting Systems. Mercator Ocean International, 184-245, https://mercator-ocean.eu/en/education-2/discover-operational-oceanography/
- Breivik, Ø., Carrasco, A., Haakenstad, H., Aarnes, O.J., Behrens, A., Bidlot, J.-R., Björkqvist, J.-V., Bohlinger, P., Furevik, B.R., Staneva, J., & Reistad, M. (2022): The impact of a reduced high-wind Charnock parameter on wave growth with application to the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea, and the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2021JC018196, doi:10.1029/2021JC018196
- Chen, W., Staneva, J., Grayek, S., Schulz-Stellenfleth, J., & Greinert, J. (2022): The role of heat wave events in the occurrence and persistence of thermal stratification in the southern North Sea. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 1683–1698, doi:10.5194/nhess-22-1683-2022
- Espino, M., Staneva, J., Alvarez-Fanjul, E., & Sánchez-Arcilla, A. (2022): Editorial: Coastal Extension of CMEMS Products. Models, Data and Applications. Front. Mar. Sci., 9:903610, doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.903610
- Grayek, S., Stanev, E., Pham, N., Bonaduce, A., & Staneva, J. (2022): Consistent data set of coastal sea level: The synergy between tidal gauge data and numerical modelling. Copernicus Ocean State Report, Issue 6, Journal of Operational Oceanography, 15:suppl, 1-220, S.3.4, 110-118, doi:10.1080/1755876X.2022.2095169
- Kousal, J., Liu, Q., Staneva, J., Behrens, A., Günther, H., Bidlot, J.-R., & Babanin, A.V. (2022): Introducing Observation-Based Physics Into the WAM Wave Model. Proceedings of the ASME 2022 41st International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. Volume 2: Structures, Safety, and Reliability. Hamburg, Germany. June 5–10, 2022, V002T02A005, ASME, doi:10.1115/OMAE2022-79652
- Leung, K.M.Y., Khim, J.S., & Staneva, J. (2022): A time for rejuvenation of the journal after the first seven years. Regional Studies in Marine Science, Volume 55, 2022, 102577, doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102577
- Li, D., Feng, J., Zhu, Y., Staneva, J., Qi, J., Behrens, A., Lee, D., Min, S.-K., & Yin, B. (2022): Dynamical Projections of the Mean and Extreme Wave Climate in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea and East China Sea. Front. Mar. Sci., 9:844113, doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.844113
- Martin, A.C.H., Gommenginger, C.P., Jacob, B., & Staneva, J. (2022): First multi-year assessment of Sentinel-1 radial velocity products using HF radar currents in a coastal environment. Remote Sensing of Environment, Volume 268, 2022, 112758, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2021.112758
- Pillai, U.P.A., Pinardi, N., Alessandri, J., Federico, I., Causio, S., Unguendoli, S., Valentini, A., & Staneva, J. (2022): A Digital Twin modelling framework for the assessment of seagrass Nature Based Solutions against storm surges. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 847, 2022, 157603, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157603
- Sánchez-Arcilla, A., Cáceres, I., Le Roux, X., Hinkel, J., Schuerch, M., Nicholls, R.J., del Mar Otero, M., Staneva, J., de Vries, M., Pernice, U., Briere, C., Caiola, N., Gracia, V., Ibáñez, C., & Torresan, S. (2022): Barriers and enablers for upscaling coastal restoration. Nature-Based Solutions, Volume 2, 2022, 100032, doi:10.1016/j.nbsj.2022.100032
- Stanev, E.V., Wahle, K., & Staneva, J. (2022): The synergy of data from profiling floats, machine learning and numerical modeling: Case of the Black Sea euphotic zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, doi:10.1029/2021JC018012
- Staneva, J., Ricker, M., Akpınar, A., Behrens, A., Giesen, R., & von Schuckmann, K. (2022): Long-term interannual changes in extreme winds and waves in the Black Sea. Copernicus Ocean State Report, Issue 6, Journal of Operational Oceanography, 15:suppl, 1-220, S.2.8., 64-72, doi:10.1080/1755876X.2022.2095169
Publications 2020 - 2021
Publications 2018 - 2019
Publications 2016 - 2017
Publications 2011 - 2015
Publications 1995 - 2010
Joanna Staneva is the main person responsible for several national and international projects
Current Projects
Further projects: on the website of the Department of Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation
| Acronym | Title | Funding | Responsible/ involved | Runtime |
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| BAW Vertrag | Einbau der aktuellen Quellterme des Seegangmodells WAM in das Un_K_Modell der BAW | BAW | Joanna Staneva (KSD), Heinz Günther (KSD) | 2022 - 2025 |
| CMEMS 2 (Phase 1) BS-MFC | Black Sea Monitoring and Forecasting Centre (CMEMS2) | EU | Joanna Staneva | 2022 - 2024 |
| CRANMAN II | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zur Biologie und Fischerei der Nordseegarnele CRANgon crangon als Basis für ein effizientes Selbst-MANagement System (Folgeprojekt zu CRANMAN, 2018-2022) | Niedersachsen/ EMFAF, Leitung: Uni Hamburg | Joanna Staneva (KSD), Marcel Ricker (KSD) | 2024 - 2026 |
| DOORS | Developing Optimal and Open Research Support for the Black Sea | EU | Joanna Staneva (KSD), Andreas Neumann (KCN) | 2021 - 2025 |
| DWD Vertrag | Technischer Support und Validierung des gekoppelten Wellenmodells „ICON-WAM“ des DWD | DWD | Joanna Staneva (KSD), Marcel Ricker (KSD) | 2023 - 2027 |
| EDITO - Model Lab | Underlying models for the European Digital Twin Ocean | EU | Joanna Staneva | 2023 - 2025 |
| FOCCUS | Forecasting and observing the open-to-coastal ocean for Copernicus users | EU | Joanna Staneva | 2024 - 2026 |
| LandSeaLot | Land-Sea interface: Let’s observe together! | EU | Yoana Voynova (KCP), Holger Brix (KCG), Joanna Staneva (KSD) | 2024 - 2028 |
| MANCOGA | Mangroves as Nature-Based Solutions to Coastal Hazards in Eastern Ghana | MeerWissen Initiative, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) | Holger Brix (KCG), Joanna Staneva (KSD), Bughsin Djath (KSD), Philip-Neri Jayson-Quashigah | 2022 - 2025 |
| NECCTON | New Copernicus capability for trophic ocean networks | EU | Ute Daewel (KST), Zhiyong Xie (KUO), Participating scientists from KSD: Joanna Staneva | 2023 - 2026 |
| OLAMUR | Offshore low-trophic aquaculture in multi-use scenario realization | EU | Joanna Staneva (KSD), Jochen Horstmann (KDD) | 2023 - 2026 |
| REST-COAST | Large scale restoration of coastal ecosystems: river to sea connectivity | EU | Joanna Staneva | 2021 - 2026 |
| SEA-ReCap | Research Capacity Building for healthy, productive and resilient Seas - European Partnering | HGF | Joanna Staneva | 2021 - 2025 |
| VERYBLUE | Validation/VERIfication and intercomparison of forecast and reanalysis BLUE products | Mercator Océan International | Joanna Staneva | 2023 - 2024 |
Former Projects
Mercator Ocean, COPERNICUS - Marine Enviroment Monitoring Service (CMEMC) Black Sea (2018 - 2023)
EU (H2020) Black Sea CONNECT (2019 - 2023)
EU Project COPERNICUS Ocean, COASTAL-RISKS Predicting risks of the German Bight Coasts under extreme storm events
ESA SeaStar SciRec
EU-FP5 Project: NUtrient Management in the DAnube Basin and its Impact on the Black Sea –DANUBS. Responsible for the modeling work package.
EU-FP6 Project: ASSEMBLAGE: ASSEssMent of the BLAck Sea sedimentary system since the last Glacial Extreme, EVK3-CT-2002-00090
EU-FP6 Project: Proposal N° 036949-2 SESAME: “Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem Changes” (2006-2010)
EU-FP6 Project: Proposal N° 036355-2 ECOOP: “European COastal-shelf sea OPerational observing and forecasting system (2007-2010)
DFG Research Project: “BioGeoChemistry of Tidal Flats” (2007-2009)
Monitoring and planning support of the German Bight, German Science Foundation
Project (2010-2012)
EU-FP7 UPGRDE BS-SCENE - BLACK SEA SCIENTIFIC NETWORK, 226592
EU-FP7 PERSEUS: Policy-oriented marine Environmental Research in the Southern EUropean Seas, 287600
EU-FP7 CoCoNET: Towards COast to COast NETworks of marine protected areas (from the shore to the high and deep sea), coupled with sea-based wind energy potential, Nr. 287844
German Funded Project: WIMO „Wissenschaftliche Monitoringkonzepte für die Deutsche Bucht, German Project“ - Monitoring Concepts for the German Bight‘
Responsible for TP19.4 in EU-FP7-MyOcean-2 Project : coupling wave and circulation models
Responsible for TP19.4 in EU-Horizon2020 MyOcean-FO Project: coupling wave and circulation models
PI of COPERNICUS BS-MFC Project – Hereon is responsible for the wave modelling
Coordinator of COPERNICUS SE Project WAVE2NEMO
PI of CEASELESS H2020 project
Task Leader ESM