Marzia Rovere

Marzia Rovere has a PhD in Earth Sciences and is researcher in marine geology at the Institute of Marine Sciences (ISMAR) of the National Research Council of Italy since 2009. Her scientific research deals with a variety of different topics related to seafloor and sub-seafloor mapping, including among others submarines landslides and their potential to trigger tsunamis, sediment transport in coastal areas, fluid flow along faults and the threads they pose to offshore installations. Her interests focus also on marine mineral resources, including aggregates on continental shelves, cold seep and hydrothermal habitats as unconventional sources of non-energy raw materials in the deep-sea through innovative recovery processes. Marzia participates in several EU projects, including EMODnet Bathymetry where she coordinates the public-access to ocean data of the Central Mediterranean, and is leading different national projects sponsored by public stakeholders. She is vice-chair of the joint IOC-IHO GEBCO Guiding Committee and participated in the establishment team of the GEBCO-NF Seabed 2030 project. She is the Italian alternate head of delegation to the works of the International Seabed Authority, where she served in the Legal and Technical Commission in 2015-2016. Marzia sailed in dozens of oceanographic cruises in the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean.