Member Since 1999
Sergio Fagherazzi
Full Professor, Boston University
Member, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Fellows Committee
Professional Experience
Boston University
Full Professor
2006 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1999
University of Padova
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2023
Citation
For outstanding contributions in unraveling the key ecomorphological processes underlying the stability and resilience of coastal landscapes
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Publications
An Analytical Solution for Watershed Delineation in a Marsh Platform Drained by Tidal Creeks

Coastal marshes are important ecosystems providing numerous ecological services, including coastal protection, carbon storage, and biodiversity enh...

March 24, 2025
AGU Abstracts
Evaluating Hydrological Heterogeneity and Key Drivers at the Salt Marsh-Forest Boundary in Coastal Areas
COASTAL HYDROLOGY: OBSERVATION, MODELING, AND PREDICTION OF SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE PROCESSES AND PATTERNS II ORAL
hydrology | 13 december 2024
Amirhossein Noori, Giovanna Nordio, Dannielle Prat...
Coastal regions, vital for their biodiversity and ecological functions, face significant threats from climate change, particularly sea level rise and ...
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Contrasting Saltmarsh Vegetation Impacts Under Increasing Sea Level Rise Rates
BIOPHYSICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS: LINKING NEARSHORE TO ONSHORE PROCESSES THROUGH HYDRODYNAMICS, SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES, AND MORPHODYNAMICS III POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 11 december 2024
Olivier Gourgue, Yiyang Xu, Jean-Philippe Belliard...
The resilience of saltmarshes mainly depends on their ability to gain elevation by sediment accretion to keep pace with sea level rise. While vegetati...
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Salt marsh sedimentation in Coastal Bays: Availability v.s. Accessibility.
BIOPHYSICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS: LINKING NEARSHORE TO ONSHORE PROCESSES THROUGH HYDRODYNAMICS, SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES, AND MORPHODYNAMICS II ORAL
earth and planetary surface processes | 11 december 2024
Yiyang Xu, Sergio Fagherazzi, Hangjie Lin, Cedric ...
Coastal ecosystems especially salt marshes play an unignorable role in conservation biology, coastal defense, nature based solutions and global carbon...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Member
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Fellows Committee
2024 - 2025
Member
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Fellows Committee
2017 - 2018
Member
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Executive Committee
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