Dr Michela De Dominicis

Biography

Dr. Michela De Dominicis is a Senior Scientist in the NOC’s Coastal Ocean Group. 
She is a physical oceanographer with a 20-year expertise in marine numerical modelling. 

Her work explores the connections between people and the sea: from climate change and coastal resilience to the future of offshore renewable energy. Using computer simulations, she creates ‘what-if’ scenarios of how coasts and ocean might change in the coming decades, helping to understand the impacts of extreme weather and rising seas, as well as the influence of large-scale offshore renewable energy developments on our seas.

She leads and manages a portfolio of projects, current roles are WP Leader CHAMFER (NERC NC LTSM2, 2022-2027), PI SEPA grant (2024-2026), NOC PI PELAgIO (NERC ECOWind, 2022-2026), NOC Lead ACCE+ DLA (Doctoral Landscape Award, 2024-2033). 


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Committee Memberships

·         Member of the Scottish Tidal Power Operators Agreement Panel Working Group (Crown Estate Scotland) (2024 – now)

·         Member of the Physical Processes ScotMER Receptor Group (2022-now)

Projects

·         NOC lead: ACCE+ Doctoral Landscape Award, (2024-2033), funder NERC

·         PI: “Development of the Shetland and East Coast Lewis and Harris Scottish Shelf Models”, (2024-2026), funder SEPA, £400,000.

·         NOC PI: PELAgIO - Physics-to-Ecosystem Level Assessment of Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms (2022-2025, NE/X00872X/1), funder NERC ECOWind, Split Award: £633,868.

·         Work-Package leader: CHAMFER - UK Coastal Hazards, Multi-hazard Controls on Flooding and Erosion (2022-2027, NERC - National Capability Long Term Science Multi-Centre 2).

·         Project co-lead: SeaDream - Sustainable Marine Energy and Ecosystem Resilience Advancement through Digital Technologies and Real-Time Crisis Management, MSCA Staff Exchanges (2025-2028), funder EU Horizon Europe

·         Project co-lead: Scoping an Offshore Wind Sustained Observation Programme, (2024), funder Scottish Government.

·         NOC PI: CHASANS - Connectivity of Hard Substrate Assemblages in the North Sea(2020-2024, NERC NE/T010878/1), funder NERC INSITE,  Split Award: £105,236.

·         PI: SSW-RS- Scottish Shelf Waters Reanalysis Service (2019-2020, CMEMS Demonstration Contract 110-DEM5-L2), funder Copernicus Marine Service/Mercator Ocean CMEMS Downstream Services, £107,661. (121,657€)

·         PI: University of Aberdeen sub-contract for the Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, (2018-2021, EPSRC EP/S000747/1), funder EPSRC via University of Aberdeen, £89,282.

·         Researcher co-lead: ANCODE - Applying nature-based coastal defence to the world’s largest urban area – from science to practice (2018-2021, EPSRC EP/R024537/1), funder EPSRC Sustainable Deltas

·         PDRA - SUCCESS - Synthesising Unprecedented Coastal Conditions: Extreme Storm Surges (2017, NERC NE/P009158/1), funder NERC
·         PDRA - EcoWatt2050 (2015-2017, EPSRC EP/K012851/1), funder EPSRC
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Publications

Publication year

2025

Publication type

Article

Authors

Holt, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3298-8477; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Hopkins, Joanne; Amoudry, Laurent O.; Appendini, Christian M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6044-3351; Arneborg, Lars ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0248-8110; Arnold, Alex; Artioli, Yuri; Aucan, Jerome ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9883-0082; Berx, Barbara; Cagigal, Laura; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Denamiel, Cléa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5099-1143; Galli, Giovanni; Graham, Jennifer A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1950-5266; Jacobs, Zoe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Jevrejeva, Svetlana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-4665; Kamranzad, Bahareh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8829-6007; Langlais, Clothilde ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6423-7678; Larsen, Morten Andreas Dahl; Lira-Loarca, Andrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-6684; Lyddon, Charlotte ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4254-3049; Mathis, Moritz; Melet, Angélique ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3888-8159; Méndez, Fernando; Muis, Sanne; Myers, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4514-2654; O’Donovan, Mairéad; Olbert, Agnieszka Indiana; Palmer, Matthew D.; Phillips, Lachlan; Polton, Jeff ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0131-5250; Buil, Mercedes Pozo; Robins, Peter; Ruju, Andrea; Schlaefer, Jodie A.; Senatore, Alfonso ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9716-3532; Siedlecki, Samantha; Tinker, Jonathan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3160-7000; Verri, Giorgia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7561-618X; Vilibić, Ivica ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0753-5775; Wei, Xiaoyan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8407-6958; Pinardi, Nadia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4765-0775. 2025 Future climate projections in the global coastal ocean. Progress in Oceanography, 235, 103497. 1, pp. 10.1016/j.pocean.2025.103497

Publication year

2025

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Article

Authors

Jevrejeva, Svetlana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-4665; Calafat, Francisco M.; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Hirschi, Joël J.‐M.; Mecking, Jennifer V.; Polton, Jeff A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0131-5250; Sinha, Bablu; Wise, Anthony; Holt, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3298-8477. 2024 Challenges, advances and opportunities in regional sea level projections: The role of ocean‐shelf dynamics. Earth's Future, 12 (8). 10.1029/2024ef004886

Publication year

2024

Publication type

Article

Authors

Barton, Benjamin I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9998-2064; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; O’Hara Murray, Rory; Wolf, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-8221; Gallego, Alejandro. 2024 Formation and dynamics of a coherent coastal freshwater influenced system. Earth and Space Science, 11 (2). 10.1029/2023ea002872

Publication year

2024

Publication type

Article

Authors

Knights, Antony M.; Lemasson, Anaëlle J.; Firth, Louise B.; Bond, Todd; Claisse, Jeremy; Coolen, Joop W.P.; Copping, Andrea; Dannheim, Jennifer; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Degraer, Steven; Elliott, Michael; Fernandes, Paul G.; Fowler, Ashley M.; Frost, Matt; Henry, Lea-Anne; Hicks, Natalie; Hyder, Kieran; Jagerroos, Sylvia; Jones, Daniel O.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-1649; Love, Milton; Lynam, Christopher P.; Macreadie, Peter I.; Marlow, Joseph; Mavraki, Ninon; McLean, Dianne; Montagna, Paul A.; Paterson, David M.; Perrow, Martin; Porter, Joanne; Russell, Debbie J.F.; Bull, Ann Scarborough; Schratzberger, Michaela; Shipley, Brooke; van Elden, Sean; Vanaverbeke, Jan; Want, Andrew; Watson, Stephen C.L.; Wilding, Thomas A.; Somerfield, Paul. 2024 Developing expert scientific consensus on the environmental and societal effects of marine artificial structures prior to decommissioning. Journal of Environmental Management, 352, 119897. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119897

Publication year

2024

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Article

Authors

De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Wolf, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-8221; van Hespen, Rosanna; Zheng, Peng; Hu, Zhan. 2023 Mangrove forests can be an effective coastal defence in the Pearl River Delta, China. Communications Earth & Environment, 4 (1). 10.1038/s43247-022-00672-7

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Article

Authors

Knights, Antony M.; Lemasson, Anaëlle J.; Firth, Louise B.; Beaumont, Nicola; Birchenough, Silvana; Claisse, Jeremy; Coolen, Joop W.P.; Copping, Andrea; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Degraer, Steven; Elliott, Michael; Fernandes, Paul G.; Fowler, Ashley M.; Frost, Matthew; Henry, Lea-Anne; Hicks, Natalie; Hyder, Kieran; Jagerroos, Sylvia; Love, Milton; Lynam, Chris; Macreadie, Peter I.; McLean, Dianne; Marlow, Joseph; Mavraki, Ninon; Montagna, Paul A.; Paterson, David M.; Perrow, Martin R.; Porter, Joanne; Bull, Ann Scarborough; Schratzberger, Michaela; Shipley, Brooke; van Elden, Sean; Vanaverbeke, Jan; Want, Andrew; Watson, Stephen C.L.; Wilding, Thomas A.; Somerfield, Paul J.. 2023 To what extent can decommissioning options for marine artificial structures move us toward environmental targets? Journal of Environmental Management, 350, 119644. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119644

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Article

Authors

Polton, Jeff A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0131-5250; Harle, James; Holt, Jason ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3298-8477; Katavouta, Anna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1587-4996; Partridge, Dale; Jardine, Jenny; Wakelin, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2081-2693; Rulent, Julia; Wise, Anthony; Hutchinson, Katherine; Byrne, David; Bruciaferri, Diego; O'Dea, Enda; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Mathiot, Pierre; Coward, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9111-7700; Yool, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9879-2776; Palmieri, Julien ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0226-5243; Lessin, Gennadi; Mayorga-Adame, Gabriela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8707-9385; Le Guennec, Valerie; Arnold, Alex; Rousset, Clement. 2023 Reproducible and relocatable regional ocean modelling: Fundamentals and practices. Geoscientific Model Development. 10.5194/gmd-2022-217

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Article

Authors

van Hespen, Rosanna; Hu, Zhan; Borsje, Bas; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Friess, Daniel A.; Jevrejeva, Svetlana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-4665; Kleinhans, Maarten G.; Maza, Maria; van Bijsterveldt, Celine E.J.; Van der Stocken, Tom; van Wesenbeeck, Bregje; Xie, Danghan; Bouma, Tjeerd J.. 2022 Mangrove forests as a nature-based solution for coastal flood protection: Biophysical and ecological considerations. Water Science and Engineering. 10.1016/j.wse.2022.10.004

Publication year

2022

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Article

Publication year

2022

Publication type

Article

Authors

Hu, Zhan; Borsje, Bas W.; Belzen, Jim; Willemsen, Pim W. J. M.; Wang, Heng; Peng, Yisheng; Yuan, Lin; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Wolf, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-8221; Temmerman, Stijn; Bouma, Tjeerd J.. 2021 Mechanistic modeling of marsh seedling establishment provides a positive outlook for coastal wetland restoration under global climate change. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (22). 10.1029/2021GL095596

Publication year

2021

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Article

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Zheng, Peng; Li, Ming; Wang, Caixia; Wolf, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-8221; Chen, Xueen; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Yao, Peng; Hu, Zhan. 2020 Tide-surge interaction in the Pearl River Estuary: A case study of Typhoon Hato. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 236. 10.3389/fmars.2020.00236

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Article

Authors

Wolf, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-8221; Becker, Amani; Bricheno, Lucy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4751-9366; Brown, Jenny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3894-4651; Byrne, David; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Phillips, Benjamin. 2020 Guidance note on the application of coastal modelling for small island developing states. Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, 47pp. (National Oceanography Centre Research and Consultancy Report, 73)

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Monograph

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Article

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Sadykova, Dinara; Scott, Beth E.; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Wakelin, Sarah L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2081-2693; Wolf, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-8221; Sadykov, Alexander. 2020 Ecological costs of climate change on marine predator–prey population distributions by 2050. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (2). 1069-1086. 10.1002/ece3.5973

Publication year

2020

Publication type

Article

Authors

Zazzini, Simone; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Pini, Agnese; Leuzzi, Giovanni; Monti, Paolo; O’Hara Murray, Rory; Li, Xiaorong. 2019 Turbulence changes due to a tidal stream turbine operation in the Pentland Firth (Scotland, UK). In: 2019 IMEKO TC-19 International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea, Genoa, Italy, October 3-5, 2019.

Publication year

2019

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Wolf, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-8221; O'Hara Murray, Rory. 2018 Comparative effects of climate change and tidal stream energy extraction in a shelf sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123 (7). 5041-5067. 10.1029/2018JC013832

Publication year

2018

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Article

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Article

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Article

Authors

De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Murray, Rory O'Hara; Wolf, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-8221. 2017 Extracting energy from tidal currents: The ocean response at multiple space and time scales. In: OCEANS 2017, Aberdeen, 19-22 June 2017. 1-7.

Publication year

2017

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Conference item

Authors

Scott, B. E.; Sadykova, D.; Sadykova, A.; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Wakelin, Sarah ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2081-2693; Wolf, Judith ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4129-8221. 2017 Local vs Global: How to assess the ecological cost and benefits of large scale renewables? In: OCEANS 2017, Aberdeen, 19-22 June 2017. 1-2.

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Zodiatis, George; Coppini, Giovanni; Perivoliotis, Leonidas; Lardner, Robin; Alves, Tiago; Pinardi, Nadia; Liubartseva, Svitlana; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Bourma, Evi; Sepp Neves, Antonio Augusto. 2017 Numerical modeling of oil pollution in the Eastern Mediterranean sea. In: Oil Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea: Part I. Cham, Springer, 215-254. (The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 83, 83).

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Book section

Authors

De Dominicis, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Bruciaferri, D.; Gerin, R.; Pinardi, N.; Poulain, P.M.; Garreau, P.; Zodiatis, G.; Perivoliotis, L.; Fazioli, L.; Sorgente, R.; Manganiello, C.. 2016 A multi-model assessment of the impact of currents, waves and wind in modelling surface drifters and oil spill. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 133. 21-38. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.04.002

Publication year

2016

Publication type

Article

Authors

Pisano, A.; De Dominicis, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Biamino, W.; Bignami, F.; Gherardi, S.; Colao, F.; Coppini, G.; Marullo, S.; Sprovieri, M.; Trivero, P.; Zambianchi, E.; Santoleri, R.. 2016 An oceanographic survey for oil spill monitoring and model forecasting validation using remote sensing and in situ data in the Mediterranean Sea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 133. 132-145. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.02.013

Publication year

2016

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Article

Publication year

2016

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Article

Authors

Sorgente, R.; Tedesco, C.; Pessini, F.; De Dominicis, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Gerin, R.; Olita, A.; Fazioli, L.; Di Maio, A.; Ribotti, A.. 2016 Forecast of drifter trajectories using a Rapid Environmental Assessment based on CTD observations. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 133. 39-53. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.06.020

Publication year

2016

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Article

Authors

Zodiatis, G.; De Dominicis, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Perivoliotis, L.; Radhakrishnan, H.; Georgoudis, E.; Sotillo, M.; Lardner, R.W.; Krokos, G.; Bruciaferri, D.; Clementi, E.; Guarnieri, A.; Ribotti, A.; Drago, A.; Bourma, E.; Padorno, E.; Daniel, P.; Gonzalez, G.; Chazot, C.; Gouriou, V.; Kremer, X.; Sofianos, S.; Tintore, J.; Garreau, P.; Pinardi, N.; Coppini, G.; Lecci, R.; Pisano, A.; Sorgente, R.; Fazioli, L.; Soloviev, D.; Stylianou, S.; Nikolaidis, A.; Panayidou, X.; Karaolia, A.; Gauci, A.; Marcati, A.; Caiazzo, L.; Mancini, M.. 2016 The Mediterranean Decision Support System for Marine Safety dedicated to oil slicks predictions. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 133. 4-20. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.07.014

Publication year

2016

Publication type

Article

Authors

Liubartseva, Svitlana; Coppini, Giovanni; Pinardi, Nadia; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Lecci, Rita; Turrisi, Giuseppe; Cretì, Sergio; Martinelli, Sara; Agostini, Paola; Marra, Palmalisa; Palermo, Francesco. 2016 Decision support system for emergency management of oil spill accidents in the Mediterranean Sea. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 16 (8). 2009-2020. 10.5194/nhess-16-2009-2016

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2016

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Article

Authors

De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Pinardi, N.; Zodiatis, G.; Lardner, R.. 2013 MEDSLIK-II, a Lagrangian marine surface oil spill model for short-term forecasting – Part 1: Theory. Geoscientific Model Development, 6 (6). 1851-1869. 10.5194/gmd-6-1851-2013

Publication year

2013

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Article