Maitane Olabarrieta
Professor
maitane.olabarrieta@essie.ufl.edu
352-294-7812
- Gainesville FL UNITED STATES
- Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Maitane Olabarrieta's research focuses on improving the predictive capabilities of coastal hazards using numerical models.
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Maitane Olabarrieta is a professor at the civil and coastal engineering department and an associate director of the Center for Coastal Solutions. Her research interests cover diverse oceanographic processes related to coastal hazards: flooding, erosion and transport of contaminants. Her main research goal is to improve the predictive capabilities of coastal hazards using numerical models: transport of pollutants, erosion and flooding during extreme events and long-term coastal morphodynamic changes.
Areas of Expertise
Forecasting System
Coastal Erosion
Hurricanes
Coastal Hazards
Coastal Water Quality
