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Email

alessandro.toffoli@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor in Ocean Engineering
Department of Infrastructure Engineering
Education
PhD
Katholiek Universiteit Leuven
Masters (Coursework & Research)
Polytechnic of Turin
ORCID

0000-0003-3112-6856

Prof Alessandro Toffoli

Professor in Ocean Engineering
Department of Infrastructure Engineering

129 Scholarly works
18 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Other

    Foundation vision models for Antarctic sea ice floe segmentation and quantification from shipborne imagery
    DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu26-9695
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Sea Ice Floe Segmentation in Close-Range Optical Imagery Using Active Contour and Foundation Models
    DOI: 10.1029/2025EA004453
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Assessing the ship motion prediction capabilities of the open-source model NEMOH against field observations
    DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.123580
  • 2024

    Thesis / Dissertation

    The Climatology of Tropical Cyclone Extreme Wave Heights
  • 2022

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    The Future of Shipping: Achieving Autonomous Navigation
  • 2019

    Research Contracts

    Coastal Waves and Sea Level Study
  • 2016

    Research Grant

    Australia-China Centre for Maritime Engineering (Accme)
Alessandro Toffoli

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2010
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science short term fellowship

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Nonlinear wave reconstruction and prediction by a shipborne radar with a dynamic averaging algorithm
    DOI: 10.1103/jsd9-4kx1
  • 2025

    Journal article

    PERFORMANCE STUDY OF A LOW-PASS FILTER TO MODEL ENERGY DISSIPATION DUE TO MULTIDIRECTIONAL WAVE BREAKING IN HOS-NWT
    DOI: 10.9753/icce.v38.waves.47
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    HYBRID PHYSICAL - NUMERICAL MODELLING OF FOLLOWING WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION
    DOI: 10.1115/OMAE2025-156443
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Why Are There Waves?
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-80979-8_3
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Links between atmospheric aerosols and sea state in the Arctic Ocean
    DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120844
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Closing the Loops on Southern Ocean Dynamics: From the Circumpolar Current to Ice Shelves and From Bottom Mixing to Surface Waves
    DOI: 10.1029/2022RG000781
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Observations of Rogue Seas in the Southern Ocean
    DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.154101

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    Holistic Economical Offshore Wind Trubine Solution for Australia

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