Dr. Joanna Staneva
Dr. Joanna Staneva
Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation
Head of DepartmentPhone: +49 (0)4152 87-1804
- Recent Research Topics: Circulation and wave modelling, ocean predictions, Earth System Modelling, climate change, modelling of marine environment, wave dynamics, nature-based solutions, co-use of marine resources, digital twin and machine learning, coastal and regional oceanography.
Scientific career
| Since 11/2017 | Group Leader | Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation | Institute for Coastal Research, Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht (Hereon), Germany |
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| 2013-2017 | Senior scientist | Topic Coordinator “Wave Modelling", Institute for Coastal Research | Helmholz Centre Geesthacht (Hereon), Germany. |
| 2007-2013 | Scientist | Institute for Coastal Research | Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht (Hereon), Germany |
| 2003-2007 | Scientist | Junior Research Group IMPULSE | ICBM, University of Oldenburg, Germany |
| 2000-2003 | Postdoc | Climate Systems | Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany |
| 1999-2000 | Scientist | National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgaria | |
| 1998-1999 | PostDoc | Écologie des Systèmes Aquatiques | Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium |
| 1994-1998 | Scientist | Scientist: University of Sofia, Bulgaria |
Education and Training
| 1998 | PhD in Physical Oceanography, Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria |
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| 1993 | MSc in Meteorology and Geophysics, Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Sofia, Sofia Bulgaria |
Schools
| 2004 | OceanWeather Forecasting. An Integrated view in Oceanography, La Londe Les Maures, France |
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| 1998 | Course on Mediterranean Sea(s) Circulation and Ecosystem Functioning, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy |
| 1998 | NATO ASI on Ocean Modelling and parameterization, Les Houches, France. |
| 1996 | International School on Ecological Modelling. Erdemli, Turkey |
| 1994 | Regional Training Course on Strategies and Methodologies for Applied Marine Radioactivity and Environmental Isotope Studies for the Black Sea, Istanbul, Turkey |
Committees, Boards and Awards
| Co-Chair | of Digital Twins of the Ocean – UN Ocean decade DITTO Program (since 2024) |
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| Co-Editor-in-Chief | of Ocean Modelling (since 2023) |
| G7 FSOI DTO expert | Germany |
| Deputy President | EGU Division on Ocean Sciences (since 2024) |
| Vice Chair | of ET-MOR WMO Expert Team: Expert Team on MetOcean Requirements |
| Member | of the Scientific Council of John von Neumann Institute for Computing in Germany |
| Member | of the Scientific Advisory Board of Mercator Ocean International, France |
| Member | of the Scientific Advisory Board of SOCIB, Spain |
| Member | of the OceanPrediction DCC - Decade Action |
| Member | of the Scientific Advisory Board of EUROGOOS, Coastal Working Group of EUROGOOS and the BOOS Scientific Board |
| Co-chair | of the GODAE Coastal Ocean and Shelf Seas Task Team (COSS-TT) (since 2024) |
| Editorial Boards | Nature-Scientific Reports, AMS-Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems (AIES), Springer-ODYN, Frontiers, Elsevier- Progress of Oceanography |
- Cirano, M., Alvarez-Fanjul, E., Capet, A., Ciliberti, S., Clementi, E., Dewitte, B., Dinápoli, M., El Serafy, G., Hogan, P., Joseph, S., Miyazawa, Y., Montes, I., Narvaez, D. A., Regan, H., Simionato, C. G., Smith, G. C., Staneva, J., Tanajura, C. A. S., Thupaki, P., Urbano-Latorre, C., and Veitch, J. (2025): A description of existing operational ocean forecasting services around the globe, in: Ocean prediction: present status and state of the art (OPSR), edited by: Álvarez Fanjul, E., Ciliberti, S. A., Pearlman, J., Wilmer-Becker, K., and Behera, S., Copernicus Publications, State Planet, 5-opsr, 5. https://doi.org/10.5194/sp-5-opsr-5-2025
- Dammak, N., Chen, W., & Staneva, J. (2025): Toward an AI-enhanced hydro-morphodynamic model for nature-based solutions in coastal erosion mitigation. Applied Ocean Research, Vol 154, 104326, doi:10.1016/j.apor.2024.104326
- Hosseini, S.T., Pein, J., Staneva, J., Zhang, Y.J., & Stanev, E. (2025): Impact of offshore wind farm monopiles on hydrodynamics interacting with wind-driven waves. Ocean Modelling, Vol 195, 102521, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2025.102521
- Jayson-Quashigah, P.-N., Staneva, J., Chen, W., Djath, B., Mahu, E., Appeaning, A. K. /2025): Evaluating mangroves as nature-based solutions for coastal protection under current and future sea level rise scenarios. Frontiers in Marine Science, Vol.12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1526082
- Matte, P., Wilkin, J., and Staneva, J. (2025): The representation of rivers in operational ocean forecasting systems: a review, in: Ocean prediction: present status and state of the art (OPSR), edited by: Álvarez Fanjul, E., Ciliberti, S. A., Pearlman, J., Wilmer-Becker, K., and Behera, S., Copernicus Publications, State Planet, 5-opsr, 19, https://doi.org/10.5194/sp-5-opsr-19-2025
- Nguyen, T.T., Staneva, J., Bonaduce, A., Jacob, B., Pein, J.: Seamless integration of the land–ocean continuum: the complex interplay of wave-induced processes and estuarine influences. Ocean Dynamics 75, 58 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-025-01705-3
- Pein, J., Staneva, J., Biederbick, J., & Schrum, C. (2025): Model-based assessment of sustainable adaptation options for an industrialised meso‑tidal estuary. Ocean Modelling, Vol 194, 102467, doi:10.1016/j.ocemod.2024.102467
- Ricker, M., Kousal, J., Günther, H., Behrens, A., & Staneva, J. (2025). The introduction of observation-based wave physics into the wind-wave model WAM: Wave assessments for a semi-enclosed basin. Ocean Modelling, 197, 102564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2025.102564
- Staneva, J., Melet, A., Veitch, J., and Matte, P. (2025): Solving coastal dynamics: introduction to high-resolution ocean forecasting services, in: Ocean prediction: present status and state of the art (OPSR), edited by: Álvarez Fanjul, E., Ciliberti, S. A., Pearlman, J., Wilmer-Becker, K., and Behera, S., Copernicus Publications, State Planet, 5-opsr, 4, https://doi.org/10.5194/sp-5-opsr-4-2025
- Yildiz, I., Stanev, E.V. & Staneva, J. (2025): Advancing bathymetric reconstruction and forecasting using deep learning. Ocean Dynamics 75, 36 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-025-01679-2
- Yuan, B., Ricker, M., Chen, W., Jacob, B., Pham, N.T., Staneva, J. (2025): Statistical spatial downscaling of significant wave height in a regional sea from the global ERA5 dataset. Ocean Engineering 329, 121100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.121100
Publications 2022 - 2024
Publications 2020 - 2021
Publications 2018 - 2019
Publications 2016 - 2017
Publications 2011 - 2015
Publications 1995 - 2010
Joanna Staneva is the main person responsible for several national and international projects
Current Projects
Further projects: on the website of the Department of Hydrodynamics and Data Assimilation
| Acronym | Title | Funding | Responsible/ involved | Runtime |
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| BAW Vertrag | Einbau der aktuellen Quellterme des Seegangmodells WAM in das Un_K_Modell der BAW | BAW | Joanna Staneva (KSD), Heinz Günther (KSD) | 2022 - 2025 |
| CMEMS 2 (Phase 1) BS-MFC | Black Sea Monitoring and Forecasting Centre (CMEMS2) | EU | Joanna Staneva | 2022 - 2024 |
| CRANMAN II | Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zur Biologie und Fischerei der Nordseegarnele CRANgon crangon als Basis für ein effizientes Selbst-MANagement System (Folgeprojekt zu CRANMAN, 2018-2022) | Niedersachsen/ EMFAF, Leitung: Uni Hamburg | Joanna Staneva (KSD), Marcel Ricker (KSD) | 2024 - 2026 |
| DOORS | Developing Optimal and Open Research Support for the Black Sea | EU | Joanna Staneva (KSD), Andreas Neumann (KCN) | 2021 - 2025 |
| DWD Vertrag | Technischer Support und Validierung des gekoppelten Wellenmodells „ICON-WAM“ des DWD | DWD | Joanna Staneva (KSD), Marcel Ricker (KSD) | 2023 - 2027 |
| EDITO - Model Lab | Underlying models for the European Digital Twin Ocean | EU | Joanna Staneva | 2023 - 2025 |
| FOCCUS | Forecasting and observing the open-to-coastal ocean for Copernicus users | EU | Joanna Staneva | 2024 - 2026 |
| LandSeaLot | Land-Sea interface: Let’s observe together! | EU | Yoana Voynova (KCP), Holger Brix (KCG), Joanna Staneva (KSD) | 2024 - 2028 |
| MANCOGA | Mangroves as Nature-Based Solutions to Coastal Hazards in Eastern Ghana | MeerWissen Initiative, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) | Holger Brix (KCG), Joanna Staneva (KSD), Bughsin Djath (KSD), Philip-Neri Jayson-Quashigah | 2022 - 2025 |
| NECCTON | New Copernicus capability for trophic ocean networks | EU | Ute Daewel (KST), Zhiyong Xie (KUO), Participating scientists from KSD: Joanna Staneva | 2023 - 2026 |
| OLAMUR | Offshore low-trophic aquaculture in multi-use scenario realization | EU | Joanna Staneva (KSD), Jochen Horstmann (KDD) | 2023 - 2026 |
| REST-COAST | Large scale restoration of coastal ecosystems: river to sea connectivity | EU | Joanna Staneva | 2021 - 2026 |
| SEA-ReCap | Research Capacity Building for healthy, productive and resilient Seas - European Partnering | HGF | Joanna Staneva | 2021 - 2025 |
| VERYBLUE | Validation/VERIfication and intercomparison of forecast and reanalysis BLUE products | Mercator Océan International | Joanna Staneva | 2023 - 2024 |
Former Projects
Mercator Ocean, COPERNICUS - Marine Enviroment Monitoring Service (CMEMC) Black Sea (2018 - 2023)
EU (H2020) Black Sea CONNECT (2019 - 2023)
EU Project COPERNICUS Ocean, COASTAL-RISKS Predicting risks of the German Bight Coasts under extreme storm events
ESA SeaStar SciRec
EU-FP5 Project: NUtrient Management in the DAnube Basin and its Impact on the Black Sea –DANUBS. Responsible for the modeling work package.
EU-FP6 Project: ASSEMBLAGE: ASSEssMent of the BLAck Sea sedimentary system since the last Glacial Extreme, EVK3-CT-2002-00090
EU-FP6 Project: Proposal N° 036949-2 SESAME: “Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem Changes” (2006-2010)
EU-FP6 Project: Proposal N° 036355-2 ECOOP: “European COastal-shelf sea OPerational observing and forecasting system (2007-2010)
DFG Research Project: “BioGeoChemistry of Tidal Flats” (2007-2009)
Monitoring and planning support of the German Bight, German Science Foundation
Project (2010-2012)
EU-FP7 UPGRDE BS-SCENE - BLACK SEA SCIENTIFIC NETWORK, 226592
EU-FP7 PERSEUS: Policy-oriented marine Environmental Research in the Southern EUropean Seas, 287600
EU-FP7 CoCoNET: Towards COast to COast NETworks of marine protected areas (from the shore to the high and deep sea), coupled with sea-based wind energy potential, Nr. 287844
German Funded Project: WIMO „Wissenschaftliche Monitoringkonzepte für die Deutsche Bucht, German Project“ - Monitoring Concepts for the German Bight‘
Responsible for TP19.4 in EU-FP7-MyOcean-2 Project : coupling wave and circulation models
Responsible for TP19.4 in EU-Horizon2020 MyOcean-FO Project: coupling wave and circulation models
PI of COPERNICUS BS-MFC Project – Hereon is responsible for the wave modelling
Coordinator of COPERNICUS SE Project WAVE2NEMO
PI of CEASELESS H2020 project
Task Leader ESM