Drs. Donya Frank-Gilchrist and Michael Itzkin of the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center presented research on sediment transport in coastal regions at the International Conference on Coastal Engineering on 9/8-9/14/2024, in Rome, Italy.
Michael Itzkin, Ph.D.
Michael Itzkin is a Research Geologist and Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow at the St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center.
I joined the USGS in 2021 as a postdoctoral fellow where I use numerical modeling, remote sensing data, and machine learning tools to understand how beaches and dunes evolve over time and as a result of extreme water levels. I also use these models to assess new ways to predict and validate total water level forecasts.
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. - Geology, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 2021
B.A. - Geology, Stony Brook University, 2016
Science and Products
Drs. Donya Frank-Gilchrist and Michael Itzkin of the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center presented research on sediment transport in coastal regions at the International Conference on Coastal Engineering on 9/8-9/14/2024, in Rome, Italy.
Michael Itzkin at the DUNEX field location on Pea Island, North Carolina. The instruments next to Michael include lidars, pressure sensors, and sonars to measure morphologic change, hydrodynamics, and sediment transport.
Michael Itzkin at the DUNEX field location on Pea Island, North Carolina. The instruments next to Michael include lidars, pressure sensors, and sonars to measure morphologic change, hydrodynamics, and sediment transport.
Wave runup and total water level observations from time series imagery at several sites with varying nearshore morphologies
Modeling total water level and coastal change at Pea Island, North Carolina, USA
The DUring Nearshore Event eXperiment (DUNEX) was carried out on Pea Island, North Carolina, USA between September-October 2021. We use a coupled numerical model (Windsurf) to hindcast the evolution of the DUNEX transect and produce a time series of hourly water levels at the shoreline from the model output. In addition to assessing the ability of Windsurf to reproduce TWL, we use model output pai
Combining process-based and data-driven approaches to forecast beach and dune change
Science and Products
Drs. Donya Frank-Gilchrist and Michael Itzkin of the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center presented research on sediment transport in coastal regions at the International Conference on Coastal Engineering on 9/8-9/14/2024, in Rome, Italy.
Drs. Donya Frank-Gilchrist and Michael Itzkin of the USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center presented research on sediment transport in coastal regions at the International Conference on Coastal Engineering on 9/8-9/14/2024, in Rome, Italy.
Michael Itzkin at the DUNEX field location on Pea Island, North Carolina. The instruments next to Michael include lidars, pressure sensors, and sonars to measure morphologic change, hydrodynamics, and sediment transport.
Michael Itzkin at the DUNEX field location on Pea Island, North Carolina. The instruments next to Michael include lidars, pressure sensors, and sonars to measure morphologic change, hydrodynamics, and sediment transport.
Wave runup and total water level observations from time series imagery at several sites with varying nearshore morphologies
Modeling total water level and coastal change at Pea Island, North Carolina, USA
The DUring Nearshore Event eXperiment (DUNEX) was carried out on Pea Island, North Carolina, USA between September-October 2021. We use a coupled numerical model (Windsurf) to hindcast the evolution of the DUNEX transect and produce a time series of hourly water levels at the shoreline from the model output. In addition to assessing the ability of Windsurf to reproduce TWL, we use model output pai