Riccardo is a marine geoscientist specialised in geological mapping and geomatics. His research focuses on the seabed geomorphology of continental shelves and the interpretation of the sparse geological evidence preserved on the seafloor to reconstruct ancient landscapes and processes, and their impact on offshore infrastructure and modern habitat. He is also interested in semi-automated and machine learning approaches for geological mapping. His broader background includes petrology, sediment geochemistry and provenance studies, providing a strong foundation for interpreting geological processes across a range of spatial and temporal scales.
2025 to present: Senior Marine Geoscientist, BGS, UK
2024: PGCert Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University College Cork (ROI)
2021 to 2025: Postdoctoral Fellow, University College Cork, ROI
2018 to 2021: Marine Scientist, CEFAS, UK
2013 to 2017: PhD Marine Geology, University of Aberdeen, UK
2010 to 2012: MSc Geology, University of Western Australia, WA
- Shelf processes and landscape reconstructions
- Geomorphology classifications and standards
- Seafloor mapping using semi-automated methods and Deep Learning
- Quaternary history and glacial processes on NW European Shelf
- Detrital and provenance studies
- Arosio, R., Finlayson, A., Michel, G., and D. Dove, 2026, Truncated drumlins and their implication for past sea level reconstructions. Boreas; doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.70082
- Nanson, R., Arosio, R., Gafeira, J., McNeil, M., Dove, D., Bjarnadóttir, L.R., Dolan, M.F.J., Post, A., Nichol, S., Huang, Z., Guinan, J., Bialik, O.M., Webb, J., Wells, J., and A.G. Carroll, 2026. Coastal to deep-marine geomorphic classification: A standardised framework and review of terms to support globally consistent mapping. Earth Science Reviews, 105439; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2026.105439
- Arosio, R. and Amblas, D., 2025, The geomorphometry of Antarctic submarine canyons. Marine Geology 488: 107608; doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2025.107608
- Lioupa, V., Karsiotis, P., Arosio, R., Hasiotis, T. and A. Wheeler, 2024, A Comparative Crash-Test of Manual and Semi-Automated Methods for Detecting Complex Submarine Morphologies. Remote Sensing, 16(21), 4093; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16214093
- Arosio, R., Gafeira, J., De Clippele, L. H., Wheeler, A. J., Huvenne, V. A. I., Sacchetti, F., Conti, and A. Lim., 2024, CoMMa Toolbox: a GIS geomorphometry instrument to map and measure confined landforms. Geomorphology, 109227, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109227
- Arosio, R., Wheeler, A. J., Sacchetti, F., Guinan, J., Benetti, S., O’Keeffe, E., Van Landeghem, K.J.J., Conti, L.A., Furey, T., and A. Lim, 2023. The geomorphology of Ireland’s continental shelf, Journal of Maps, 19, 1, 2283192 https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2023.2283192
- Arosio, R., Hobley, B., Wheeler, A. J., Sacchetti, F., Conti, L. A., Furey, T. and A. Lim, 2023. Fully convolutional neural networks applied to large-scale marine morphology mapping. Frontiers in Marine Science, Sec. Ocean Observation, 10, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1228867
- Arosio, R., Collier, J., Hawes, J., Gupta, S. and J. Sperry, 2021. New perspectives on the English Channel megaflood hypothesis: high resolution data and the investigation of macro- to micro-scale geomorphological features. Geomorphology, 382, pp. 107692
- Butschek, F, Arosio, R., Austin, W.E.N., Noormets, R. and J.A. Howe, 2019, Late Weichselian glacial history of Forlandsundet, western Svalbard: an inter-ice-stream setting. Arktos, 5, pp 1–14
- Arosio, R., and Howe, J.A., 2018, Lateglacial to Holocene palaeoenvironmental change in the Muck Deep, offshore western Scotland. Scottish Journal of Geology, 54, pp 99-114
- Arosio, R., Dove, D., Ó Cofaigh, C., and J.A. Howe, 2018, Submarine deglacial sediment and geomorphological record of southwestern Scotland after the Last Glacial Maximum. Marine Geology, 403, pp 62-79
- Arosio, R., Crocket, K., Nowell, G.M., Callard, L., Howe, J.A., Benetti S., Fabel, D., Moreton, S., and C. Clark, 2017, Weathering fluxes and sediment provenance on the SW Scottish shelf during the last deglaciation. Marine Geology, 402, pp 81-98
- Dove, D., Arosio, R., Bradwell, T., Finlayson, A., and J.A. Howe, 2015, Submarine glacial landforms record late Pleistocene ice flow and subsequent retreat dynamics from the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Quaternary Science Review, 123, pp 76-90
- Howe, J.A., Anderton, R., Arosio, R., Dove, D., Bradwell T., Crump, P., Cooper, R. and A. Cocuccio, 2015, The seabed geomorphology and geological structure of the Firth of Lorn, western Scotland, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, pp 1-12
- Marine geophysical data acquisition, processing, and interpretation
- GIS and digital mapping
- Scientific Programming (Python)
- 2022 to present: Co-lead for the International Seabed Geomorphology Mapping Working Group
- 2018 to present: Fellow of the Geological Society, London
- 2013 to present: Member of the Quaternary Research Association