Background

Dr Möller has developed a range of research interests that can be divided into three topic areas:

Bio-physical linkages in coastal wetlands and the function of wetlands as a natural sea defence
My research combines field observations, numerical modelling and scale-modelling approaches to better understand the energy dissipation capacity of saltmarshes. This research is critically relevant to coastal management and, in particular, managed realignment schemes, which require the quantification of the sea-defence value of intertidal environments.

Long-term (1-10 year) coastal evolution
My research in this research area, together with Dr Jonathan Cox, Research Assistant at the CCRU, completed a study of Winterton Ness on the UK East Coast as part of an EU-funded (Fifth Framework) project on ‘Human interference with large-scale coastal morphological evolution’ (HUMOR). More recent work (in 2008) has included the visualisation of morphological change along the Hunstanton to Snettisham coastline using aerial photography spanning a period of more than 15 years.

Bridging the gap between coastal science, education, management, and planning
Most recently, my work in this area has focused on comparing the ways in which managed realignment has been implemented within a range of EU countries (part of the project “Implementing Managed Retreat as a strategic flood and coastal defence option” funded by EA/DEFRA and in collaboration with Halcrow Ltd and the University of East Anglia). I have also contributed to a study aimed at defining Suitability criteria for habitat creation (DEFRA/EA funded) through providing expert advice on physical (hydrodynamic / sedimentary) criteria for selection of sites for habitat creation in the intertidal zone and have been advising on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in the UK context.