Dr Marta Payo Payo
Biography
¡Hola! Hi!
I am Marta Payo Payo, a research scientist at the National Oceanography Centre where I work at coast, at the interface between land, ocean and people.
My research focuses on coastal hazards and on transport processes, and spans river-influenced coastal environments, shelf-slope environments, and the deep sea. I have 10+ years of experience working with numerical models to understand hydrodynamics and transport processes in coastal environments and submarine canyons under anthropogenic impacts including climate change. Lately I'm more interested on how natural habitats can help make our coastal systems more resilient to climate change and human activities.
I believe that engaging people in science empowers people, avoids loss of scientific talent, and ensures future innovation. I enjoy science communication (open days, science fairs, BlueDot festival, Pint of Science) and together with other scientists have established collaborations with artists and social scientists trying to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and general knowledge.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8620
Committee Memberships
NERC Engage Academy 2022-2023
NERC Engaging Environments 2021-2022
Projects
MiTSalt: Towards developing a robust and efficient salt intrusion model for the Pearl River Delta, China. Royal Society International Exchanges.
SWOT-UK: The UK contribution to validating SWOT in the Bristol Channel and River Severn, with application to coastal and river management .
Roles Provided
NOC MPOC Comms Champion (2019 – ongoing)
Publications
Rong, Youtong 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9967-0009; Bates, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9192-9963; Neal, Jeff ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5793-9594; Bell, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4822; Gommenginger, Christine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6941-1671; Lichtman, Ian Dougal ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6646-2182; Banks, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4457-0876; Calafat, Francisco J. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7474-135X; Martin, Adrien; Brown, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3894-4651; Cooke, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205; Balfour, Christopher; De Dominicis, Michela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0544-7939; Payo Payo, Marta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8620; Williams, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4123-4973; Amoudry, Laurent ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6592-6790; Chuter, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2189-6235; Neill, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1674-3445; Chisholm, Jude; Gleason, Colin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3525-6220; Kupiec, John; Lewis, Matt.
2026
Evaluating SWOT in the Coastal Zone: Comparisons With Tide Gauge and Airborne LiDAR in the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary, UK.
Geophysical Research Letters, 53 (2).
10.1029/2025GL116590
2026
Article
Apine, Elina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5423-8792; Payo Payo, Marta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8620; Becker, Amani; Meschini, Marta; Matsoukis, Constantinos; Kaffashi, Sara.
2026
Navigating interdisciplinary coastal research in the UK: Challenges and solutions from an early career perspective.
Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 4.
10.1017/cft.2025.10022
2026
Article
Matsoukis, Constantinos; Payo, Marta Payo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8620; Brown, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3894-4651; Amoudry, Laurent.
2025
Enhancement of coastal flood mitigation by implementing hybrid flood defences integrating hard engineering and nature-based solutions.
Science of The Total Environment, 1009, 181063.
1, pp.
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181063
2025
Article
Payo Payo, Marta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8620; Leslie, Victoria.
2025
Transdisciplinary Communication and Climate Information: Reflections from the Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources Programme.
Zenodo, 36pp.
2025
Monograph
Popova, Ekaterina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-708X; Aksenov, Yevgeny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-3434; Amoudry, Laurent O.; Becker, Amani; Bricheno, Lucy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4751-9366; Brown, Jennifer M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3894-4651; Clare, Michael A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1448-3878; Evans, Alan; Evans, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0569-7057; Fowell, Sara E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9835-4725; Jevrejeva, Svetlana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-4665; Jacobs, Zoe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Jones, Daniel O.B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-1649; Hibbert, Angela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2529-0190; O’Hara, Fran; McKinley, Emma; Payo-Payo, Marta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8620; Pearce, Christopher R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4382-2341; Taylor, Sarah F. W.; Sams, Christine; Yool, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9879-2776.
2023
Socio-oceanography: an opportunity to integrate marine social and natural sciences.
Frontiers in Marine Science, 10.
10.3389/fmars.2023.1209356
2023
Article
Sun, Yujuan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7861-9124; Bricheno, Lucy M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4751-9366; Payo-Payo, Marta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8620; Rahman, Md. Munsur; Burns, Neil M..
2022
Simulation of freshwater transport network and salt flux in the Bangladesh delta.
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 270, 107839.
10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107839
2022
Article
Payo-Payo, Marta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8620; Bricheno, Lucy M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4751-9366; Dijkstra, Yoeri M.; Cheng, Weicong; Gong, Wenping; Amoudry, Laurent O..
2022
Multiscale temporal response of salt intrusion to transient river and ocean forcing.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127 (3).
10.1029/2021JC017523
2022
Article
Payo-Payo, Marta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8620; Bertin, Xavier.
2020
The seasonal cycle of mean sea level in the north east Atlantic Ocean.
Journal of Coastal Research, 95 (sp1).
1515-1519.
10.2112/SI95-292.1
2020
Article
Payo Payo, Marta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8620; Bricheno, Lucy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4751-9366; Cheng, Weicong; Gong, Wenping; Amoudry, Laurent.
2020
Salt balance evolution during the monsoon onset: a case study in the Pearl River Delta (China).
In: Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California, 16-21 February 2020.
2020
Conference item
Sun, Yujuan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7861-9124; Bricheno, Lucy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4751-9366; Horsburgh, Kevin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4803-9919; Payo Payo, Marta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8620.
2020
Simulation of freshwater transport and controls on salt intrusion in the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) delta.
In: Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California, 16-21 February 2020.
2020
Conference item
Burgess, Jill; Payo Payo, Marta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3224-8620; Eastwood, Lisa; Jones, David; Yelland, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0936-4957; Pinnell, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2102-2028; Pascal, Robin; Cardwell, Christopher ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1305-4174; Broderick, Andrew; Brown, Jennifer ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3894-4651.
2020
Innovations in coastal management technology communicated through water pistols and poetry.
[Poster]
In: Ocean Sciences Meeting, San Diego, California, 16-21 February 2020.
2020
Conference item