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The Lab

Principal Investigator

Michael W. Beck

Research Professor
Director, Center for Coastal Climate Resilience
AXA Chair in Coastal Resilience

Institute of Marine Sciences, Department of Ocean Sciences, Coastal Science & Policy Program

Senior Researcher

Borja Reguero

Assoc. Professor

Institute of Marine Sciences, Coastal Science & Policy program

Researchers & Staff

Pelayo Menéndez

Postdoctoral fellow

Climate risk, coastal adaptation, and nature-based solutions

Rae Taylor-Burns

Postdoctoral fellow

Climate adaptation and coastal dynamics, hazards, and ecosystems

Sandy Fogg

Program Coordinator

Megan Kelso

Scientist

Nature-based risk reduction, assessments, and risk transfer tools

Ben Norris

Coastal Modeler

Nearshore processes and hydrodynamics of aquatic ecosystems

Ali Rezaie

Postdoctoral fellow

Coastal resilience, natural solutions, and climate change

Stephan Bitterwolf

PhD Candidate

Coral gene expression biomarkers, ecosystem services, and restoration

Ian Costello

Visualization Specialist

Visualization of coastal flooding and nature-based solutions in 3D game engines

David Gutierrez Barcelo

Senior Modeler

Coastal modeling/methods development, flooding, erosion, engineering, NBS

Camila Gaido

Coastal Modeler

Coastal engineering, adaptation, and nature-based solutions

Brook Constantz

Graduate RA

Graduate research in Environmental Studies & Coastal Resilience

Chris Lowrie

Lead Spatial Scientist

Spatial Data Science, Engineering, and Visualization. Climate Adaptation

Affiliated Researchers

Curt Storlazzi

Senior Research Geologist

Climate adaptation and coastal dynamics, hazards, and ecosystems

Jessica Kendall-Bar

Postdoctoral fellow

Illustration, animation, and science communication strategy

Nadine Heck

Assistant Professor

Marine conservation, fisheries, and climate change adaptation

Wayne Martin

Coastal Modeler

Near-shore numerical modeling of coral reef damage

Austen Stovall

Researcher

Coastal engineering, adaptation, and nature-based solutions

Ted Liu

Researcher

Financial risks and costs of climate change, economic resilience

Kristen Cumming

Physical Scientist

Climate adaptation and coastal dynamics, hazards, and ecosystems

Siddharth Narayan

Assistant Professor

Coastal engineering, adaptation, and nature-based solutions

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