
The Lab
Principal Investigator

Michael W. Beck
Research Professor
Institute of Marine Sciences, Department of Ocean Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
Senior Researcher

Borja Reguero
Assoc. Research Professor
Institute of Marine Sciences, Coastal Science & Policy program
Researchers & Staff

Austen Stovall
MSc Student
Coastal engineering, adaptation, and nature-based solutions

Megan Kelso
Postdoctoral fellow
Nature-based risk reduction, assessments, and risk transfer tools

Camila Gaido
Coastal Modeler
Coastal engineering, adaptation, and nature-based solutions

Pelayo Menéndez
Postdoctoral fellow
Climate risk, coastal adaptation, and nature-based solutions

Stephan Bitterwolf
PhD Candidate