People

Brett Sanders

Brett leads the Metropolitan Beaches Project as part of the UCI Flood Lab. This photo shows Brett deploying the Emery Board method of measuring beach profile – a timeless and elegant approach that anyone can use to collect valuable data.

Jochen Schubert

Jo is a specialist in GIS, remote sensing, geomatics and flood risk modeling and leads the drone monitoring work with the Metropolitan Beaches Project.

Daniel Kahl

Daniel is a graduate student interested in coastal dynamics. He is focused on satellite based approaches to coastal monitoring and modeling.

Joel Akiyoshi

Joel is a student at Beckman High School in Tustin, California, where he runs cross country and track. Joel is interested in studying data science or statistics in college, and is thinking about careers in fields such as civil engineering, artificial intelligence, or data analytics.

Jenna Kim

Jenna is a student at University High School in Irvine, California, where she plays on the varsity soccer and track teams. Jenna is interested in studying chemistry or computer science in college, and is thinking about careers in fields such as chemical engineering or computer graphics/animation.

Gwen Sanders

Gwen is a student at University High School in Irvine, California, where she plays on the varsity soccer team. Gwen is interested in studying chemistry or psychology in college, and is thinking about careers in fields such as biochemistry or clinical psychology.

Christine Parales Porciuncula

Christine is an undergraduate student at University of California, Irvine in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Christine helped lead the Coastal Hazard Scholars 2022 Cohort in investigating 20th century beach changes in Orange County.

Rachel Devlin

Rachel is an undergraduate student at University of California, Irvine in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Rachel helped lead the Coastal Hazard Scholars 2022 Cohort in investigating 20th century beach changes in Orange County.

Coastal Hazard Scholars

2022 Coastal Hazard Scholars, Cohort 1