The FRR Partnership

Partner Institutions and Project Participants

	Department	Position/Rank	Expertise
*Texas A&M at Galveston*
Sam Brody	Marine Sciences/ Urban Planning	Professor, Director of Institute for Sustainable Coastal Communities		Planning, built environment, spatial analysis
William Merrell	Marine Sciences	Professor		Coastal Barriers, wave dynamics
Wesley Highfield	Marine Sciences	Assistant Professor		Spatial analysis, economic impact assessment
Meri Dalvasheridze	Marine Sciences	Assistant Professor		Hazard economics
Jens Figlus	Coastal Engineering	Assistant Professor		Sediment transport, dune design
*Texas A&M at College Station*
Phillip Berke	Landscape Arch. & Urban Planning	Professor		Coastal planning, social vulnerability
Galen Newman	Landscape Arch. & Urban Planning	Assistant Professor		Visualization, landscape design
Eric Bardenhagen	Landscape Arch. & Urban Planning	Assistant Professor		Landscape planning
*Jackson State University*
Robert Whalin	Civil/Environmental Engineering	Professor		Coastal engineering, wave dynamics
Thomas Richardson	Civil/Environmental Engineering	Deputy Director, Hazards Center		Coastal and hydraulics engineering
*University of Houston*
Bill Gilmer	C.T. Bauer College of Business	Professor, Dir. of Inst. for Regional Forecasting		Regional economics
Adam Perdue	Economics	Research Scientist		Urban economics
*Rice University*
Phillip Bedient	Civil/Environmental Engineering	Professor, Dir. of SSPEED Center		Hydraulic engineering
Jamie Padgett	Civil/Environmental Engineering	Associate Professor		Critical infrastructure and hazards
*Delft University*
Bas Jonkman	Hydraulic Engineering	Professor and Center Director		Flood risk assessment, flood defenses
Han Meyer	Urban Design	Professor		Urban design
Anne Loes Nillesen	Delta Interventions studio	Researcher		Landscape design
Baukje Kothuis	Multi-Actor Systems	Researcher		Multifunctional flood defenses
Jill Slinger	Technology, Policy, Management	Associate Professor		Flood policy and governance

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