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Faculty are hired by their respective departments, to which they owe primary responsibility; however, the institute continues to be involved in the identification of hiring and faculty needs of the cross-disciplinary marine program through active involvement in new faculty searches and in support of departmental recommendations. Affiliated faculty and researchers are those individuals that utilize any of the ORU’s resources (space, seawater, equipment, etc) and/or individuals whose research falls within one of the seven research clusters supported by IMS. IMS only appoints affiliates in the ORU based on the individual researchers request to be associated with the ORU.
Borja Gonzalez Reguero
  • Title
    • Associate Professor (provision)
  • Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division
  • Department
    • Coastal Science & Policy Program
    • Institute of Marine Sciences
  • Affiliations Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR)
  • Phone
    831-459-1459
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Long Marine Lab Ocean Health Building, 209
    • US Geological Survey - Coastal and Pacific Center
    • Earth & Marine Sciences Building
  • Office Hours Mondays - 1-3pm; Wednesdays 1-3pm
  • Mail Stop Long Marine Lab
  • Faculty Areas of Expertise Coastal Science, Climate Change, Earth Sciences
  • Courses Quantitative methods for coastal resilience.

Biography, Education and Training

Borja works at the intersection of climate risks, nature-based engineering, and coastal sustainability to advance climate risk solutions in coastal areas, with a special interest on nature-based solutions. His research and teaching interests span areas of climate change, engineering and adaptation.

At UCSC and the Coastal Science and Policy Program, he studies how climate change affects coastal hazards, works to reduce risk from sea level rise and extreme weather events, and advances the use of natural infrastructure and nature-based engineering for climate resilience, in close partnership with partners in the public and private sector in the U.S and internationally. His research work has informed new policy to protect coastlines and coastal infrastructure such as the USCRTF Resolution 47.2 that declared US coral reefs as National Natural Infrastructure in 2022; and developed innovative resilience insurance concepts that align climate risk and environmental goals such as reef insurance in Mexico and Hawaii with The Nature Conservancy and the risk industry.

For this research, he combines numerical modeling with statistical and data science techniques. Dr. Reguero holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and Environmental Hydraulics, a M.S. in Coastal and Port Engineering, and a M.S. in Applied Economics. 

Selected Publications