Robert Walker is a coastal engineer/researcher with over 18 years of experience conducting investigations within the coastal environment.  He is a licensed professional engineer in the states of North Carolina, California, and Hawaii and a Leadership in Environment and Energy Design (LEED) accredited professional.  Areas of active research include coastal processes and shoreline change, coastal resilience planning, and nature-based approaches to coastal hazard mitigation. Robert holds a Masters in Coastal Engineering from Old Dominion University, a Masters in Geoscience from the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, and a BS in Environmental Engineering from North Carolina State University.