Campus Directory

Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division

Department/College/Unit Coastal Science & Policy Program
Institute of Marine Sciences

Title Associate Professor (provision)

Affiliation Faculty

Other UCSC Campus Affiliation Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR)

Faculty Type Regular Faculty

Areas of Expertise Coastal Science
Climate Change
Earth Sciences
Marine Sciences
Geophysics

Web Site

Primary Office Location Long Marine Lab Ocean Health Building
209

Additional Location(s) US Geological Survey - Coastal and Pacific Center
Earth & Marine Sciences Building

Office Hours for Students/ Office Hours Mondays - 1-3pm; Wednesdays 1-3pm

Mail Stop Long Marine Lab

Biography, Education and Training

Borja works at the intersection of climate hazards, engineering, and adaptation and sustainability solutions. His research and teaching interests span areas of climate risks, coastal processes, and nature-based infrastructure. He develops this work in close partnership with academia and the public and private sectors to develop innovative, science-based frameworks that link climate risk reduction with environmental and economic goals. His work has informed new policy proposals to protect coastlines and coastal infrastructure.  At UCSC, he leads the Coastal Risk & Engineering Lab. For his work, he combines numerical modeling with statistical and data science methods. 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

• Reguero, B.G., Storlazzi, C.D., Gibbs, A.E., Shope, J., Cole, A., Cumming, K.A., Beck, M.W. (2021). The value of US coral reefs for flood risk reduction. Nature Sustainability 4, 688–698. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00706-6 
• Reguero, B.G., Losada, I.J. & Méndez, F.J. (2019) A recent increase in global wave power as a consequence of oceanic warming. Nature Communications 10, 205 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08066-0 
• Viehman, T. S., Reguero, B.G., Hunter, S.L., et al. 2023. “ Coral Restoration for Coastal Resilience: Integrating Ecology, Hydrodynamics, and Engineering at Multiple Scales.” Ecosphere 14(5): e4517. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4517
• Reguero, B.G., Griggs, G. (2022) Adaptation to Coastal Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise. Water 
• Reguero, B.G., Beck, M.W., Schmid, D., Stadtmueller, D., Raepple, J., Schüssele, S., Pfliegner, K. (2019). Financing Coastal Resilience by Combining the Natural Defenses of Coral Reefs and Insurance. Ecological Economics
• Reguero, B.G., Beck, M.W., Bresch, D.N., Calil, J., Meliane, I. (2018). Comparing the cost effectiveness of Nature-Based and Coastal adaptation: a case study from the Gulf Coast of the United States. PLOS ONE 13(4): e0192132  

Courses Quantitative methods for coastal resilience
Earth Catastrophes
Integrated Problem-Based Discussion
Independent studies project
Natural Sciences for Coastal Sustainability