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José A. A. Antolínez is an assistant professor on Coastal Engineering at the Hydraulic Engineering department of TU Delft university. Throughout multidisplinary collaboration, he conducted research on hybrid modeling, statistical downscaling, climatic attribution, pattern recognition, and machine learning applied to questions related to climate change, ecology, earth-sciences, oceanography, and coastal and estuarine processes, for both, understanding the past and present, and predicting the future.

As a coastal engineer, José A. A. Antolínez mission consist of anticipating future coastal impacts and enabling solutions to global coastal communities under climate change. Thus, his research focus on: i) understanding coastal dynamics and processes; ii) connecting these with far-field climate and anthropogenic drivers; iii) developing parameterization schemes for coastal modelling; iv) enhancing the efficiency of modelling workflows; and v) improving the usability of model predictions for coastal management and decision making. His experimental designs are often supported by hybrid workflows that combine observations, numerical models, and AI.

José A. A. Antolínez bridges research in education to lay down the foundations of future coastal engineering, engineering embedded in multidisciplinary teams for resilient solutions, where nature can coexist making a large societal impact. 

Academic background

José A. A. Antolínez is an assistant professor on Coastal Engineering at the Hydraulic Engineering department of TU Delft university. He has a degree in Civil Engineering, a M.Sc. in Structures, a M.Sc. in Integrated Coastal Zone Management, and a Ph.d. in Civil Engineering for Environmental and Water Sciences. His PhD was supported by a FPU fellowship, that pushed him to combine research and teaching in the Environmental Hydraulics Institute (IH Cantabria) and at Cantabria University (UC) in Spain.  During the PhD, he visited and collaborated with researchers at international institutions such as USGS Santa Cruz, Oregon State University, Duke University, Deltares, and Auckland University. After his PhD, he worked as as medior advisor for two years at the Applied Morphodynamics section of the Department of Marine and Coastal Systems in Deltares. At TUD he is PI of the Coastal Science with AI in a Changing Climate group at the Coastal Engineering section, and he coordinates the working AI group of the network DIGISHAPE of companies, institutes, and governmental organizations related to the Dutch Water sector.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Education/Academic qualification

Doctorate, Ph.d. Civil Engineering. Morphodynamic coastal evolution in a changing climate, Universidad de Cantabria

1 Sept 201328 Jul 2018

Award Date: 28 Jul 2018

Master's degree, M.Sc. Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Universidad de Cantabria

1 Oct 20111 Apr 2013

Award Date: 1 Apr 2013

Master's degree, M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, specialization in structures, Universidade da Coruña

1 Oct 20041 Dec 2009

Award Date: 1 Dec 2009

External positions

Visitor researcher, Texas A&M University

Oct 2023Dec 2023

Invited Lecturer, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Jan 2023Dec 2023

Program leader of the working AI group, DIGISHAPE

1 Jan 2022 → …

External PhD. Supervisor, Griffith University

May 2019May 2023

Advisor/Researcher, Deltares

Sept 2018Aug 2020

Visitor researcher, School of Environment, Auckland University

Jan 2018Mar 2018

Visitor researcher, Deltares

Oct 2017Nov 2017

Visitor researcher, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University

Nov 2016Dec 2016

Visitor researcher, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University

Nov 2016Dec 2016

PhD researcher, University of Cantabria

Sept 2015Jul 2018

Visitor researcher, USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center

May 2015Jul 2015

Predoctoral researcher, Environmental Hydraulics Institute "IH Cantabria"

Sept 2013Sept 2015

Internship, Environmental Hydraulics Institute "IH Cantabria"

Sept 2012

Keywords (LCC)

  • TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering
  • Coastal Hydrodynamics
  • Nature based solutions
  • Geomorphology
  • TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
  • Climate Adaptation
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Uncertainty

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