José A. A. Antolínez is an Associate Professor of Coastal Engineering at TU Delft university, where he leads the Coastal Science with AI in a Changing Climate group. He develops scalable, science-based solutions to safeguard coastal systems under climate change, integrating hybrid modeling, statistical downscaling, machine learning, fieldwork, remote sensed data, and physics-based understanding. His work connects coastal dynamics, ecology, climate variability, and human pressures to inform resilient management strategies.
José holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering for Environmental and Water Sciences, two M.Sc. degrees (Structures and Integrated Coastal Zone Management), and a Civil Engineering degree. His Ph.D. was supported by an FPU fellowship at the Environmental Hydraulics Institute (IH Cantabria) and Universidad de Cantabria (Spain), including research stays at USGS Santa Cruz, Oregon State University, Duke University, Deltares, and the University of Auckland. After his Ph.D., he worked as a medior advisor in the Applied Morphodynamics department at Deltares.
At TU Delft, he coordinates the Hydraulic and Offshore Structures MSc track and he contributes to courses of the Hydraulic Engineering track on dredging, coastal dynamics, and modelling. His goal as a teacher is not only to equip students with technical skills but also to inspire them to innovate and to take responsibility for shaping resilient futures, thus he heavily supervises multidisciplinary and student thesis projects.
Beyond academia, he builds partnerships with companies, NGOs, and governments, including coordinating the AI working group of the DIGISHAPE network and editing the Solutions for Ocean and Coastal Systems section in the Frontiers in Marine Science journal. José fosters open, inclusive teams built on integrity,  empathy, and shared growth, balancing professional impact with personal life and exploration.

José A. A. Antolínez is an Associate 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.