Alex Braud is a coastal geospatial scientist in the Resilient Landscapes program, where he leads the development and application of geospatial and remote sensing tools to assess landscape change, sediment dynamics, and shoreline resilience. With a background in geomorphology and GIS, Alex integrates LiDAR, multispectral imagery, and modeled datasets to characterize tidal and nearshore environments and support science-based coastal planning. Alex has earned a Master of Environmental Studies and Master of Public Administration from the College of Charleston as well as bachelor’s degrees from his hometown’s Louisiana State University in both Geography and Disaster Science & Management. Prior to joining SFEI, Alex focused on regional sediment issues at the San Francisco Bay Conservation & Development Commission as a NOAA Coastal Management Fellow. He has additionally performed work at the College of Charleston Lowcountry Hazards Center and for the Southern Environmental Law Center where he performed GIS-based watershed and hydrologic modeling, landscape and human vulnerability analyses, as well as various forms of suitability mapping.