About me
Dr. Alexander S. Kolker is a leading voice on the science of climate change and coastal change. He has worked in coastal systems across the world - including in North Africa, Europe, and the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
Dr. Kolker both serves as an Associate Professor at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium and directs the Coastal Climates Institute- an independent research platform that uses science to find practical solutions to climate change and coastal risks. His research interests include climate change, sea level rise, coastal sustainability, air pollution, and the global energy transition. He has published extensively in the academic literature, penned opinion pieces for leading publications, and regularly speaks to the national and international media. Dr. Kolker has appeared in outlets that include the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Al Ahram, and Al Jazeera.
Dr. Kolker was both a Fulbright Scholar and a Fulbright Specialist in Morocco, where he worked with collaborators at multiple academic institutions on topics related to climate change, sea level rise, wetland dynamics, and coastal sustainability. He also serves on numerous government and university advisory boards. He was on the Science Advisory Group for Louisiana’s Governor’s Climate Initiative, the Framework Development Team for Louisiana’ 2017 Coastal Master Plan, and a National Academy of Sciences committee on the evolution of the Gulf of Mexico. Dr. Kolker was a founding board member for New Harmony High- a New Orleans charter school focused on coastal sustainability. He was the consulting producer on the award-winning environmental justice documentary, “Iron Sharpens Iron.” Alexander S. Kolker received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and his Master’s and Doctoral degrees from Stony Brook University. He currently lives in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA