Ken Connell is a Senior Coastal Oceanographer with over 14 years of professional experience in multi-disciplinary applied coastal projects combining field studies, physical and numerical modeling, analytical and predictive software tool development, and engineering and scientific analysis.  Ken has a  MS in Physical Oceanography and a BS in Oceanography/Marine Environmental Systems from Florida Institute of Technology. His work focuses on providing practical, yet technically-sound, science-based solutions to issues related to coastal infrastructure near communities and ports. He has extensive experience in the analysis of sea level variability, flooding, directional waves, currents and hydraulic forces, pollutant dispersion, tsunami risk, coastal erosion, sediment transport dynamics, and coastal morphology evolution for marine spatial planning and coastal resiliency projects. Ken has served as an invited peer reviewer for Journal of Coastal Research, Ocean Engineering, and Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering.