David Revell

Principal and Chief Coastal Scientist with Revell Coastal in Santa Cruz
Dr. Revell has been involved in coastal management and coastal process assessments for over 25 years. He began pioneering climate-related work in 2008 with the initial technical hazard analysis and vulnerability assessment for the Pacific Institute study “The Impacts of Sea Level Rise to the Coast of California.” More recently, Dr. Revell has completed hazard modeling for the coastal resilience projects for the Nature Conservancy in Ventura, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties; conducted numerous vulnerability and adaptation planning studies; and lead interdisciplinary teams of economists, legal scholars, and engineers to evaluate potential erosion mitigation (adaptation) strategies across the California Coast. He has recently completed and remains currently engaged in many vulnerability and adaptation studies along the California Coast including San Mateo County (present), Marina (present), Carpinteria (present), County of Ventura (present), Oxnard (2017), Santa Barbara County (2017), Los Osos (2017), Imperial Beach (2016), Carlsbad (2016), Santa Monica, Goleta (2015), Pacific Grove (2016), Monterey (city and county), and Santa Cruz County (2015). In addition to climate change and coastal hazards assessments, Dr. Revell works on coastal lagoons and estuaries across the state with work in Goleta and Devereux Sloughs in Santa Barbara County; the Santa Clara and Ventura Rivers in Ventura County; and San Lorenzo River, Scott Creek, and Waddell Creek in Santa Cruz County. He has been appointed to the science advisory committee for the Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project. He has a reputation for pioneering new approaches with collaborative teams to meet the unique demands of every project and to communicate results in an understandable manner to a wide range of audiences.