Antonia Sebastian

Associate Professor, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Dr. Antonia Sebastian is an Associate Professor (effective Jan 1, 2027) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Sebastian’s research applies interdisciplinary methods to simulate how flood hazards and associated risks are evolving in response to changing human and environmental conditions. Her recent research also investigates the financial resilience of individual households and communities, including the role of underlying social and economic vulnerabilities on inequitable outcomes after flood disasters. Prior to joining the faculty at UNC in 2020, Sebastian was an Associate Research Scientist at Texas A&M University at Galveston (2017-2019) where she helped to establish the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas (IDRT). She has also held positions as a postdoctoral researcher (2016-2017) and Netherlands-America Foundation (NAF)/Fulbright Flood Management Fellow (2014-2015) in the Department of Hydraulic Engineering at Delft University of Technology. Sebastian currently serves as member of the Board of Deltares USA, a Guest Editor for the journal of Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) scientific committees on Climate Adaptation and Coastal Engineering Sciences, and a rotating panelist for Hydrology section of the American Geophysical Union.