Dr. Simpson is a Research Civil Engineer in the Coastal Observation and Analysis Branch  at the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Field Research Facility, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. They were a postdoctoral scholar in the Giddings lab from February 2022-December 2023. Alex's dissertation focus was remote sensing of nearshore features using drones and X-Band radar, with topics ranging from frontal shear instabilities to internal wave transformation. They completed their PhD with Dr. Merrick Haller at Oregon State University in December 2021. At SIO, Alex investigated how small river plumes interact with the surf zone through the PiNC field campaign at Los Penasquitos Lagoon. They also worked on low-inflow mouth morphodynamics, which they continue to work on in their current position with USACE.