Sarah Peterson is our coastal engineering and community resilience specialist. In her role, Sarah is focused on developing a program that enhances community coastal hazard preparedness along the Lake Michigan shoreline in Indiana and Illinois through collaboration, research, technical guidance, education, and outreach.
 
Sarah holds a BS and PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focused on analyzing coastal geomorphic change near coastal structures under-water level fluctuation in Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.