Katherine Chambers is a research scientist with expertise in analytical approaches to resilience and the marine transportation system. For the past 6 years, she has focused on studying the concepts of resilience as they pertain to the marine transportation and emergency response business lines of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She is an active member of PIANC Working Group 195 focused on Ecosystem Goods and Services, and the chair of PIANC Working Group 193 on Marine and Inland Waterways Resilience. She is a Young Member of the Transportation Research Board Ports and Harbors Committee, and co-leads an interagency team entitled the Resilience Integrated Action Team as a part of the U.S. CMTS. Katherine has an MS from Purdue University’s Ecological Science and Engineering Interdisciplinary Program. Katherine Chambers lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband. When not working, Katherine likes to fiddle with her old time band and spend plenty of time in the Shenandoah National Forest.