Michael S. Bruno is Provost at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He previously served as Dean of the School of Engineering and Science and Professor of Ocean Engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology. He also served as the Director of the Center for Maritime Security, and he is a Visiting Professor in Mechanical Engineering at University College London. His research and teaching interests include ocean observation systems, climate change, and community resilience. He is the author of more than 100 technical publications, including The Urban Ocean (Cambridge University Press, 2018).