Patrick Bodilly Kane, Ph.D., is a policy researcher on The Water Institute’s Planning and Policy Research team, where he focuses on robust decision making, risk perception, and policy development. Prior to working at the Institute, Patrick’s research has examined how risk perceptions impact decisions on topics ranging from climate change to COVID-19. Since coming to the Institute, Patrick’s research has focused on quantifying the impacts of policy, including developing consequence modeling in support of flood risk analysis and benefit-cost analysis for green infrastructure. Patrick also focuses on robust decision-making analysis, a model-based approach for understanding uncertain systems, which he has applied in the domain of emissions reduction, stormwater management and the management of the Mississippi River.