Bas Borsje is a Coastal Engineer at Deltares in Delft, The Netherlands, a member of the Faculty of Water Engineering & Management, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands and a part of the EcoShape | Building with Nature team. He studied Civil Engineering and Management at the University of Twente, graduating in 2006 cum laude with an MSc. He conducted his master thesis at WL|Delft Hydraulics, Delft, The Netherlands and after graduation started working there. In November 2009, whilst still working for WL|Delft Hydraulics, which merged into Deltares, he began his PhD research.