Rob Levinthal is a doctoral student in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests are in large-scale Nature-based Solutions and how they are designed, planned, implemented, and perceived by disparate stakeholders. Rob is a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning master's program, where his work was recognized by the American Society of Landscape Architects and by the Landscape Architecture Foundation as a 2020 National Olmsted Scholar Finalist. A Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (13 - 15') from Senegal, West Africa, Rob served as an Agroforestry Extension Agent in the small village of Drame Sadiabou. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Studies, and research grants have enabled him to work and travel from the Sahara Desert to the Arctic Circle.