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Gregory Baecher is an American civil engineer, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Maryland, and authority on risk analysis and management for water resource infrastructure. He earned a BSCE at the University of California, Berkeley in 1968, and PhD in Civil Engineering at MIT in 1972. He is a member of the (US) National Academy of Engineers. , recipient of the Panamanian National Award for Science and Technology Innovation, the Commander's Award for Public Service of the US Army Corps of Engineers , and various American Society of Civil Engineers research awards.

Work
Baecher is principally involved in assessing risks associated with dams, flood and coastal protection, and navigation works. He was a member of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce following Hurricane Katrina, and consults to the hydropower industry in the US, Canada, and EU. He has served on various National Research Council boards and committees dealing with risk and water resource policy, including the Water Science and Technology Board, the Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, and the Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment. Currently a professor at UMD, he was formerly Professor of Civil Engineering at MIT. Baecher is most known for his applications of Bayesian statistical methods to geo- and hydro-technical engineering. He was also founding faculty of the Engineering Project Management degree program at UMD.

Family
He and his author wife Kai Maristed have three children, Alexander von Bismarck an environmental activist, Nicolai Baecher a surgeon, and Constantine Baecher a ballet dancer.