Paul Bierman, Ph.D., is a professor of environmental science and natural resources at the University of Vermont. Now in his 29th year at the university, Paul's areas of focus include understanding how humans and landscapes interact, using his expertise in hydrology, geochemistry and geomorphology. Paul teaches a variety of courses including earth hazards, climate change and science communication. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College and his doctorate from the University of Washington. Research interests include climates and measuring the rate at which Earth’s surface changes, which involves field work in such locations as central Australia and Greenland. Bierman directs UVM's Cosmogenic Nuclide Extraction Lab, one of only a handful of laboratories in the country dedicated to the preparation of samples for analysis of 10-Be and 26-Al from pure quartz. He manages the Landscape Change Program, an NSF-supported digital archive of historic Vermont landscape images used for teaching and research, available at uvm.edu/landscape. Paul's research is funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Geographic Society and the U.S. Army. In 1996, Paul was awarded the Donath medal as the outstanding young scientist of the year by the Geological Society of America; he has since received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation specifically for integrating scientific education and research. In 2005, Paul was awarded the NSF Distinguished Teaching Scholar award in recognition of his ongoing attempts to integrate these two strands of his academic life. Together, Paul, his graduate students, his undergraduate students and his collaborators have nearly 200 publications in refereed journals and books including a modern textbook, Key Concepts in Geomorphology. In his spare time, Paul enjoys walking, Nordic skiing, and cooking.Richard W. Hazlett is a retired professor emeritus from Pomona College in Claremont, California, where he was a four-time Wig Distinguished Teaching award winner, former chair of the geology department and coordinator of the interdisciplinary Environmental Analysis Program. The Princeton Review ranked him one of The Best 300 Professors in 2012. Presently, he is a research affiliate of the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and an adjunct faculty member in earth sciences at the University of Hawaiʽi, Hilo. His areas of environmental interest include soils and the movement of nutrients and pollutants in natural systems. He also has many years of experience working in volcanology, researching and mapping active volcanoes in Alaska, Italy, Central America and Hawaiʽi. His book publications include The American West at Risk: Science, Myths, and Politics of Land Abuse and Recovery (published in 2008 with co-authors Wilshire and Nielson); Volcanoes: A Global Perspective (published in 2022 with co-authors Lockwood and De la Cruz-Reyna); and Roadside Geology of Hawaiʽi (published in 2022 with co-authors Gansecki and Lundblad). He was lead editor for the Oxford University Press Research Encyclopedia of Agriculture and the Environment (2020). In addition to his academic career, Professor Hazlett is a former employee of the U.S. National Park Service, where he assisted with exhibit planning and illustrations and wrote interpretive brochures for visitors. He credits much of his teaching ability to the “on-the-job-training” of this early career experience.Richard W. Hazlett is a retired professor emeritus from Pomona College in Claremont, California, where he was a four-time Wig Distinguished Teaching award winner, former chair of the geology department and coordinator of the interdisciplinary Environmental Analysis Program. The Princeton Review ranked him one of The Best 300 Professors in 2012. Presently, he is a research affiliate of the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory and an adjunct faculty member in earth sciences at the University of Hawaiʽi, Hilo. His areas of environmental interest include soils and the movement of nutrients and pollutants in natural systems. He also has many years of experience working in volcanology, researching and mapping active volcanoes in Alaska, Italy, Central America and Hawaiʽi. His book publications include The American West at Risk: Science, Myths, and Politics of Land Abuse and Recovery (published in 2008 with co-authors Wilshire and Nielson); Volcanoes: A Global Perspective (published in 2022 with co-authors Lockwood and De la Cruz-Reyna); and Roadside Geology of Hawaiʽi (published in 2022 with co-authors Gansecki and Lundblad). He was lead editor for the Oxford University Press Research Encyclopedia of Agriculture and the Environment (2020). In addition to his academic career, Professor Hazlett is a former employee of the U.S. National Park Service, where he assisted with exhibit planning and illustrations and wrote interpretive brochures for visitors. He credits much of his teaching ability to the “on-the-job-training” of this early career experience.Paul Bierman, Ph.D., is a professor of environmental science and natural resources at the University of Vermont. Now in his 29th year at the university, Paul's areas of focus include understanding how humans and landscapes interact, using his expertise in hydrology, geochemistry and geomorphology. Paul teaches a variety of courses including earth hazards, climate change and science communication. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Williams College and his doctorate from the University of Washington. Research interests include climates and measuring the rate at which Earth’s surface changes, which involves field work in such locations as central Australia and Greenland. Bierman directs UVM's Cosmogenic Nuclide Extraction Lab, one of only a handful of laboratories in the country dedicated to the preparation of samples for analysis of 10-Be and 26-Al from pure quartz. He manages the Landscape Change Program, an NSF-supported digital archive of historic Vermont landscape images used for teaching and research, available at uvm.edu/landscape. Paul's research is funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Geographic Society and the U.S. Army. In 1996, Paul was awarded the Donath medal as the outstanding young scientist of the year by the Geological Society of America; he has since received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation specifically for integrating scientific education and research. In 2005, Paul was awarded the NSF Distinguished Teaching Scholar award in recognition of his ongoing attempts to integrate these two strands of his academic life. Together, Paul, his graduate students, his undergraduate students and his collaborators have nearly 200 publications in refereed journals and books including a modern textbook, Key Concepts in Geomorphology. In his spare time, Paul enjoys walking, Nordic skiing, and cooking.