His specific interest is in microbial and particle transport in groundwater— usually in the context of surface water-groundwater interactions. He has a B.Sc. in earth sciences, an M.Sc. in civil engineering from the University of Waterloo, and a Ph.D. in hydrogeology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He’s been to Bangladesh seven times where he has enjoyed seeing the ruins from the British Raj period, swimming in the Meghna River and hiking in the Himalayas.