Matt Baker is a Professor of Geography & Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He has 20 years of post-graduate experience as a university instructor, principal investigator, graduate mentor, and undergraduate adviser. His expertise is in landscape ecology, riparian buffers, stream ecology, hydrogeomorphology, forest ecology, restoration, applied GIS/RS, and quantitative analysis and modeling. His research interests include: watershed, urban forest, and landscape ecology; biodiversity, hydrology, geomorphology, and biogeochemistry in urban and rural systems; riparian ecosystems; and geospatial applications.