About Us

Dan is a professor of mechanical engineering who served as a co-principal investigator for this project. He consulted and provided feedback on several of the images.

Ben served as the project lead for the interdisciplinary grant that brought together all of these resources. He offered countless hours of enthusiasm, guidance, and perspective on the many resources found on this website. He is an environmental ecologist and professor at BYU and a champion for sustainability and water quality.

Liz is a professor of physiology and developmental biology with a great interest in biology education research. She enjoys teaching introductory biology courses and studying effective teaching strategies. She provided input on all of the images you see on this website and helped guide the team's work in testing their impacts on student understanding.

Greg is a professor of Environmental Geology and Hydrology and offered feedback on many of the images, particularly those relating to groundwater and desert ecosystems. He is the co-instructor of the "Water Planet" course and has spent a great deal of time updating and refining the class to best relate water issues to undergraduates.

Rick is a professor of biology who served as a co-principal investigator for this project. He consulted and provided feedback on several of the images, particularly those dealing with coastal environments.

Sophie is a postdoctoral researcher who led and coordinated the project. She designed the images with the illustrators, reviewed them with the scientists, refined them with educators, and talked about them with anyone who would listen. She is trained in urban ecology and is a classroom teacher. Her enthusiasm for water began during summers at the swimming pool and continues through years as a river guide, gardener, and thirsty human being. She's loved the unique opportunities this project gave her to grow artistically as well as academically.

Bryan is a professor of soil science who served as a co-principal investigator for this project. He consulted and provided feedback on several of the images, particularly those dealing with urban and agricultural environments.

Josh is a professor of environmental geology and geochemistry. He offered feedback on many of the images pertaining to ground and surface water flow. He is one of the co-instructors of the "Water Planet" course and works hard to connect his students to the origin and path their water takes before they drink it.

Anna is a recent graduate of BYU's Instructional Psychology and Technology program. Her MS emphasis is in museum education and she loves to visit museums whenever possible. She is passionate about sharing the message of sustainability, as well as learning from past generations and caring for future ones. She compiled a culture case dedicated to Utah Lake and water cycle education. You can check it out at the "Museum of Peoples and Cultures" on BYU campus.

Ryan is a professor of education who helps train elementary teachers to teach science. He helped develop the ideas behind many of the posters and offered feedback to make them easy to understand. He also shared these with many area educators and observed some of the resources in action in the classroom.

Keely is a professor of dance and general enthusiast for all things creative. She has a deep commitment to bettering ones health and the environment and often uses dance to convey these messages. She offered feedback on many of the images and helped kick start the creation of the graphic novel.