Dr. Ilya Val Buynevich is an Associate Professor at the Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University. He received his BA and Ph.D. degree in Geology from Boston University and completed his Post-Doctoral studies in Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (2001-2003). Dr. Buynevich is a coastal and marine geologist with research interests in event sedimentology and process geomorphology. Another focus of his research is the use of animal traces to reconstruct paleo-environments (ichnology) and the analysis of the impact of large animals on sediments and landforms (zoogeomorphology).