Dr. David Tarboton is Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Utah Water Research Laboratory at Utah State University. He conducts research to generate knowledge needed to solve water problems in Utah, the country and around the world. His research is in the area of surface water hydrology, water resources, hydrologic modeling, hydrologic information systems, digital elevation model terrain analysis and snow. He leads the development of HydroShare, a hydrologic information system for sharing hydrologic data and models operated by the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. His group has developed and supports open source software packages including the Terrain Analysis using the Digital Elevation Models (TauDEM) package for the derivation of hydrologic information from digital elevation models, and the Utah Energy Balance snowmelt model. He is Co-PI for the development of HydroLearn, an educational platform for the collaborative development and advancement of active-learning resources in hydrology and water resources engineering. He has conducted extensive research on the Great Salt Lake.