Scott Bradford is the Research Leader and a Supervisory Soil Scientist in the USDA, ARS, SAWS Unit. He is a fellow of the Soil Science Society of America, fellow of the American Society of Agronomy, recipient of the 2019 Don and Betty Kirkham Soil Physics Award, and the Editor-in-Chief for Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology (2017-2020). Dr. Bradford has authored over 158 publications on a wide variety of topics in soil physics, contaminant hydrology, and environmental engineering. His research focus is currently on managed aquifer recharge.