Keith Schilling, Ph.D., is the state geologist of Iowa and director of the Iowa Geological Survey at the University of Iowa. He is also a research engineer at IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering at the University of Iowa, and an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Iowa Department of Earth and Environmental Science and at Iowa State University Department of Natural Resources Ecology and Management. Schilling’s research has focused on a variety of water-related issues in Iowa, including groundwater flow and quality, surface water and groundwater interaction, nonpoint source pollution, and watershed and floodplain processes. He holds an M.S. in water resources from Iowa State University and a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Iowa.