John Galbraith is Associate Professor, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, having graduated with a PhD in 1997 in Soil Science, Agronomy, Geomorphology from Cornell University. His research focuses on soil carbon sequestration; mined-land reclamation; urban and wetland soils; GIS; remote sensing; and decision-support software development His teaching includes wetland soils, soil survey and taxonomy, soil description and interpretation, geomorphology, and GIS applications. He has published 17 refereed journal articles; Seven refereed conference proceeding articles, six edited book chapters, 12 papers in editor-reviewed journals and conference proceedings and three USDA-NRCS-reviewed soil surveys. He has been active in outreach and professional activities including: since 1998 Member of one international, four national, four regional, five state, one university, and two departmental committees; from 2005-7 Associate Editor for Divisions S-10 and S-5. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.; since 1977 Affiliated Faculty – Conservation Management Institute, Center for Geospatial Information Technologies, and Center for Environmental Applications of Remote Sensing. Soil Science Society of America; from 2006-7 elected Chair, Div. S-5 (Pedology) in SSSA; from 2000 to present Society of Wetland Scientists; from 1999 to present Virginia Association of Professional Soil Scientists; in 2004 Appointed by the Virginia Governor’s Office for the Board for Professional Soil Scientists and Wetland Professionals