Gregory B. Baecher:

PhD Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,1972. Dissertation.
MSc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,1970. Dissertation.
BSCE, Civil Engineering, University of California,1968

Redearch:
Geoenvironmental Engineering, Reliability and Risk Analysis, Environmental History

Expertise Credentials:
Professor and past-Chairman, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland
President and CEO, ConSolve Incorporated, Lexington, Massachusetts
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Visiting Professor, Technical University Munich
Rockefeller Foundation Post Doctoral Fellow, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna
Captain (USAR), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Active duty; Reserves.

Contact me: gbaecher@umd.edu

Robert R. Hearne:

Dr. Robert R. Hearne has been an Assistant Professor at the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at North Dakota State University since 2002. His research has focused on water resources management, water institutions, the valuation of non-market environmental goods and services, and environmental policy. Bob has a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota, a M.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Kentucky and a B.A. from Georgetown University. He was previously employed at the Tropical Agriculture Higher Education and Research Center (CATIE) in Turrialba Costa Rica, the International Institute for Environment and Development in London, UK, and at the World Bank. Dr. Hearne’s recent research includes the analyses of institutional change in the water sector. He has professional experience in 19 countries.

Contact me: rhearne@ndsuext.nodak.edu