Dr. Barry Hibbs has taught at California State University, Los Angeles, since 1997, where he instructs courses in groundwater hydrology, water quality, watershed analysis, field methods, and groundwater management. Dr. Hibbs received a B.S. in Geology from Arizona State University, an M.S. in Hydrogeology from the University of Nebraska Lincoln, and a Ph.D. in Hydrogeology from the University of Texas in Austin. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and a recipient of Cal-State LA’s Outstanding Professor Award (2014). Dr. Hibbs’ research focuses on the hydrogeology of arid basins in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico; stream/aquifer interactions; isotope hydrology; and trace element hydrochemistry.