 Hi, I'm Ryan Baxter, a faculty member in Penn State's Department of Geography and online GIS programs. I live in State College, Pennsylvania, with my amazing wife and two boys, not too far from Penn State's main campus. Right now I'm standing at one of the university's agricultural research fields, which has some examples of the kinds of research I like to do in land use change and how we utilize our land resources and impact our land resources. I'm very curious about how we can use biomass like corn or forest products or more peculiar things like switchgrass and miscanthus to produce renewable energy. And for many years I've also had the privilege of being a technical developer for some large data management projects, most notably Pennsylvania's Spatial Data Clearinghouse, where I've been able to get my hands dirty with programming, database management and system administration. And this combination of research GIS applications and technical experience has given me the opportunity to teach some really fun courses in topics ranging from energy and environment to cloud and server GIS technologies. So I appreciate you taking this time with me and I really look forward to working with you down the road.