Bobby H. Braswell is a Research Assistant Professor at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space at the University of New Hampshire. He has graduate degrees in Physics and Earth Science. His research has focused on application of modeling and data analysis techniques to a variety of problems including terrestrial carbon fluxes, land cover change, and climate variability. His recent interest is in the application of open source geoinformatics tools for management, analysis, and dissemination of Earth System Science data sets.