David Boutt is an assistant professor of Hydrogeology in the Department of Geosciences of University of Massachusetts Amherst. His education includes an M.S. in Geology from Michigan State University in 1999, and a Ph.D. in Hydrology from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in 2004. His research interests include coupling between fluid flow and deformation in geologic materials, linkages between micromechanical properties of porous and fractured media and macro-scale properties, and modeling of coupled processes in geologic materials