Dr. Roger Beckie is a Professor and Co-Director of the Energy and Environment Research Initiative in the department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia. His scholarly contributions fall in three themes: i) the hydrology and geochemistry of mining waste rock, ii) geochemistry and hydrology of the hyporheic zone of the Fraser River, British Columbia, and iii) geochemistry and hydrology of deltaic aquifers.