Abe Springer is a Professor of Geology in the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability at Northern Arizona University. He received his B.A. in Geology from the College of Wooster and his M.S. and Ph.D. in hydrogeology from The Ohio State University. Since arriving at NAU in 1994, he has taught courses in hydrogeology, geology of Arizona, environmental geology, university colloquium and many others. Dr. Springer and his students study local and regional groundwater flow systems and human impacts on them.