Dr. Robert Bindschadler retired in 2010 as the Chief Scientist of NASA’s Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory and a Senior Fellow of the Goddard Space Flight Center.  He is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, a past President of the International Glaciological Society and is currently a NASA Emeritus Scientist, living in Quilcene, WA. He remains active in lecturing to audiences at all levels, in developing more effective means of communicating scientific knowledge and in assisting the scientific community to produce actionable information for policy and decision makers.  His extensive field experience includes leading 18 Antarctic field expeditions to study dynamics of the West Antarctic ice sheet.  He has led major multi-institutional and international research projects, testified numerous times to Congress, briefed the U.S. Vice President, and published over 160 scientific papers, including numerous review articles and is often quoted commenting on glaciological impacts of the climate on the world’s ice sheets and glaciers.