Michael Routhier is an instructor, program coordinator, and creator of the Geospatial Science Graduate Certificate program at the University of New Hampshire as well as the director of the Geospatial Science Center (GSSC) in Earth Systems Research Center (ESRC) at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS). His technical specializations include, Geographic Information Systems, Web Mapping, Data Archiving, Remote Sensing, Digital Image Processing, and Geospatial Science Education. His scientific interests are within Earth Systems Science and Geography with particular interest in land use and land cover change detection and analysis, coastal resilience, and sea level rise studies.