Jean Bahr has been on the faculty of the Department of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1987. She also participates in interdisciplinary graduate programs in Geological Engineering, Freshwater and Marine Sciences, and Water Resources Management. Her research focusses on the interactions between physical and chemical processes controlling solute transport and transformation in groundwater systems. She is current President of AGI and also an Editor of the American Geophysical Union’s journal Water Resources Research. She was the 2003 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer for Hydrogeology Division of the Geological Society of America (GSA) and served as GSA President in 2009-2010.