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Roos, Kathleen S.: - Dr. Kathleen S. Roos obtained her BA from Hartwick College, her MS from Long Island University, and her PhD from Columbia Southern University. After a 40-plus year career in the environmental science industry working in the private sector, academia, government, and the military, Kathleen is currently a professor of biology and energy physics at the University of La Verne, California. In 2019, she received the Marquis Who's Who Albert Nelson Lifetime Achievement award as a leader in the environmental science industry and was listed in 2020 as Top 100 In Industry Leaders. She was inducted into the Norwalk High School Wall of Honor for Lifetime Achievement in Science in 2007. She has received numerous awards from local agencies, federal and state EPA, and for her contributions to environmental protection both nationally and internationally. For her service in Iraq, she was awarded the Civilian Service Medal by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and by the U.S. Army, she was awarded the Civilian Service Medal for serving in the Global War on Terror. Kathleen has authored articles in environmental technical publications and journals. During her career, she traveled nationally and internationally, and little did she realize how much those experiences would support the interviews contained in this book. Her hobbies include volunteer work with the Channel Islands Maritime Museum, The National Parks Service, and Channel Islands Marine Sanctuary, playing violin in the Ventura College orchestra, teaching yoga at Naval Base Ventura County, reading, and field studies with her students, and hiking with her dog, Brigadier.