Bryan C. Pijanowski is a professor in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources at Purdue University. He is also the director of the Center for Global Soundscapes and a recognized leader in soundscape ecology, a field of science and natural resource management that uses sound as a measure of environmental and cultural health. Pijanowski has published more than 180 peer-reviewed papers. He is an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow; a designated Distinguished Landscape Ecologist by the International Association of Landscape Ecologists-North America (IALE-NA), the society's highest honor; and serves as the executive producer of the giant-screen, big-screen, and domed-theater interactive educational experience Global Soundscapes! A Mission to Record the Earth.