Shannon Hicks is an electrical engineer at Stroud Water Research Center in Pennsylvania where she designs and builds a variety of environmental sensor data logger systems using open source hardware and software. She's the co-founder of EnviroDIY, an online community of users who share ideas and solutions for low-cost environmental monitoring. Shannon is also the developer of the Mayfly Data Logger, an open-source, Arduino-based board that makes it easy to build monitoring stations with sensors and telemetry modules. She has taught dozens of workshops to a wide range of audiences about how to use open-source tools for environmental monitoring and research.