Robert Bilby has conducted research on stream ecosystems, salmon and the effects of forestry on both since 1975.  He currently is the Chief Environmental Scientist for Weyerhaeuser Company and is responsible for coordinating environmental research efforts on all company forest lands.  Prior to assuming his current position, Bilby managed the Environmental Forestry Research Program in Weyerhaeuser’s Western Forestry Research Program.  From 1998 through 2000 Bilby managed the Watershed Processes program at the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle.  He is an affiliate faculty member at the University of Washington’s College of Forest Resources and School of Aquatic and Fisheries Science.  Bilby’s research has included investigation of the role of large wood in streams, response of stream trophic systems to disturbances, relationships between habitat characteristics and salmon productivity and the contribution that spawning salmon make to the nutrient capital and productivity of streams.  He received a B.S. in zoology from the University of Rhode Island and a Ph.D. in aquatic ecology from Cornell University.