David Biggs received his doctorate from the University of Washington in 2004 and specializes in SE Asian history as well as environmental history and science and technology studies. His doctoral research examined the environmental contexts and effects of "nation-building" in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam from 1858-1975, and subsequent research in American and Vietnamese archives expanded this project into a forthcoming book tentatively titled "Between the Rivers and Tides: An Environmental History of Nation-Building in the Mekong Delta." Prof. Biggs' essays have appeared in such journals as Environmental History, the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Comparative Technology Transfer and Society, Technology & Culture, and several edited volumes. A Fulbright Hayes scholar and recipient of several FLAS Fellowships at UW, Dr. Biggs in 2006-07 received a UC Presidential Research Fellowship in the Humanities and a UC Regents Grant in 2007 to conclude work on the book and engage in new research. His new research looks more closely at environmental dimensions of the Second Indochina War and he is working on a study of militarization's environmental and social legacies in central Viet Nam. Dr. Biggs is also involved in a multi-disciplinary investigation that involves collaboration with ethnobotanists, anthropologists, historical cartographers and comparative work at sites in Central America and SE Asia. Dr. Biggs teaches intro and survey courses in ancient and modern SE Asian history as well as seminars and graduate courses on environmental history, water politics and world history.