Dr. Allan Muth is the representative for natural science and academic research. He is the director of the University of California's Phillip J. Boyd Deep Canyon Desert Research Center, a 6,000 acre research and teaching facility located in the heart of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. Dr. Muth is on a number of public and academic committees and boards, including the Directorate of the U.S. Man and the Biosphere Program, the Desert Tortoise Council, and the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy. He has consulted with both the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Game, and is a member of the Science Advisory Committee for the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan.