Mark Steltenpohl is an emeritus professor at Auburn University with more than 40 years of experience as a field geologist. His interests in Alabama geology began while earning his BS and MS degrees at the University of Alabama. After getting his doctorate from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, he worked as a field geologist for 3 years at the Geological Survey of Alabama. Then he was hired by Auburn University, where he was a professor for 32 years. His field research focuses on the geology of Alabama but includes work in arctic Scandinavia, Poland, and East Greenland.
