Elizabeth M. Belding is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara.  Elizabeth’s research focuses on mobile networking, specifically mesh networks, multimedia, monitoring, advanced service support, and solutions for developing and underdeveloped regions.  She is the founder and director of the Mobility Management and Networking (MOMENT) Laboratory.  Elizabeth is the author of over 80 technical papers and has served on over 50 program committees for networking conferences.  Elizabeth served as the TPC Co-Chair of ACM MobiCom 2005, IEEE SECON 2005, and ACM MobiHoc 2007, and as the TPC Area Chair of IEEE Infocom 2008.  She has served on the editorial board for the IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing journal.  Elizabeth is the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award, and a 2002 MIT Technology Review 100 award, awarded to the world’s top young investigators.