Sam Koontz is an anthropologist and computer scientist who completed post-graduate training at the cultural resource management firm Boone Archaeological Resource Consultants in New Mexico. A University of Kentucky alumnus, Koontz has conducted archaeological research projects in both academic and commercial settings around central Kentucky, southeast New Mexico, and southern Philippines. Koontz will be working in the MOBILE cluster of EduceLab to enhance the deployment of instrumentation in archaeological field projects and heritage sites. He is enrolled in the Anthropology graduate program.