Dr. Michael Urbat is a geologist who has dedicated nearly three decades to the study of the magnetization of rocks. He earned his doctorate in rock magnetism after conducting research fellowships in the USA, the Netherlands, and aboard international research vessels at the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Cologne. After his habilitation, he represented a professorship in geology there for several years. The practical applicability of paleomagnetic and rock magnetic research has taken the author to various locations, including Afghanistan. For over a decade, he worked as Chief Geologist in the international energy sector in the UK, where he has lived with his family on the coast of Wales since 2009, overlooking the peaks of Snowdonia (Eryri) National Park.