Peter Soppelsa is an associate professor in the Department of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine at the University of Oklahoma. His research explores the intersections of environmental history, urban history, and the history of technology. He is the author of Paris After Haussmann: Living with Infrastructure in the City of Light, 1870-1914 (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2026), https://upittpress.org/books/9780822967934/.