Dr. Bernard Leikind is a plasma physicist familiar to skeptics for his pioneering work in explaining the physics of firewalking, as well as personal participation in dozens of firewalks. Dr. Leikind has also lectured for skeptics on "strange and unusual atmospheric phenomena," as well as on the physics of sports, dance, and ballet. He has taught physics and researched at the University of Maryland, UCLA, the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, and General Atomics. He may be the only sensible firewalker, although some consider this an oxymoron.