Chris has worked as a research assistant and research associate at the Global Institute for Water Security and the Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan since 2010. He has managed and contributed scientifically to a number of major research programmes including the Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN; 2013-2018), the Global Water Futures programme (GWF; 2016-2025), the International Network for Alpine Research Catchment Hydrology (INARCH; from 2017-present), and the Global Water Futures Observatories facility (GWFO; 2023-present). Chris is an editor for the journal Earth System Science Data (ESSD) and a member of the Board of Directors for the Saskatchewan Branch of the Canadian Water Resources Association. His education background includes a B.Sc. (honours) degree in Physical Geography from the University of Saskatchewan (2004), an M.Sc. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Alberta (2006), and a Ph.D. in Hydrology from the University of Saskatchewan (2012).
Chris is interested in physical geography, and in particular, mountain environments and snow and glacier hydrology, as well as the changes to these systems under climate and environmental change. A listing of Chris' research publications is available here: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=120busUAAAAJ&hl=en.