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Christopher Scott
Christopher Scott
Goddard Chair and Professor, Dept. of Ecosystem Science and Management
Director, Americas Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Associate Director, Institute of Energy and the Environment
124 Forest Resources Building, University Park, PA 16802
Biography
Areas of Expertise
- Watersheds, high mountain hydrology, glacier loss
- Water-energy-food nexus, water security, transboundary waters
- Resource conservation and policy, climate adaptation
- Energy transitions, renewables, carbon mitigation
- Resilience, adaptation, social-ecological systems
- Appalachians, Alleghenies, Andes, Himalayas
Christopher Scott holds the Maurice K. Goddard Chair in Forestry and Environmental Resource Conservation, a Pennsylvania State University Endowed Chair based in the College of Agricultural Sciences and housed in the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management. Goddard Chair since July 2021, he is also professor of Ecosystem Science and Management. His research, extension, and engagement focus on natural resource conservation and policy, climate-smart forestry, watershed science and management, the water-energy-food nexus, interstate and transboundary waters, climate adaptation and resilience, and energy transitions, with emphasis on the Appalachians, Alleghenies, and international efforts in the Andes and Himalayas.
The Goddard Chair is funded by Penn State along with income derived from earnings of this endowment. The position was created to honor and extend the science-and-policy legacy of Maurice K. Goddard, Ph.D. (1912-1995), who served as director of the School of Forestry at Penn State and later as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, which ultimately became the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Past Goddard Chairs include Calvin W. DuBrock (2015-2018), James R. Grace (2010-2014), Robert B. McKinstry, Jr. (2001-2007), Caren E. Glotfelty (1995-2000), Steven G. Thorne (1991-1994), Benjamin A. Jayne (1988-1991), and Arthur A. Davis (1984-1987).
The Goddard Chair focuses on goals broadly related to outreach connected to natural resource conservation, policy development and professional development, student engagement and achievement, and ensuring a legacy of resource sustainability. The Chair position attests to the University's commitment and dedication to the conservation, allocation and protection of natural resources.
