CHRISTOPHER A. SCOTT Director and Research Professor Professor, School of Geography & Development Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy Distinguished Scholar, Univ. Arizona 1885 Society University of Arizona University of Arizona 803 E. First St. P.O. Box 210137; ENR2 Bldg. Room S421 Tucson, Arizona 85719 Tucson, Arizona 85721 Tel.: (520) 626-4393, Fax: (520) 626-3664 Tel.: (520) 621-5096, Fax: (520) 621-2889 Web: http://aquasec.org/wrpg http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EBNFNZoAAAAJ Email:
[email protected] EDUCATION 1994-98 Cornell University, Ph.D. Major Field: Hydrology 1989-91 Cornell University, M.S. Major Field: Hydrology 1981-85 Swarthmore College, B.S. Major Field: Water Resources, B.A.: Asian Studies 1969-81 Woodstock School, Mussoorie, India; attended 1969-72, 1974-81 AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH INTERESTS • Water-energy-food nexus • Resilience, adaptation, social-ecological systems • Water security, groundwater, irrigation • Urban-wastewater irrigation, water reuse, agricultural-urban water transfers • Transboundary river basins and aquifers • Mountain water towers, Andes, Himalayas • Southwest US; Latin America (Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru); South Asia (India, Nepal) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS Christopher Scott is an interdisciplinary scholar working on water security, climate resilience, human- environment interactions, and the water-energy-food nexus. He has a publications h-index of 36 with 4,700 citations to his work (consisting of 91 peer-reviewed journal articles, 14 peer-reviewed research reports, 15 edited volumes, 60 book chapters, and 60 other publications). Dr. Scott’s applied research emphasizes the importance of science-policy dialogues with particular attention to ecosystem services, groundwater depletion, water reuse, and transboundary adaptive management.