11 Facts About Christopher Field

Christopher B Field is an American scientist and researcher, who has contributed to the field of climate change.

Christopher Field's work includes major field experiments on responses of California grassland to multi-factor global change, integrative studies on the global carbon cycle, and assessments of impacts of climate change on agriculture.

Christopher Field is the founding director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology.

Christopher Field received his PhD from Stanford University in 1981 and has been at the Carnegie Institution for Science since 1984.

Christopher Field is a Professor of Biology and Environmental Earth System Science at Stanford University, the Faculty Director of Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, and a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.

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Christopher Field was a coordinating lead author for the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Christopher Field has testified before House and Senate committees and has appeared on media from NPR's “Science Friday” to BBC's “Your World Today.

In 2009, Christopher Field was one of ten recipients of the 15th Annual Heinz Award with special focus on the environment.

Also Christopher Field received the 2013 BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change for discovering the importance of ecosystems and their effective management in the battle against climate change.

Christopher Field's work has allowed to quantify the global climate impact of deforestation, agriculture and other changes in vegetation cover.

The Christopher Field Lab is currently working on biomass energy production.