Research Description With a background in engineering and geography, Chris' earliest and still active research interests are mountain hydrology and water resources. After spending time in the private sector as a lidar specialist and field manager and then as a postdoctoral fellow in the remote sensing of forest resources, his area of research expanded into testing and developing lidar mapping and imaging technology applications across a range of geosciences themes. From 1999 to the present, he has maintained an active connection to the development and operation of lidar technologies and this has provided unique insights into their suitability, limitations and appropriate use (or misuse) for natural resources and environmental assessment applications. In addition to conducting procedural and algorithm research, Chris has been active in providing guidance on the development of best practices for various government agencies as well as serving on a number of executive committees in Canada and the US. Recently, his research has focused on integration of in situ sensors, field plot, high-resolution remote sensing, spatial and temporal data sources to better understand hydro-ecological processes in Rocky Mountain watersheds to novel biomass and carbon assessment routines in boreal forest and wetland environments.