2023-24 New Faculty

Chris Halsted (he/him) is a geoscientist with broad research interests including Earth surface processes, isotope geochemistry, glaciology, and paleoclimatology. For the last few years, he has been particularly interested in reconstructing the glacial and landscape history of New England, a project that involved hauling rocks down mountains, mapping surficial features in all seasons, and reconciling conflicting geochemical data across the region. He is an expert in cosmogenic nuclide geochemistry and is involved with efforts to unravel global patterns of sediment erosion, transport, and burial using this isotope system. He also recently joined an international project spearheaded by the Greenland Geological Survey that aims to reconstruct the evolution and dynamics of the Greenland Ice Sheet over at least the past 5 million years (and potentially back 30 million years!).
 
Prior to Williams, Chris was a lecturer at the University of Vermont, where he taught introductory and upper-level courses on modern climate change, and an adjunct professor at Champlain College, where he was the resident scientist in their Core Curriculum department. When not science-ing, Chris enjoys live music, cooking, and (of course) a variety of outdoor adventures.