Christopher Harper (he/him)

I am a recent PhD graduate from the University of Oregon, Department of Earth Science, working with Leif Karlstrom as an NSF EAR-postdoctoral fellow. My research focuses on how physical and statistical scales shape our understanding of Earth systems. In my dissertation, I developed minimal models to uncover emergent dynamics in granular flows and designed statistical frameworks to extract robust inferences from incomplete volcanic eruption records. As an NSF-EAR Postdoctoral Fellow, my current work centers on volcanic record completeness, where I aim to quantify the informational limits of eruption chronologies and develop methods for comparing records across diverse temporal resolutions and levels of preservation

Beyond research, I enjoy cooking, reading fiction, and drinking coffee with my partner and two cats.