He received a B.S. in zoology from the University of Oklahoma and a Ph.D. in ecology from the University of California at Davis. Chris has a long history at RMBL, starting as a coursework student in 1990 and continuing as a research assistant from 1991-1999. Since 2003, Chris has taught summer field courses and mentored undergraduate researchers at RMBL. Chris’s current research includes the study of habitat selection by red-naped sapsuckers, a species of woodpecker that nests in aspen woodlands of the Rocky Mountains.