Dr Christopher Gomez
Position
Lecturer in Earth-processes and Environmental Hazards
Qualifications
PhD, Paris 7 Diderot University
Contact Details
Room:
Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 7913
Fax: +64 3 364 2907
Email: christopher.gomez@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address:
Department of Geography
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Personal home page
Blog
http://ameblo.jp/chris-canterbury
Research
My research deals with the chain of environmental-processes that act at the landscape scales, integrating hydrology, sediments, vegetation and human activities, with an emphasis on hazardous earth-processes.
- Up to present I have been working mainly on the tsunamis of Sumatra (2004), Java (2006) and Tohoku (2011); on the volcanoes Semeru, Merapi and Merbabu in Indonesia, and on the volcanoes Unzen-Fugendake, Towada and Numazawa in Japan. More recently, I have also started to develop a portfolio on tsunamis and floodplain/estuarine processes in the Canterbury area (New Zealand).
This apparently broad research scope aims at breaking free from the disciplines that we are educated in, in order to look into scientific questions from a different stand.
Teaching
The courses that I coordinate and participate in are all fuelled by my research, in such a way that I can always provide accurate and up to date information to the students. They are related to earth-processes and related hazards in different environments. I am currently teaching in:
- Geog 107: Resilient and Sustainable Cities
- Geog 201: Environmental Processes: Principles and Applications (coordinator)
- Geog211: Environmental Processes: Research Practice
- Geog305: Environmental Hazards and Management (coordinator)
- Geog409: Coastal and Fluvial Earth Systems
… and I am also giving guest lectures in other departments.
Selected Publications
Please see Chris's UC Research Profile for a full list of publications