Christopher P. Carlson, Ph.D.

Christopher P. Carlson, Ph.D.
Washington Office, USDA Forest Service, Washington, DC
Christopher Carlson has served as the National Ground Water Program Leader in the Forest Service's Washington Office since 2005. Prior to that he had been a senior hydrogeologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for nearly 15 years, focusing on mining issues and permitting and landfill permitting and remediation. Carlson has a Ph.D. in geological sciences, an M.S. in geology, and an M.S. in environmental sciences from Indiana University-Bloomington and a B.A. in physics from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.