Christopher Shepard
1177 E. Fourth St., Shantz Building, Room 429,
Tucson, AZ 85721
(ph) 540-968-0775 | cbs8h@email.arizona.edu
Education
Ph.D. 2014-present
M.S. May 2014
B.S. May 2011
2005-2007
University of Arizona, Dept. Soil, Water, and Environmental
Science, GPA: 4.00, Advisor: Craig Rassmussen
University of Arizona, Dept. Soil, Water, and Environmental
Science, GPA: 4.00, Advisor: Craig Rasmussen
University of Virginia, Environmental Science, GPA: 3.53
Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, Jackson River
Governor’s School for Math, Science and Technology,
Awards and Honors
2014-2015
Fall 2013
Fall 2008Spring 2011
University Fellow, University of Arizona
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ Master’s Level Meritorious Graduate
Teaching Award, University of Arizona
Dean’s List, University of Virginia
Professional Experience
2012-present Graduate Student in Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, Dept. of Soil,
Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona
2012
Technical Sales Service Co-Op, MeadWestvaco, Covington Mill, Covington, VA
2010
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), Sevilleta Field Research
Station, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, University of New Mexico
2010
Lab Assistant with Tami Ransom in Henry Wilbur’s Community and Population
Ecology Lab, University of Virginia
2009
Supervised Independent Research with Katherine Burke and Henry Wilbur in
Deborah Lawrence’s Tropical Ecosystem Ecology Lab, University of Virginia
2009
Lab Assistant with Katherine Burke in Deborah Lawrence’s Tropical Ecosystem
Ecology Lab, University of Virginia
Teaching Experience
2012-2014
2008-2009
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Soil, Water, and Environmental
Science, University of Arizona
Mentor-Aide, Field Ecology Summer Regional Governor’s School, Dabney S.
Lancaster Community College
Publications
Manuscripts in preparation
1. Shepard, C., M. Schaap, M. Crimmins, W. van Leeuwen, C. Rasmussen. Subsurface soil
modulation of aboveground productivity in the US. Desert Southwest.
Conference presentations
Shepard, C., C. Rasmussen, M. Schaap, M. Crimmins, W. van Leeuwen. 2013. Soil modulation
of ecosystem response to climate forcing across the Desert Southwest. Fall Meeting of
the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco, CA.
Professional Associations
American Geophysical Union