Chris is a geoscientist who first appeared in Expedition Volcano on BBC 2. The series followed a scientific expedition to two of the least known active volcanoes on earth in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Chris has since appeared in numerous Earth Science documentaries including, Pompeii: The New Dig (BBC2), A Day in the Life of Planet Earth (BBC2), Ancient Earth/Earth (PBS/BBC), X-Ray Earth (National Geographic), Villages by the Sea (BBC2), and The Pompeii Prophecy: Countdown to Disaster (Channel 5). In 2020, Chris co-presented the Royal Insuitution’s (RI) Christmas Lectures on BBC4.

Chris has a BSc and PhD from the University of Manchester, and honorary doctorates from the University of Derby and the University of Bergen. In 2022, he was named a ‘Diversity Champion’ by Diversity UK and made Involve’s Empower Role Model List (100 Future Leaders), and in 2023 he won an Evenfield’s Black Talent Award. His academic fieldwork has taken him to remote and challenging locations including the Argentinian Andes, the Borneo rainforest and the Sinai desert in Egypt.

Away from work Chris is father to three young girls and is a lover of the outdoors, having run 14 marathons, 42 half-marathons, and an ultra-marathon. He has also undertaken several, multi-day, off-road cycling tours and is an avid rock climber, having a strong preference for his home county, Derbyshire.

Chris is represented by Fiona Kimbell, who can be contacted at [email protected]