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Dept 3943
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Laramie, WY 82071

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Chris Nicholson

Director

Water Resources Data System & Wyoming State Climate Office
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3943
Laramie, WY 82071
E-mail: cnichol5@uwyo.edu

EDUCATION:
1999Bachelor of Arts, Department of Anthropology, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO.
2005Masters of Arts, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2011-Present  Director, Water Resources Data System & Wyoming State Climate Office
2007-2011  Outreach and Technology Coordinator, Water Resources Data System
2004-2007  Associate Planner & GIS Specialist, Latah County, Idaho Planning & Building Department

SELECT PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS:

  1. Terek, M., Gray, S., & Nicholson, C. 2012. Climate Zone Delineation: Evaluating Approaches for Use in Natural Resource Management. Environmental Management. 49(5):1076-91.
  2. Egeland, C., Gasparian, B., Arakelyan, D., Byerly, R., Nicholson, C., & Zardaryan, D. 2011. Multiperiod Archaeological Reconnaissance in the Debed River Valley, North-Eastern Armenia. Antiquity. Vol. 085 Issue 329.
  3. Egeland, C., Nicholson, C., & Gasparian, B. 2010. Using GIS and Ecological Variables to Identify High Potential Areas for Paleoanthropological Survey: An Example from Northern Armenia. Journal of Ecological Anthropology Vol. 14 No. 1.
  4. Arikawa, F. & Nicholson, C. 2009. Implementing GIS and Spatial Analyses for the Study of Prehistoric Human Mobility, Social Interactions and Resource Procurement in the Mesa Verde Region. International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing. 3: 85.100.
NON PEER-REVIEWD PUBLICATIONS:
  1. Nicholson, C., Egeland, C., & Gasparian, B. 2012. Predicting Prehistoric Site Location in the Southern Caucasus. ArcNews Magazine. Winter 2011/2012.
  2. Gray, S.T., Nicholson, C. and Ogden, M. 2010. Greater Yellowstone Network: Climate of 2008. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/GRYN/NRR.2010/173. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
  3. Nicholson, C., Bergantino, A. & Gray, S. 2009. Wyoming Shares Water Resources Data. ArcNews Magazine. Winter 2009/2010.
  4. Arikawa, F. & Nicholson, C. 2008. Early Commuting: Exploring the Mobility of Prehistoric People. ArcUser Magazine, Summer Issue.
  5. Gray, S., Nicholson, C., Dietrich, T., & Larson, S. 2007. Greater Yellowstone Network: Climate of 2007. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/GRYN/NRR.2009/076. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
CONFERENCE PAPERS & POSTERS:
  1. Nicholson, C. and Bergantino, T. 2012. Characterizing Wyoming.s Climate: Using Spatially-Gridded PRISM Climate Data to Visualize Climate Patterns in Wyoming.s River Basin Plans. To be presented at the 2012 GIS in the Rockies Conference, Denver, CO.
  2. Nicholson, C. 2012. Data Services and Online Mapping Tools for Delivering Wyoming.s Hydroclimatic Resources. Presented at the Wyoming Engineering Society, 92nd Annual Convention, Sheridan, WY.
  3. Nicholson, C. & Bergantino, A. 2012. Point-Specific, Online Climate Data Retrieval: Developing Improved Methods for Accessing Wyoming.s Climate Data through Online Web Mapping Application. Presented at the 2012 American Water Resource Association Specialty Conference, GIS and Water Resources VII. New Orleans, LA.
  4. Nicholson, C. 2010. The Water Resources Data System Update. Presented at the 2010 Wyoming Water Association Conference. Laramie, WY.
  5. Nicholson, C. 2010. Aerial Imagery, Irrigated Lands and River Basin Planning: Providing Wyoming.s Stakeholders with Online Decision Support Tools. Presented at the 2010 GIS in the Rockies Conference. Loveland, Co.
  6. Gray, S.T., Nicholson, C. & Bergantino, A. 2010. Online Mapping Systems for Hydroclimatic Data Delivery. Presented at the American Water Resource Association Specialty Conference, GIS and Water Resources VI. Orlando, FL and the Energy Resources and Produced Water Conference. Laramie, WY.
  7. Nicholson, C. 2009. Online Decision Making Tools for Wyoming.s Water Stakeholders: Data Services and Groundwater Planning. Presented at the Wyoming Geological Association. Casper, WY.
  8. Gray, S.T., Nicholson, C. & Bergantino, A. 2009. Online Mapping Systems for Climate Data Delivery. Presented at the 2009 American Geophysical Union Conference. San Francisco, CA.
  9. Arikawa, F. & Nicholson, C. 2009. Modeling Quarry Sites in the Central Mesa Verde Region. Presented at the 2009 Society of American Archaeology Conference, Atlanta, GA. and 2009 Pecos Conference, Cortez, CO.
  10. Nicholson, C., Bergantino, A., & Gray, S.T. 2008. Wyoming.s World Wide Water Web. Presented at the 2008 ESRI Southwest Users Group Conference. Laramie, WY.
  11. Nicholson, C., Scheiber, L.L., Finley, J.B., & Boyle, M.P. 2008. Developing a Predictive GIS Model of Bighorn Sheep Traps in Northwest Wyoming. Presented at the 2008 ESRI Southwest Users Group Conference. Laramie, WY.