Chris is an Assistant Professor in the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He was previously the Osborne Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, where he was affiliated with the Price Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and before that a postdoctoral fellow at the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation and the Knowledge Lab at the University of Chicago. He received his Ph.D. from the UCLA Department of Geography in 2021.
Chris uses computational and econometric methods to study global competition in science and technology and its consequences for innovation policy. His current work maps the shifting balance of scientific and technological power among nations, including China’s growing self-reliance in science and the dependence of U.S. innovation on the global scientific system.
His broader research program spans the drivers of urban innovation, the effects of knowledge obsolescence on how invention is organized, and strategic action and policy in the commercialization of new technology. While grounded in theoretical inquiry, his research generates critical insights for innovation strategy and public policy at the national and metropolitan levels.