Christopher Galik's Bio and Research

Prior to joining the Nicholas Institute, Christopher Galik served as a Research Coordinator for the Climate Change Policy Partnership (CCPP), a collaborative project intended to leverage the resources of Duke to determine practical strategies to respond to climate change. Within the Partnership, Christopher had primary oversight over biological sequestration, bioenergy, and biofuels policy analysis and applied research activities.

Christopher's work focuses on the development of federal offsets policy, the intersection of biofuels and climate policy, and the potential use of forest biomass for bioenergy. Recent research and publications include the influence of project accounting on forest offset supply, the interaction between traditional land conservation programs and emerging biomass and carbon markets, and intersectoral competition for woody biomass in the Southeastern U.S. Prior to joining the CCPP, Christopher spent several years in Washington D.C. as a policy analyst, specializing in species conservation and federal forest management and policy. Christopher holds a Master of Environmental Management degree from the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke, with a concentration in forest resource economics and policy. He received his B.A. in biology from Vassar College.