Christopher Amante

Christopher Amante serves as a Visiting Lecturer in the Environmental Studies Department at College of the Holy Cross and as a Geospatial Research Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) through the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder.

His research expertise centers on Geographic Information Science (GIS) with a focus on coastal applications. Key areas include:

• Coastal Elevation Modeling using integrated bathymetric-topographic DEMs
• Quantification of uncertainty in spatial data for flood risk assessment
• Incorporation of sea-level rise projections and storm surge models into flood risk frameworks
• Economic impact analysis of coastal inundation

Dr. Amante teaches Introduction to Geographic Information Systems at Holy Cross. His publication record reveals a progression from foundational DEM accuracy studies (2016) through uncertainty quantification (2018-2019) to applied economic and risk assessment research (2022-2023), consistently emphasizing robust methodologies for coastal resilience planning.

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