About Chris Parrish

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Chris Parrish is a Professor and the Plasker Faculty Scholar in Geomatics at Oregon State University in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering, where he also serves as Director of the Geospatial Center for the Arctic and Pacific (GCAP). He holds a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering with an emphasis in Geospatial Information Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an M.S. in Civil and Coastal Engineering with an emphasis in Geomatics from the University of Florida. Prior to joining OSU, Chris served as lead physical scientist in the Remote Sensing Division of NOAA's National Geodetic Survey. He also holds an affiliate faculty position in the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping - Joint Hydrographic Center (CCOM-JHC) at the University of New Hampshire. He served as the 2022 President of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS).