Christian S. M. Turney FRMetS FRSA FGS FRGS FHEA is the Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Technology Sydney.

He was awarded the Frederick White Prize by the Australian Academy of Science in 2014 for contributions to understanding natural phenomena that impact human lives.,[2] the inaugural Sir Nicholas Shackleton Medal by the International Union for Quaternary Research in 2007, a Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2008, the Bigsby Medal of the Geological Society of London in 2009, and the J.G.

In 2010, Turney was awarded a five-year Australian Research Council Laureate Fellowship to investigate tipping points in the Earth system.

Scientific findings include the recognition of a 1965 Carbon-14 peak preserved in "the Loneliest Tree in the World" and shrubs growing on Campbell Island, New Zealand, that offer a possible marker for the proposed Anthropocene Epoch in the geological timescale.

[5] Turney was a Founding Director and now scientific advisor to New Zealand cleantech company CarbonScape, which has developed patented technology to produce and engineer carbon-negative graphite from sustainably-sourced biomass to be used in lithium-ion batteries.