Christopher Alfred Scholz is an American geologist who is known for his work in Paleolimnology and Rift Basin Evolution.
Scholz is a leading expert in lake systems and paleolimnology, specializing in reconstructing past environments of inland waters.
He has conducted studies on the African Great Lakes,[2][3] including Lake Malawi, where his team drilled a 378-meter core providing a 1.3 million-year record of African climate change.
He has authored over 100 journal articles, and has led research on environmental changes in the Finger Lakes in Upstate New York,[5] and the potential impact of climate change on Lake Victoria in East Africa.
[5][9] In 2017, Scholz received the Syracuse University Chancellor's Citation for Faculty Excellence and Distinction.