Christopher R. Scotese (born 4 May 1953) is an American geologist and paleogeographer.
He is the creator of the Paleomap Project, which aims to map Earth over the last billion years, and is credited with predicting Pangaea Ultima, a possible future supercontinent configuration.
Scotese retired from teaching at the University of Texas, Arlington, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in 2013.
He is now a research associate at the Field Museum of Natural History and an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Northwestern University.
He is the coauthor of more than 100 scientific publications, and his maps and animations have been used in numerous geological textbooks, scientific research papers, and are on display in museums worldwide.