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Christopher Sanchez

Christopher Sanchez

Project Manager, Healthy Urban Environments, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation

casanch9@asu.edu

Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation
Arizona State University
PO Box 875402
Tempe, AZ 85287-5402

Titles

  • Project Manager, Healthy Urban Environments, Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation

Biography

Chris Sanchez is the project manager for Healthy Urban Environments at Arizona State University, helping to coordinate HUE’s launch and implementation as a local hub for networking, innovations and solutions related to urban heat and air quality. Chris has previously worked as a research specialist managing the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research project in a long-term collaborative study at the City of Phoenix Tres Rios Wetlands. In this role, Chris also managed the Wetlands Ecosystem Ecology lab at ASU. Before coming to ASU, Chris worked for several years as an administrator and interpretive program leader for Miami Dade County Parks, Recreation, and Open Spaces in Florida. He also wetland ecology for many years in the Florida Everglades at the Florida Coastal Everglades LTER site, where his work was focused on reconstructing historic hydrology patterns and understanding carbon dynamics in coastal mangrove forests. Chris holds an MS from the ASU School of Sustainability, and double BA degree in Ecosystem Science & Policy and Anthropology from University of Miami.

Spoken Languages:
Spanish

Education

  • MS, Sustainability, Arizona State University, 2019
  • BA, Ecosystem Science & Policy and Anthropology, University of Miami, 2013

Expertise

Journal Articles

2020

Treese, S., D. L. Childers and C. A. Sanchez. 2020. Long-term trends in nitrogen removal by an aridland constructed treatment wetland. Constructed Wetlands DOI: 10.1007/s13157-020-01376-4. (link )

2019

Childers, D. L., P. Bois, H. E. Hartnett, P. T. McPhearson, G. S. Metson and C. A. Sanchez. 2019. Urban ecological infrastructure: An inclusive concept for the non-built urban environment. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 7(1):46. DOI: 10.1525/elementa.385. (link )

2017

Bois, P., D. L. Childers, T. Corlouer, J. Laurent, A. Massicot, C. A. Sanchez and A. Wanko. 2017. Confirming a plant-mediated "Biological Tide" in an aridland constructed treatment wetland. Ecosphere 8(3):e01756. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1756. (link )

2016

Sanchez, C. A., D. L. Childers, L. J. Turnbull, R. F. Upham and N. A. Weller. 2016. Aridland constructed treatment wetlands II: Plant mediation of surface hydrology enhances nitrogen removal. Ecological Engineering 97(Dec):658-665. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.01.002. (link )

Weller, N. A., D. L. Childers, C. A. Sanchez, L. J. Turnbull and R. F. Upham. 2016. Aridland constructed treatment wetlands I: Macrophyte community productivity, community composition, and nitrogen uptake. Ecological Engineering 97(Dec):649=657. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.05.044. (link )

2015

Troxler, T. G., J. G. Barr, J. D. Fuentes, V. Engel, G. Anderson, C. A. Sanchez, D. Lagomasino, R. Price and S. E. Davis. 2015. Component-specific dynamics of riverine mangrove CO2 efflux in the Florida coastal Everglades. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 213(Nov):273-282. DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2014.12.012. (link )

2013

Sanchez, C. A., E. E. Gaiser, C. J. Saunders, A. H. Wachnicka, N. Oehm and C. Craft. 2013. Challenges in using siliceous subfossils as a tool for inferring past water level and hydroperiod in Everglade marshes. Journal of Paleolimnology 49(1):45-66. DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9624-3. (link )

Book Chapters

2023

Sanchez, C. A., C. Cheng, D. L. Childers and A. M. York. 2023. Transdisciplinary co-design and implementation of a green urban ecological infrastructure performance monitoring plan. Pp. 207-232 In: Sant'Anna, C. G., I. Mell and L. B. Shenk eds., Planning with Landscape: Green Infrastructure to Build Climate-Adapted Cities. Vol 35. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-18332-4_11. ISBN: 978-3-031-18331-7.

Posters

2019

Sanchez, C. A., C. Cheng, D. L. Childers and A. M. York. 2019. Designing and implementing ecological monitoring of Urban Ecological Infrastructure (UEI): A case-study. Poster presented at the 21st Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 11, 2019, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2018

Kubicki, S., D. L. Childers and C. A. Sanchez. 2018. Seasonal and spatial patterns of net aquatic primary productivity in an aridland constructed treatment wetland. Poster presented at the 20th Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 5, 2018, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Sanchez, C. A., P. J. Coseo and C. Cheng. 2018. Understanding co-production in urban ecological design: Design processes to support “Designed Experiments”. Poster presented at the 20th Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Session, January 5, 2018, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2017

Clem, B. L., D. L. Childers and C. A. Sanchez. 2017. Soil nutrient and organic matter patterns in an aridland constructed treatment wetland. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Central-Arizona Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 13 January 2017, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2016

Sanchez, C. A., N. A. Weller, D. L. Childers, L. J. Turnbull and R. Upham. 2016. The effects of macrophyte productivity and community composition on the water and nutrient budgets of an aridland constructed treatment wetland. Poster presented at the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Eighteenth Annual All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 15 Januar 2016, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2015

Weller, N. A., C. A. Sanchez, L. J. Turnbull and R. Upham. 2015. The effects of macrophyte productivity and community composition on the water and nutrient budgets of an aridland constructed treatment wetland. Poster presented at the 2015 LTER All Scientists Meeting, 30 August-2 September 2015, Estes Park, CO.

2013

Loza Morales, D. E., D. L. Childers, A. Evans, A. Evans, C. A. Sanchez and N. Weller. 2013. Macropyte decomposition rates in the Tres Rios constructed treatment wetland: Preliminary results. Poster presented at the 11 January 2013, 15th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting 2013, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Sanchez, C. A., D. L. Childers, L. J. Turnbull and N. A. Weller. 2013. The contribution of evapotranspiration to the annual water budget of an aridland urban wastewater treatment wetland. Poster presented at the 11 January 2013, 15th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting 2013, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2012

Sanchez, C. A., D. L. Childers, L. J. Turnbull, B. P. Warner and N. A. Weller. 2012. The contribution of evapotranspiration and evaporation to the water budget of a treatment wetland in Phoenix, AZ, USA. Poster presented at 13 January 2012 CAP LTER 14th Annual Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. (link )

Sanchez, C. A., T. G. Troxler and J. Barr. 2012. Variations in CO2 efflux from a riverine mangrove forest as related to tidal, salinity, and temperature dynamics. Poster presented at the 2012 Florida Coastal Everglades LTER All Scientists Meeting, 15-16 March, 2016, Miami. FL. (link )

2011

Sanchez, C. A., D. L. Childers and L. J. Turnbull. 2011. The contribution of evapotranspiration and evaporation to the water budget of a treatment wetland in Phoenix, AZ, USA. Poster presented at the 7-12 August 2011 96th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Austin, TX.

2010

Sanchez, C. A., E. Gaiser and N. Oehm. 2010. Quantifying hydroperiod fluctuations across an Everglades wetland through microscopic analysis of siliceous microfossils. Poster presented at the 2010 Florida Coastal Everglades LTER All Scientists Meeting, 15-16 March, 2010, North Miami, FL. (link )

Sanchez, C. A., E. Gaiser and N. Oehm. 2010. Quantifying hydroperiod fluctuations across an Everglades wetland through microscopic analysis of siliceous microfossils. Poster presented at the 2010 Inel International Science Fair,

Presentations

2015

Childers, D. L., P. Bois, C. A. Sanchez, D. Tallman and N. A. Weller. 2015. Turquoise infrastructure in cities: How a constructed treatment wetland provides key urban ecosystem services in Phoenix, AZ. Presentation at the Ecological Science at the Frontier: Celebrating the ESA Centennial 1915-2015, 9-14 August 2015, Baltimore, Maryland. (link )

2013

Childers, D. L., J. Hannan, J. Ramos, C. A. Sanchez, L. J. Turnbull and N. A. Weller. 2013. When plant-mediated water flows increase biogeochemical efficiency in an aridland urban treatment wetland, and pleasantly surprise the engineers. Presentation at the Sustainable Pathways: Learning from the Past and Shaping the Future, 98th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, 4-9 August 2013, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (link )

Childers, D. L., J. Hannan, C. A. Sanchez, L. J. Turnbull and N. A. Weller. 2013. A constructed treatment wetland provides key urban ecosystem services even in a hot, dry climate. Presentation at the Sustainable Pathways: Learning from the Past and Shaping the Future, 98th Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, 4-9 August 2013, Minneapolis, Minnesota. (link )

2012

Sanchez, C. A., D. L. Childers, L. J. Turnbull, B. P. Warner and N. A. Weller. 2012. The contribution of evapotranspiration to the water budget of an aridland urban treatment wetland. Presentation at the 7 June 2012 INTECOL International Wetlands Conference, Orlando, FL.

Thesis (Masters)

2019

Sanchez, C. A. 2019. Designing and Implementing Ecological Monitoring of Aridland Urban Ecological Infrastructure (UEI): ACase-Study of Design Process and Outcomes. Master's thesis. School of Sustainability, Arizona State University. (link )