Christopher D. Wirz

Bio: Christopher Wirz (he/him) is a Project Scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in the Weather Risks and Decisions in Society (WRaDS) group. He is also a member of the Risk Communication team for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Institute for Research on Trustworthy AI in Weather, Climate, and Coastal Oceanography (AI2ES). His current research focuses on communication among different experts and publics in the face of weather hazards and the development of use-inspired AI for environmental decision making. He will also be starting as an assistant professor of risk and science communication at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the fall of 2025.