Chas Jones

Dr. Jones has been a trusted partner to Tribes & Indigenous Peoples for 25 years. He is recognized as a national expert in the Tribal Climate Resilience community & has published numerous related peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, datasets, & news media. Chas’s career has spanned a breadth of disciplines and technical experiences, from leading large field biological and physiographic field surveys in extreme environments, to intense nationwide geospatial analyses using Python, to modeling habitat suitability, changes in hydrology and climate impacts, and the socioeconomic impacts of climate. He has also served as the elected Mayor of Philomath, Oregon. With a broad interdisciplinary background in climate, hydrology, engineering, geospatial sciences, politics, partnership building, & strategic executive leadership, Dr. Jones is honored to serve as an Associate Scientist at CBI.