Full Bio

Christopher is a Senior Researcher and Safety Engineer with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Division of Safety Research (DSR) in Morgantown, West Virginia. He received his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Tunghai University in Taiwan. Chris received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with an emphasis in Safety Engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He also is a Certified Professional Ergonomist. Chris has built a strong and illustrious career at NIOSH working on a multitude of high visibility projects dealing with complex work-related topics of ergonomics, biomechanics, and safety. Throughout his career he has utilized the principles of safety engineering and human factors engineering to conduct research studying the etiology of occupational injury events. His research interests are to apply advanced engineering technologies, including sensor technologies, computer simulations, and other biomechanical assessment techniques to identify the injury mechanisms for heavy construction elevated equipment and transportation vehicles. He has produced more than 200 publications/presentations/documents/patents related to his research. In 2015, he was selected as the CDC Engineer of the Year and U.S. Public Health Service Engineer of the Year. He currently serves as a Project Officer at NIOSH/DSR for three funded studies in the construction sector.