Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences

Biography

Dr. Christine Ogilvie Hendren was named Vice Chancellor of Research and Innovation at Appalachian State University on June 27, 2025. She leads research and creative activities strategy and commercialization for the university's research and creative activities enterprise.

Previously, Hendren served as Vice Provost of Research and Innovation at Appalachian State University from May 16, 2024, after an interim appointment to the role, during which time she was a key leader in the deployment of the university's first Strategic Plan for Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities.

Hendren joined App State in 2020 as the university's director of the Research Institute for Environment, Energy and Economics and as a professor in App State's Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, which remains her home department. With a background in engineering, risk assessment, and the integration of knowledge across various disciplines, her most recent work focuses on developing and applying transdisciplinary methods to address complex global challenges. She remains an active researcher, co-leading multi-institutional transdisciplinary research projects that create funded research opportunities for App State faculty and students to participate in international research networks.

Hendren holds a B.S. in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University, a professional master's degree in environmental analysis and decision making from Rice University and a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Duke University.

Education

• BS in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M University
• Professional Masters degree in Environmental Analysis and Decision Making from Rice University,
• PhD in Environmental Engineering from Duke University

Website(s) & CV

• Dr Hendren founded the INTEREACH community of practice
• LinkedIn
• Curriculum vitae

Select Publications

• Geitner, N.K., Hendren, C.O., Cornelis, G., Kaegi, R., Lead, J.R., Lowry, G.V., Lynch, I., Nowack, B., Petersen, E., Bernhardt, E. and Brown, S., (2019). Harmonizing across environmental nanomaterial testing media for increased comparability of nanomaterial datasets. Environmental Science: Nano.
• Karcher, S., Willighagen, E.L., Rumble, J., Ehrhart, F., Evelo, C.T., Fritts, M., Gaheen, S., Harper, S.L., Hoover, M.D., Jeliazkova, N., Lewinski, N., Robinson, R.L.M., Mills, K.C., Mustad, A.P., Thomas, D.G., Tsiliki, G., and Hendren, C.O., (2018) Integration among Databases and Data Sets to Support Productive Nanotechnology: Challenges and Recommendations. NanoImpact, 9, 85-101.
• Hendren, C. O., Lowry, G. V., Unrine, J. M., & Wiesner, M. R. (2015). A functional assay-based strategy for nanomaterial risk forecasting. Science of the Total Environment, 536, 1029-1037.
• Hendren, C. O.; Powers, C. M.; Hoover, M. D.; Harper, S. L., (2015) The Nanomaterial Data Curation Initiative: A collaborative approach to assessing, evaluating, and advancing the state of the field. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol., 6, 1752-1762.