Background
Walker, Christopher was born on September 14, 1944 in Bradford Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Son of Christopher Dolphin and Hester (Cramer) Walker.
Walker, Christopher was born on September 14, 1944 in Bradford Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Son of Christopher Dolphin and Hester (Cramer) Walker.
Bachelor, Open University, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1979.
Trainee forester, Grizedale Forest, Hawkshead, United Kingdom, 1961-1963; trainee forester, Gwydyr Forester Training, Betws-y-Coed, United Kingdom, 1963-1965; forester, Forestry Commission Glenlivet, Banffshire, United Kingdom, 1965-1966; forester, Forestry Commission Swaffham, Norfolk, United Kingdom, 1966-1968; entomology research forester, Forestry Commission Alice Holt Research Station, Surrey, United Kingdom, 1968-1975; research assistant forest pathology laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, 1975-1981; physiologist, Forestry Commission Northern Research Station, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1981-1986; assistant head physiology branch, Forestry Commission Northern Research Station, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1986-1993; head Mycorrhiza research unit, Forestry Commission Northern Research Station, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, since 1993. Chairman La Banque Europeenne des Glomales, Brussels, 1993.
Fellow Linnean Society London. Member Mycological Society of America, British Mycological Society (member editorial board 1992), Xi Sigma Pi, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma Delta.
Married Sheila Kennedy Smith, April 18, 1984. Stepchildren: Janis Karen, Joanne Claire.