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PhD Candidate, Department of Nutrition, UNC-CH
Predoctoral Trainee, Carolina Population Center

knichoas@unc.edu

Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, Khristopher was raised in South Florida and moved to NYC for an undergraduate degree in Sustainable Development at Columbia University. Currently a third year Nutrition PhD student at UNC Chapel Hill, he is interested in the food-sustainability-health intersection. His work background spans time at the Clinton Foundation under the renewable energy working group to a research project in Myanmar studying the impacts of deforestation related to palm oil development. His current research examines food and water security in the Galápagos islands of Ecuador. His non-academic loves are kittens, sweeping sci-fi trilogies, and motorcycles.

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