Christopher Horvat

Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

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Christopher Horvat

IBES Affiliate Faculty, Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Former Voss Postdoctoral Research Associate

christopher_horvat@brown.edu

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Chris is a mathematician and oceanographer at Brown University. He is currently at NIWA in Wellington, New Zealand.

Chris studies the connections between Earth's ice, oceans, and life across physical scales.

His work is subject of the documentary and adventure film, Enduring Ice.

Recent News

Nature Communications

Revealing the Antarctic marginal ice zone with a decade-long wave-in-ice climatology

May 20, 2026

IBES faculty affilate (DEEPS) and former Voss postdoc Christopher Horvat is among the authors of this study.

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News from IBES

From research to real-world impact: 10 success stories of the Voss postdoc program

November 18, 2024

IBES’ Voss postdoctoral research associates tackle critical environmental challenges from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives.

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Associated Press

Experts warn ‘crazy busy’ Atlantic hurricane season is far from over

October 11, 2024

“The Gulf (of Mexico) remains fairly anomalously warm even at this point in the year, so we shouldn’t relax,” said Chris Horvat, an IBES affiliate, assistant professor in DEEPS, and former Voss postdoc.

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