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Chief Technical Officer
Dr Christopher Sampson
Dr Chris Sampson co-founded Fathom in 2013 whilst undertaking his PhD in Physical Geography at the University of Bristol. His academic studies focused on developing Catastrophe models for the (re)insurance market and it was through this work that the need for better flood risk analytics at the global scale was identified, ultimately leading to the formation of Fathom.
Chris now leads the technical development and strategy for Fathom and has guided the development of our modelling framework, becoming known as a leading expert in the field of large-scale flood models through his growing record of academic publications.
Related content and appearances
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Research Paper
A climate conditioned catastrophe risk model for UK flooding

- 03/07/2023
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Insight
Flood modeling goes global – an Instech podcast

- 02/20/2023
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Research Paper
Use of hydrological models in global stochastic flood modeling

- 01/19/2023
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Research Paper
Social inequalities in climate change-attributed impacts of Hurricane Harvey

- 08/25/2022
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Research Paper
Increased population exposure to Amphan-scale cyclones under future climates

- 05/08/2022
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Research Paper
A 30 m global map of elevation with forests and buildings removed

- 02/04/2022
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Research Paper
Inequitable patterns of US flood risk in the Anthropocene

- 02/01/2022
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Event Response
Hurricane Ida, Louisiana 2021

- 01/12/2022
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Insight
Saved by the floodgate: simulating the role of UK flood defences

- 12/09/2021
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Research Paper
An assessment of large-scale flood modelling based on LiDAR data

- 08/23/2021