Christopher Erdmann is an author, developer, and experimenter in the areas of digital libraries, social networking, library UX, interactive technologies, bibliometrics, and data services in libraries. Prior to joining the American Geophysical Union as the Assistant Director for Data Stewardship, he was an engagement, support, and training expert for the NHLBI BioData Catalyst project at University of North Carolina Renaissance Computing Institute. He has previously worked for organizations such as California Digital Library (Library Carpentry), North Carolina State University, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, European Southern Observatory, Supreme Court of the US, United Nations, University of Washington, Smithsonian, and CNET. Christopher holds an MLIS from the University of Washington iSchool and a BA from the University of California, Davis.