Christopher Kilner

Christopher Kilner

University of Scranton

Trinity College Dublin (TCD)

Environment/Ecology

Christopher is pursuing a PhD/JD in Ecology and Environmental Law at Duke. He was a 2017 Mitchell Scholar who studied Biodiversity and Conservation at Trinity. He is the Chairman of The Woape Foundation, which he founded after a high school visit to Pine Ridge. Through a sustainably constructed a greenhouse and a STEM program at Red Cloud School for Native American children, the foundation addresses education and nutrition. Christopher was a student researcher at the National Institutes of Health, at his university and, as a Goldwater Scholar, he studied vector-borne illnesses in Central America. He also served as the President of the Student Government. Christopher graduated from The University of Scranton with degrees in Environmental Science/Biochemistry and Cell and Molecular Biology/Philosophy.