CHRISTIAN S. M. TURNEY FRSA FGS FRMETSOC FRGS FHEA IS PROFESSOR OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND EARTH SCIENCE AND DIRECTOR OF THE EARTH AND SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE AND THE CHRONOS 14CARBON-CYCLE FACILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES.[1] TURNEY WAS EDUCATED AT ST BEDES SCHOOL, GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA WITH A BSC IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND COMPLETED HIS PHD AT ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. HE WAS PREVIOUSLY PROFESSOR OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER. HE WAS AWARDED THE J.G. RUSSELL AWARD (2004) BY THE AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, THE INAUGURAL SIR NICHOLAS SHACKLETON MEDAL BY THE INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR QUATERNARY RESEARCH IN 2007, A PHILIP LEVERHULME PRIZE IN 2008, THE BIGSBY MEDAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON IN 2009, AND THE FREDERICK WHITE PRIZE BY THE AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE IN 2014.[2] IN 2010, TURNEY WAS AWARDED A FIVE-YEAR AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL LAUREATE FELLOWSHIP. HE HAS PUBLISHED FOUR BOOKS[3][4][5][6] AND MORE THAN 180 SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PAPERS.[7]

प्रोफेसर खिस टर्नी हे ऑस्ट्रेलिया आणि ब्रिटिश भूवैज्ञानिक आहेत. जे न्यू साऊथ वेल्स विद्यापीठामध्ये हवामान बदलासंबंधी ARC चे मानद सदस्यपण आहेत. त्यांनी ICE, AND BLOOD : LESSONS FROM CLIMATES PAST & BONES, ROCKS & STARS : THE SCIENCE OF WHEN THINGS HAPPENED, ही पुस्तके लिहिली आहेत.- अनेक शास्त्रीय मालिकांतून त्यांचे संशोधनपर लेख प्रसिद्ध झाले आहेत. इ.स. २००७ मध्ये त्यांना, हुशार तरुण अशा वनस्पती आणि प्राणी जीवशास्त्रज्ञाला दिला जाणारा SIR NICHOLAS SHACKLETON पुरस्कार प्रदान करण्यात आला. त्याचप्रमाणे भूगर्भशास्त्रातील त्यांच्या योगदानाबद्दल २००९ मध्ये त्यांना GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDONS BIGSBY या पुरस्काराने सन्मानित करण्यात आले.