Christopher Turner, Ph.D.

Background

Prior to joining Texas Tech faculty, Turner served as a postdoctoral research associate at FBRI, focusing on engineering and data analytics to improve cotton fiber quality measurements. He has acted as principal investigator on grants totaling $590,000. Funding sources include the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service and Cotton Incorporated, a Cary, North Carolina-based non-profit organization funded by U.S. cotton growers through per-bale assessments on producers and importers.

He also worked as a research associate in Texas Tech's High Performance Computing Center, and director of business application development within the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. Turner received his bachelor's degree in computer science and master's degree in electrical engineering from Texas Tech. His doctorate in electrical engineering is also from Texas Tech.

Research Interests

Turner is based in the department's Fiber & Biopolymer Research Institute (FBRI), where he focuses on developing software for capturing data from cotton testing equipment and relating it to fiber and yarn quality, as well as analyzing data generated from fiber testing.

One of his goals at FBRI is to improve data mining and analytics to help improve fiber quality measurements. Turner has a strong history in data analytics, engineering research, multivariate analysis, data mining and computer programming.