Hello, my name is Christopher M. Ritzi, and I am basically from various places in Texas.  I was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, and then moved about the country until settling in Lubbock, Texas.  This is were I lived from elementary school through high school.  I then moved to College Station (where I earned my Bachelor's in Biology), Ponder (before I got married), and Alpine (where I earned my Master's in Biology at Sul Ross State University).   I then lived in Terre Haute, Indiana, were I defended my dissertation toward a Ph.D. in Ecology in the Department of Life Sciences at Indiana State University.  In Aug 2004, I have moved back to Alpine, Texas, and begun my current job as an Assistant Professor of Invertebrate Biology at Sul Ross State University.  In the summer of 2007, I was appointed the Chair of the Biology Department.

     My family is made up of my wife, Clare, and my daughters, Catherine and Teresa.  We live together with 3 cats (Star, Xena, and Jinx) and 1 ferret (Nena).  When I am not teaching or working, I like to cook, read, knit, and do things outside (hike, camp, bird watching). 

More to come.