Christopher Buchhaupt received his Ph.D. in physical and satellite geodesy from Technische Universität Darmstadt in 2019. After graduation, he became a Postdoctoral Associate at the APMG group at the University of Bonn where he worked with the radar altimetry group. In October 2019 he joined CISSES/ESSIC, where he supports the NOAA Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, College Park, Maryland, focusing on SAR altimetry over sea ice and highly dynamic ocean surfaces.