Kenneth Davis is Associate Professor in the Department of Meteorology at Penn State University and a member of the Environment Institute. His research group studies how the earth’s surface interacts with the atmosphere through observations of: trace gas fluxes using anemometers and gas analyzers mounted on towers and aircraft; atmospheric turbulence using ground-based and airborne LIDAR; and soil and vegetation conditions using satellites. A primary focus of the David Research Group is to determine which environmental factors will govern future concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide, and how ecosystem processes interact with boundary layer turbulence to alter climate and weather. Dr. Davis served as a member of the NEON preliminary site review team that visited the University of Michigan Biological Station and the Notre Dame Environmental Research Center candidate sites.