Dr. Robert E. Davis received his B.S. (cum laude) in meteorology from The Pennsylvania State University in 1982 and a Masters of Science in climatology in 1985, and a Ph.D. in climatology in 1988 from the University of Delaware. He is associate professor of climatology in the University of Virginia's Department of Environmental Sciences.
Davis' primary interests are on large-scale (synoptic) climatology, climate change, and bioclimatology. Professor Davis has written numerous general and technical papers on topics such as atmospheric circulation change, Atlantic coastal storms (nor'easters), air quality, and the relationships between weather and human mortality. He was a contributor to the 1995 IPCC report and has testified on global climate change before the House Science Committee.
Dr. Davis is past president of the climatology specialty group of the Association of American Geographers and past-chair of the American Meteorological Society's Committee on Biometeorlogy and Aerobiology.
