Steven J. Davis

Steven J. Davis
Born Florida
Nationality American
Institution University of California, Irvine
Field

Alma mater

Steven J. Davis is an earth system scientist at the University of California, Irvine's Department of Earth System Science.

Biography

From 2001-2004, Davis worked as a corporate lawyer at Gray, Cary, Ware & Freidenrich, LLC in Palo Alto, California advising venture-backed start-ups in Silicon Valley. He received his Ph.D in Geological and Environmental Sciences in 2008 from Stanford University.[1] He then worked as a post-doctoral researcher with Ken Caldeira at the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Global Ecology from 2008 to 2012.[2]

Education

Davis received his undergraduate education at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, his Juris Doctor at the University of Virginia School of Law, and his doctorate from Stanford University.[3]

Research

Davis researches embedded emissions of carbon dioxide and air pollution in international trade,[4][5][6] energy systems,[7] carbon lock-in,[8][9] the quantities and causes of greenhouse gas emissions,[10][11] and the interactions of agriculture and the global carbon cycle.[12][13]

Selected publications

Other Affiliations

Davis co-founded two organizations related to climate change, the Climate Conservancy, a group working to assess and label consumer goods with their carbon footprints,[14] and Near Zero, a non-profit that aims to "increase the frequency and value of dialogue between energy experts and those who make and influence energy-related decisions in government and business".[15]

Davis is on the editorial board of Environmental Research Letters.[16]

References

  1. "Steve Davis Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved on 14 March 2014.
  2. "Caldeira Lab". Retrieved on 27 November 2012.
  3. "Steve Davis Curriculum Vitae". www.ess.uci.edu. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  4. Broder, John. "Counting 'Outsourced' Greenhouse Gas Emissions", New York Times, 8 March 2010. Retrieved on 20 April 2012.
  5. "Trading Down", The Economist, 8 March 2010. Retrieved on 20 April 2012.
  6. "China Exports Pollution to U.S., Study Finds", New York Times, 20 January 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2016.
  7. Walsh, Bryan. "Energy: Reducing CO2 Emissions Will Be Harder Than You Think", TIME Magazine, 9 September 2010. Retrieved on 20 April 2012.
  8. Main, Douglas. "We've Been Counting Carbon Dioxide Emissions All Wrong", TIME Magazine, 26 August 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2016.
  9. Revkin, Andy. "Accounting for the Expanding Carbon Shadow From Coal-Burning Plants", Dot Earth, 28 August 2014. Retrieved on 10 June 2016.
  10. Netborn, Deborah. "Why an economic recession could be good for the planet", Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2015. Retrieved on 10 June 2016.
  11. Buckley, Chris. "China's Carbon Dioxide Emissions May Have Been Overstated by More Than 10%", New York Times, 19 August 2015. Retrieved on 10 June 2016.
  12. Harris, Richard. "For Developing Nations, Exports Boost CO2 Emissions", NPR, 8 March 2010. Retrieved on 20 April 2012.
  13. Coghlan, Andy. "Intensive farming 'massively slowed' global warming", New Scientist, 14 June 2010. Retrieved on 20 April 2012.
  14. O'Brien, Chris. "Beer and Climate Change", Beer Activist blog, 1 July 2008. Retrieved on 20 April 2012.
  15. Retrieved on 20 April 2012.
  16. Retrieved on 10 June 2016.
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