Background

Dr. John Davis helps lead the research enterprise at UF/IFAS, supporting faculty in Gainesville and at our research and education centers who address challenges facing agriculture, natural resources and human systems. He also oversees operations at the Plant Science Research and Education Unit and the Ordway-Swisher Biological Station. Dr. Davis specialized in forest ecosystem health, tree-pathogen coevolution, forest genomics, and is tenured in the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. in plant breeding and genetics-forestry from Michigan State University in 1989 and has been a faculty member in UF/IFAS since 1992. He is an elected Full Member of Sigma Xi (scientific research honorary), Xi Sigma Pi (forestry honorary), and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.