Eric Davidson, Ph.D.

Eric Davidson, PhD provides scientific expertise across all of Spark’s programs, while also exploring more deeply the opportunity for transformative agriculture solutions. He is Professor of the Appalachian Laboratory of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Past President and Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher, and Senior Editor for AGU Advances. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Forestry at North Carolina State University.

Recent publications:

• Davidson, E. A., & Winiwarter, W. (2023). Urgent abatement of industrial sources of nitrous oxide. Nature Climate Change, 13(7), 599–601. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01723-3
• Cui,X., Y Bo, W. Adalibieke, W. Winiwarter, X. Zhang, E.A. Davidson, Z. Sun, H. Tian, P. Smith, and F. Zhou. 2024. The global potential for mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from croplands. One Earth, 7, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2024.01.005.
• Davidson, E.A., J.D. Semrau, and N.K. Nguyen. 2023. Improved scientific knowledge of methanogenesis and methanotrophy needed to slow climate change during the next 30 years. mBio, 10.1128/mbio.02059-23.