James L. Davis

Curriculum Vitae

Present position and address:Lamont Research Professor
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
61 Route 9W
Palisades, NY 10964

e-mail: jdavis AT ldeo.columbia.edu

Education:1986Ph.D., Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1981B.S., Physics (with honors), Michigan State University

Employment:2010ÐLamont Research Professor, LDEO, Columbia University
1998Ð2010Lecturer on Earthand Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
1989Ð2010Geodesist and Senior Geodesist, Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution
1987Ð9U.S. Geological Survey, NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate

Service and professional activities:2012ÐGGOS Science Panel
2010ÐChair, AGU Bylaws Committee
2008Ð10NRC Committee on National Requirements for Precision Geodetic Infrastructure
2008Ð10President, Geodesy Section, AGU
2008Ð10EarthScope Steering Committee
2008Ð10Chair, EarthScope Education and Outreach Subcommittee
2007Ð9Chair, IAG Subcommission 3.4 (Crustal Deformation and Cryospheric Change)
2006ÐNRC Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics (COSG)
2006Ð10AGU Council
2006Ð10AGU Statutes and Bylaws Committee
2006Ð8President-Elect, Geodesy Section, AGU
2005Ð6Chair, PBO Data Analysis Working Group
2003Ð8Stable North American Reference Frame Work\-ing Group
2003ÐNASA GRACE Mission Science Team
2001Ð2Founding President, UNAVCO, Inc.
1997Ð2000UNAVCO Steering Committee
1996Ð8IAG Special Study Group (SSG) 1.159 (Use of GPS Positioning for Atmospheric Monitoring)
1995Ð8IAG SSG 1.158 (GPS Antennas and Site Effects)
1992Ð4IAG SSG 1.128 (The Wet Propagation Delay)
1992ÐInternational Union of Radio Science (URSI)
1991Ð3Associate Editor, J. Geophys. Res.
1988Ð90IAG SSG 4.93 (Wave Propagation in Refractive Media)
1984ÐAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)

Awards and honors:2011Fellow of IAG
2006Fellow, American Geophysical Union
2000Bowie Lecturer, Fall Meeting, AGU
1993NASA Group Achievement Award
1989Editor's Citation for Excellence in Refereeing, J. Geophys. Res.
1987National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Assoc.
1986NASA Group Achievement Award
1985NASA Graduate Student Researcher's Fellowship
1981Thomas H. Osgood Undergraduate Physics Award, Michigan State University
1978William J. Branstrom Freshman Prize, University of Michigan

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