David J. Nowak

Dr. David Nowak is a retired Senior Scientist of the U.S. Forest Service. He has authored 400 publications and led teams developing the i-Tree software suite that quantifies the benefits and values from vegetation globally. He has given over 600 pesentations across the world. His awards include International Union of Forestry Research Organization’s Scientific Achievement Award, International Society of Arboriculture’s L.C. Chadwick Award for Arboricultural Research and R.W. Harris Author’s Citation, J. Sterling Morton Award – Arbor Day Foundation’s highest honor, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development Honor Award, American Forests Urban Forest Medal, Distinguished Science Award: Northeastern Research Station, and Cecil Konijnendijk Award for Outstanding Research on Urban Forestry and Urban Greening. He was also a contributing member of Noble Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He is ranked in the top 1% of all scientists (all fields) globally and ranked #2 among 24,000+ forest researchers worldwide.