Dr. David J Nowak

Urban FOREST Expert

David Nowak is an Emeritus Senior Scientist with the USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. His research investigates urban forest structure, health, and change, and its effect on human health and environmental quality. He has authored over 390 publications and given over 600 presentations across the world. He also led teams developing the i-Tree software suite that quantifies the benefits and values from vegetation globally. In a 2020 ranking of >24,000 forest researchers worldwide, Dr. Nowak ranked number 2. 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

• Cecil Konijnendijk Award for Outstanding Research on Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

• US EPA Office of Research and Development Honor Award

• American Forests Urban Forest Medal

• Distinguished Science Award for Northeastern Research Station           

• Contributing member of Noble Peace Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change