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Kyle Davis is an Associate Professor and Graduate Director in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences at the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean & Environment. He also holds appointments in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences (CANR), Data Science Institute, and Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN). His education includes a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia (2016) and a B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Delaware (2010).
His research focuses on food systems sustainability, global environmental change, geospatial data science, and the interplay between nutrition and land use. Notable initiatives include the HarvestStat open data project for sub-Saharan Africa and studies on crop diversification in India and China. He leads the Davis Lab, which develops science-based solutions for global environmental challenges.
Recent collaborations include work on transnational land acquisitions' ecological impacts, water scarcity in agricultural breadbasket regions, and climate-driven crop failure risks. His lab's projects emphasize interdisciplinary approaches, combining remote sensing, machine learning, and socioeconomic analysis. Current students include PhD candidates Aarti Arora and Endalkachew Kebede, with alumni like Dongyang Wei contributing to rice diversification studies in India.
Publications highlight topics like irrigation expansion in water-stressed regions, crop-switching strategies for resilience, and global food supply chain vulnerability. Davis appears in the Water Resources Podcast and actively engages in international initiatives like the Rio Grande restoration project.
