Tim Davis received his B.S. in Horticulture from Brigham Young University in 1978. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Horticulture from Oregon State University in 1980 and 1983, respectively. Dr. Davis served as Resident Director of the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center in Dallas from 1996 to 2005 and as Head of the Department of Horticultural Sciences at Texas A&M from 2003 to 2011. He has been a faculty member in the Department since 1989, with emphases on Environmental and International Horticulture. Dr. Davis’ current primary responsibility includes serving as Regional Director for Asia/Eurasia for the Borlaug Institute of International Agriculture at Texas A&M. He also teaches HORT 281 – Horticulture as a Profession. His research background is in adventitious root formation and plant growth regulation. He was named a Fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science in 2006.