David Schimel, Senior Scientist from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), was named CEO of NEON in November, 2006. Since 1992, Dr. Schimel has served as a terrestrial scientist in NCAR’s Climate and Global Dynamics Division and as Founding co-Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry. He also serves as the Editor in Chief of Ecological Applications for the Ecological Society of America. His career has focused on the large-scale relationships of land management and climate change on ecosystem processes and includes expertise in managing large, complex research projects, remote sensing, data management, modeling, and the application of ecological research to science policy development.