Keynote Speaker

David Gay is the past Coordinator of the National Atmospheric Deposition Program at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Previously, he worked with NADP at the University of Illinois, Illinois State Water Survey, from 2003 to 2018.

He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences, with a concentration in climatology of air pollution from the University of Virginia in 1996. He also holds a Master of Science in Environmental Sciences from Washington State University (1987), and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences from McNeese State University (1985).

He has worked in the air quality and environmental sciences area for over 35 years including previous positions with a consulting engineering firm (CH2M Hill, Inc.), on the faculty at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte, a self-employed business owner, and over 20 years as the Coordinator of NADP. He has also taught many environmental and atmospheric science classes. He currently conducts research in the areas of environmental deposition of mercury and ammonium, and is the author of many journal articles.