Neil Davis is an emeritus professor of geophysics at the University of Alaska Fairbanks where his scientific career has dealt primarily with studies of the aurora, and also seismology. He is the author of several fiction and nonfiction books and for some years wrote a weekly science newspaper column. Currently he writes a monthly column on health care finances and related topics. Davis and his wife Rosemarie live near the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus in an owner-built home they started constructing in 1956 and which is almost finished.
