Davis completed his Ph.D. in Transportation and Infrastructure Systems at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, in 2018. His dissertation looked at the role of transportation infrastructure in building economic resilience in the U.S. Great Lakes Regions. He grew up in Cusco, Perú, where he obtained his B.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of San Antonio Abad of Cusco. He also earned an MSCE degree from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. His research interests include the evaluation of transportation systems; transportation planning; economic resilience; environmental justice, equity, and human rights; GIS-based spatial analysis, and sustainable transportation planning in developing countries. Davis was awarded the College of Engineering Outstanding Service Scholarship at Purdue University (2017), the Eldon J. Yoder Memorial Award for Outstanding Graduate Student in Transportation Engineering (2017), and the Outstanding Graduate Student Award in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University (2018). In his free time, Davis enjoys traveling, hiking, and cooking with friends.