Dr. David Giles has worked on site at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for over two decades in support of the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) project of globally distributed Sun/sky/lunar radiometers. During rapid network expansion in the early 2000s, he was integral in leading the effort to adapting web-based tools and synergizing AERONET data displays for improving public dissemination of many near real-time and quality assured data sets. Later, Dr. Giles worked to lead a team to improve algorithms for automatic aerosol optical depth (AOD) cloud screening and implement automatic quality controls in near real-time that once required mostly manual data analysis for hundreds of AERONET sites annually for quality assurance. Dr. Giles developed methods to identify common aerosol types using retrieved aerosol properties based on data collected at AERONET sites within distinct aerosol type regimes. During his tenure with the project, he participated in multiple domestic (U.S.A.) and international air quality and remote sensing field campaigns at land and sea to broaden understanding of aerosol characterization, aerosol and cloud interactions, and implications on human health.