Billy M. Williams serves as the director, Science, at the American Geophysical Union (AGU). As a member of the senior team reporting to the executive director/CEO, he is the senior staff partner to the AGU Council and supports the Council in implementing AGU’s scientific agenda and work plan, including AGU Ethics, and AGU Honors and Recognition initiatives. He is also responsible for developing and leading AGU programs that help support, recognize, and share the work of Earth and space scientists at every career stage as well as working on other AGU scientific program initiatives. Prior to joining AGU, Billy held positions as a senior program officer at the National Academies of Sciences, and as a global research and development director at the Dow Chemical Company.
Funding through July 2021 supports a project in the Earth, space, and environmental sciences to promote gender equity and train scientists to recognize and counteract sexual harassment.Read More »
The American Society for Microbiology and the American Geophysical Union offer insights from a transdisciplinary collaboration of their scientists regarding this question and areas for further study.Read More »Geology & Geophysics
