John W. (Jack) Williams

Position title: Department Chair, Professor

Pronouns: he/him/his

Email: jwwilliams1@wisc.edu

Website: Williams Lab Website

Phone: (608) 265-5537

Address:
550 North Park St
Department of Geography
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706

Williams Lab News & Updates
https://williamspaleolab.github.io/news_main/
Neotoma Paleoecology Database
https://www.neotomadb.org/
Range Mapper (Animated Maps)
https://geography.wisc.edu/RangeMapper/
Center for Climatic Research
https://ccr.nelson.wisc.edu/
Center for Ecology and the Environment
https://ecology.wisc.edu/

Education

Ph.D., Department of Geosciences, Brown University, 1999 M.Sc., Department of Geosciences, Brown University,1996 B.A., Department of Geology, Oberlin College, 1993

Research Areas

Paleoecology, Paleoecoinformatics, Paleoclimatology, Novel Ecosystems, Vegetation Dynamics, Global Climate Change, Quaternary Environments.

COURSES TAUGHT

Geog/NIES 120: Global Physical Environments
Geog/GeoSci/AOS 335: Climatic Environments of the Past
Geog/AOS/NIES 332: Climate Change: Science and Impacts
Geog/GeoSci 523: Advanced Paleoecology

Geog 920: Graduate Seminar in Earth System Geography