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