Robert H. Williams

Robert H. Williams is a Senior Research Scientist at the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI), Princeton University.[1]

For the American military officer, see Robert H. Williams (USMC).

Robert H. Williams, 2013

He graduated from Yale University with a BS in physics in 1962, and from University of California, Berkeley with a PhD, in theoretical plasma physics, in 1967. He taught at University of Michigan, Physics Department, in 1970. In 1972, he became Chief Scientist with the Ford Foundation's Energy Policy Project.[2]

Awards

• 1988 Leo Szilard Award for Physics in the Public Interest [3]
• 1989 Max Born Medal and Prize
• 1991 Sadi Carnot Award
• 1993 MacArthur Fellows Program
• 2000 Volvo Environment Prize [4]

Works

• "A Renewables-Intensive Global Energy Scenario", Renewable energy: sources for fuels and electricity, Editors Thomas B. Johansson, Laurie Burnham, Island Press, 1993, ISBN 978-1-55963-138-9

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090725130410/http://www.princeton.edu/pei/energy/people/staff/williams/
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20110807193012/http://cees.colorado.edu/Williams_Biosketch.pdf
3. "Recipient". www.aps.org.
4. "2000". Exploring a way to a sustainable world.