Robert H. Williams (physicist)
Robert H. Williams is a senior research scientist at the Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University.
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 of the Ford Foundation's Energy Policy Project.
Awards
- 1988 Leo Szilard Award for Physics in the Public Interest
- 1989 Max Born Medal and Prize
- 1991 Sadi Carnot Award
- 1993 MacArthur Fellows Program
- 2000 Volvo Environment Prize
Works
- , Renewable energy: sources for fuels and electricity, Editors Thomas B. Johansson, Laurie Burnham, Island Press, 1993,