Assistant Professor at Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, Pennsylvania Area
- Current
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- Assistant Professor at Franklin and Marshall College
- Past
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- Senior Research Technician at Villanova University
- Research Support Technician at Cornell University
- Education
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- University of Pennsylvania
- Cornell University
- Paul Smith's College
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Chris Williams’s Summary
As an academic researcher, I am particularly interested in using archives of environmental information (soils, sediments and the fossils they contain) to understand how and why vegetation and climate vary through time. I research the interrelationships between the ecology, biomass and distribution of vegetation and the chemistry of soil organic matter. This allows me to better understand the role of high-latitude wetland forests and peat forming environments in soil carbon cycling and the global carbon cycle.
Chris Williams’s Specialties:
Carbon Accounting, Environmental Science, Paleoecology, Paleoclimate,
Chris Williams’s Education
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University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D , Earth and Environmental Science , 1998 — 2002
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Cornell University
B.S. & M.S. , Natural Resources , 1990 — 1997
B.S. Degree earned in 1992
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Paul Smith's College
AAS , Ecology and Environmental Technology , 1988 — 1990
Additional Information
Chris Williams’s Websites:
Chris Williams’s Interests:
Climate change, biodiversity conservation, rare conifers, ecosystem science
Chris Williams’s Groups:
American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of American, Sigma Xi, Soil Science Society of America, The Paleontological Society
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Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Chris Williams’s Contact Settings
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