Professor Ric Williams BSc, MSc, PhD
Professor Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences
Professional Activities
Summary
I am a Science advisor to the Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS), Oban, Scotland.
I was a panel member of the Research Excellence Framework for UoA7
I was a Chair in the Peer review college of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) until 2021
Conference Roles
- 10 years of Observations of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulations, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (UK NERC RAPID programme, 2014)
- Challenger lecture, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Challenger Society for UK Marine Science, 2013)
- Invited talk: 'Climate effects of ocean overturning on heat content & CO2', AMOC, Baltimore, USA, by Invitation (US AMOC/UK Rapid International Science Meeting on AMOC variability: dynamics and impacts, 2013)
- Invited talk: 'How ocean heat content anomalies evolve in the N. Atlantic', CLIVAR, Lijiang, China, by Invitation (WCRP/CLIVAR Second International Symposium on Boundary Current Dynamics, 2013)
- Invited talk: 'How heat transport varies in the N. Atlantic', Ocean Sciences, Salt Lake City, USA, by Invitation (Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2012)
- Invited talk: 'Role of the Oceans in Climate Change', Royal Irish Academy, Belfast, Ireland, by Invitation (Royal Irish Academy, Northern Ireland, 2009)
- Invited talk: 'Maintenance of export production in ocean deserts', Galway, Ireland, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Challenger Society, 2007)
- Summer school lecturer: `Biological cycling of carbon and climate change', Trieste, Italy, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (ICTP Advanced School on Oceanography, Trieste, Italy, 2007)
- Summer school lecturer: 'Ocean Dynamics and Biological Productivity', GEFDL, Cambridge, by Invitation (Centre for Mathematical Science, Cambridge , 2006)
- Invited talk: 'Role of physical processes in sustaining biological productivity', AMT, Royal Society, by Invitation (Royal Society meeting, 2006)
- Summer school lecturer: 'Open Ocean Physics and Coastal Ocean Physics', SOLAS, Corsica, by Invitation (Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) international programme, 2005)
- Invited talk:`How is high-latitude and mid-latitude biological productivity sustained?'', Challenger, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Advances in Marine Biogeochemistry , 2005)
- Summer school lecturer: 'Ocean Physics', SOLAS, Corscia, France, by Invitation (Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) international programme, 2003)
- Summer school lecturer: 'Nutrient transport and Ocean biogeochemistry', UNESCO, Trieste, Italy, by Invitation (Interantional UNESCO Summer school, 2003)
Professional Body Memberships
- Challenger Society for Marine Science (Member)
- European Geosciences Union (Member)
- American Geophysical Union (USA) (Member)
- Royal Meteorological Society (Fellow)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Research lead for the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
- Member of the University Research and Impact Strategy committee. (2018 - 2020)
- Research Champion for the University research theme 'Living with Environmental Change'