Professor of Applied Environmental Science, University of Southampton, UK
Ian Williams is Professor of Applied Environmental Science in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton, UK. He has an established track record in the field of environmental (air and water) pollution and waste/resource management and extensive experience of leading and managing research and commercial projects. His work at Southampton has focused on pollution, waste- and carbon-related issues. Ian has published seven books and >300 peer-reviewed journal papers on waste and environmental issues, as well as over 100 commercial project reports. He has a long track record of holding positions as an External Examiner for taught and research degrees, service on external bodies, sitting on the scientific and organizing committees of several international conferences, working on national and international task groups, and undertaking consultancy activities.
Ian has received a number of prestigious awards for his research activities, including The Primary Engineer MacRobert Gold Medal 2024, National Recycling Award 2021 (for Campaign of the Year – Large); ContentEd Awards 2021 (Collaborator Award); the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s Campus Sustainability Research Award 2018; the International Solid Waste Association Publication Award in 2016 and 2017 (plus runner-up in 2019), the Institution of Civil Engineers Baker Medal in 2010; and awards from the Chartered Institute of Wastes Management (Waste Regulation Award 2010, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15; James Jackson Award 2006, 2015/16 and 2016/17; J.C. Dawes Award 2016).