Will Howard Email & Phone Number

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Canberra, Australia

Provision and synthesis of climate science advice for government policy development

Canberra

Canberra, Australia

Hobart

Director, Sedimentary Basin Management Initiative

Director, Integrated Sedimentary Basin Management InitiativeSchool of Earth Sciences

Canberra, Australia

Key Responsibilities and AchievementsDeliver timely, responsive science advice to government and the communityProvide evidence-based analysis to inform government science policyCoordination and facilitation of expert working group reports and in-house analyses to the Prime Minster’s Science Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC)Formulating strategies for the Chief Scientist’s communication to government and the public on climate change and related environmental issues at the science-policy interfaceManaged the delivery of the Expert Working Group report “Challenges at Energy-Water-Carbon Interfaces” to the Primer Minister’s Science Engineering and Innovation CouncilDrafted the initial science issues paper for the Australian Climate Change Science Framework Implementation planDeveloped communication on science and climate-change issues which provided context to the community on how current scientific understanding is reachedLead-authored chapters of the report “The Health of Australian Science” released by the Office of the Chief Scientist in May 2012Authored the first Occasional Paper to be released by the Office of the Chief Scientist, on the emerging question of Geoengineering.Authored an Occasional Paper and Q&A on climate change science

Research into the impacts of ocean acidification on Southern Ocean ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities and AchievementsDevelop and deliver classroom- and ocean-based marine science units for undergraduates, postgraduates, and teacher Delivered high-quality science and instruction with a high degree of autonomy and under extremely rigorous field conditions over periods as long as six weeks at a time

Research into the long-term history of the ocean carbon cycle and how it affected atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Phd, Geological Sciences

Activities and Societies: Sailing Team, Sigma Xi

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society