Heather Williams (biologist)
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Heather Williams | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1955 (age 70–71) |
| Alma mater | Bowdoin College Rockefeller University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ornithology |
| Institutions | Williams College |
Heather Williams (born 1955 in Spokane, Washington) is an American ornithologist and professor at Williams College since 1988.[1][2] As of October 2025, she is the Visiting Professor of Neuroscience and William Dwight Whitney Professor of Biology, Emerita at Williams.[3] She graduated from Bowdoin College with an A.B. in biology in 1977, from Rockefeller University with a Ph.D. in neuroscience in 1985, and was postdoctoral fellow, Field Research Center. She was a 1993 MacArthur Fellow. Williams' most notable work highlights bird song data[4][5] gathered on Kent Island, also known as the "Bowdoin Science Station".[6]
