Neil Williams
Director
Geology and Earth Science
Mining matters
Canada
Biography
Neil Williams holds the record for being the longest-serving CEO of Australia’s national geological survey and topographic mapping agency, Geoscience Australia. He led the agency for 15 years (1995-2010) and was the chief geoscience advisor to the Federal Government on a range of geoscience issues including geohazards (earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis), environmental and land management (dry-land salinity, groundwater resources and CO2 geosequestration) and earth-resource availability and prospectivity (fossil and nuclear fuels and metalliferous resources). Since becoming a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of Wollongong he is maintaining his interest in the application of geoscience to the economic, environmental and social challenges facing modern society, but is also refocusing on his early research interests in: Mineral exploration – particularly the search for concealed ore deposits Elucidation of bedrock geology in covered areas using remote sensing and geophysical techniques The sustainability of mineral resources
Research Interest
Geology and Earth Science
