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Martin Williams (environmental scientist)

September 01, 2023

For other people named Martin Williams, see Martin Williams.

Martin Lloyd Williams (22 November 1947–21 September 2020)[1] was a Welsh chemist and environmental scientist who made important contributions to the science of air pollution and its incorporation into public policy in the United Kingdom.[2] Williams was one of the first scientists to recognize the harmful health effects of ground-level ozone, in papers published in Nature in the mid-1970s,[3][4] and one of the first to study vehicle emissions in the real world (rather than under artificial laboratory conditions).[2][5] He also established the first systematic programme to produce inventories of UK national air pollution emissions.[6]

Martin Lloyd Williams
Born(1947-11-22)22 November 1947
Mountain Ash, Wales
Died21 September 2020(2020-09-21) (aged 72)
Alma materUniversity College, Cardiff
Known forAir pollution
PartnerRosemary Hudleston
Children2
Scientific career
Institutions

Early life Edit

Born in Mountain Ash, Williams studied chemistry at University College, Cardiff, took a Ph.D. at Bristol University, and held research fellowships at the University of British Columbia and the University of Bradford.

Government career Edit

In 1975, he became a government scientist at the Department of Industry's Warren Spring Laboratory in Stevenage, where he headed the air pollution division, before moving to the Department of Environment in 1993.[2] In 2005, he became head of the air quality and science programme at the UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where he focused on translating air pollution science into effective government policy, and developed three national air quality strategies for the UK.[2][7]

Academic career Edit

In 2010, Williams returned to academia as a professor and Head of Science Policy and Epidemiology in the Environmental Research Group at King's College London,[2] where his research interests included the air quality in London,[8][9] the measureable health benefits of improved air quality,[10][11] and the connections between climate change and air pollution.[12][13][14] He was also a visiting professor at the University of Urbino, Italy.[7]

Other activities Edit

Apart from his government and academic appointments, he was chair of the scientific arm of the UN Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP), co-chair of the World Health Organization (WHO) working group on air quality guidelines, an air quality adviser to the US Environmental Protection Agency, and a member of the UK government's two scientific, air pollution advisory committees (AQEG and COMEAP).[5][15] In 2019, he became one of three Clean Air Champions (alongside Sir Stephen Holgate and Jenny Baverstock) appointed by the UK government's Clean Air programme, tasked with using scientific research to inform practical solutions to the problem of air pollution.[6][16] Shortly before his death, the Institute of Air Quality Management invited him to be its inaugural Honorary Fellow.[17]

Williams died in 2020 of the heart condition hemopericardium.[2]

Selected publications Edit

  • Irwin, J.G.; Williams, M.L. (1988). "Acid rain: Chemistry and transport". Environmental Pollution. 50 (1–2): 29–59. doi:10.1016/0269-7491(88)90184-4. ISSN 0269-7491. PMID 15092652.
  • Müezzinoğlu, Aysen; Williams, Martin, eds. (1992). Industrial Air Pollution Assessment and Control: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Industrial Air Pollution: Assessment and Control held at Akbük/Didim-Aydin, Turkey from April 29 to Mai 10, 1991. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 3540530983. OCLC 25164712. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  • Williams, Martin (2009). "The Policy Response to Improving Air Quality". In Hester, Ronald; Harrison, Roy (eds.). Air Quality in Urban Environments. Great Britain: Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 129–145. ISBN 9781847559074. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  • Williams, Martin (April 2013). "Air Quality: Should we have achieved more?". environmental SCIENTIST. Institution of Environmental Sciences. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  • Williams, Martin (2014). "Atmospheric Dispersal of Pollutants and the Modelling of Air Pollution". In Harrison, Roy (ed.). Pollution: Causes, Effects and Control. Great Britain: Royal Society of Chemistry. pp. 225–243. ISBN 9781894736480.
  • Walton, Heather; Dajnak, David; Beevers, Sean; Williams, Martin; Watkiss, Paul; Hunt, Alistair (2015). Understanding the health impacts of air pollution in London. London: Transport for London/Greater London Authority/King's College, London. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  • Fowler, David; Pyle, John; Sutton, Mark; Williams, Martin (2020). "Global Air Quality, past present and future: an introduction". Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A. 378 (2183). Bibcode:2020RSPTA.37890323F. doi:10.1098/rsta.2019.0323. PMC 7536034. PMID 32981444.

References Edit

  1. ^ "Professor Martin Llloyd Williams". Who's Who. A & C Black/Bloomsbury. 1 December 2009. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U249992.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Harvey, Fiona (27 October 2020). "Martin Williams Obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ^ Stewart, H; Sullivan, E; Williams, M (14 October 1976). "Ozone levels in central London". Nature. 263 (5578): 582–584. Bibcode:1976Natur.263..582S. doi:10.1038/263582a0. S2CID 4161030. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ^ Apling, A; Sullivan, E; Williams, M; Ball, D; Bernard, R; et al. (1 October 1977). "Ozone concentrations in South-East England during the summer of 1976". Nature. 269 (5629): 569–573. Bibcode:1977Natur.269..569A. doi:10.1038/269569a0. S2CID 4207280.
  5. ^ a b Kelly, Frank. "Obituary: Professor Martin Williams". Imperial College, London. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Professor Martin Williams". Clean Air Programme. Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Welcome to the Green Week Conference 2013 - Dr Martin Williams". European Commission: Environment. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Levels of London pollution both increase and decrease during lockdown, study finds". London Air Quality Network. 5 May 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  9. ^ "The lethal effects of London fog". BBC News. 22 December 2015. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  10. ^ Evangelopoulos, Dimitris; Perez-Velasco, Roman; Walton, Heather; Gumy, Sophie; Williams, Martin; et al. (2020). "The role of burden of disease assessment in tracking progress towards achieving WHO global air quality guidelines". International Journal of Public Health. 65 (8): 1455–1465. doi:10.1007/s00038-020-01479-z. PMC 7588380. PMID 33057794.
  11. ^ Williams, Martin; Lott, Melissa; Kitwiroon, Nutthida; Dajnak, David; Walton, Heather; et al. (1 May 2018). "The Lancet Countdown on health benefits from the UK Climate Change Act: a modelling study for Great Britain". The Lancet Planetary Health. 2 (5): e202–e213. doi:10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30067-6. PMID 29709284. S2CID 14035459.
  12. ^ Shindekk, D; Kuylenstierna, J; Vignati, E; van Dingenen, R; Annen, M; et al. (13 January 2012). "Simultaneously Mitigating Near-Term Climate Change and Improving Human Health and Food Security". Science. 335 (6065): 183–189. Bibcode:2012Sci...335..183S. doi:10.1126/science.1210026. PMID 22246768. S2CID 14113328. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  13. ^ Anenberg, Susan; Schwartz, Joel; Shindell, Drew; Amann, Markus; Faluvegi, Greg; et al. (1 June 2012). "Global Air Quality and Health Co-benefits of Mitigating Near-Term Climate Change through Methane and Black Carbon Emission Controls". Science. 13 (1): 831–839. doi:10.1289/ehp.1104301. PMC 3385429. PMID 22418651.
  14. ^ Williams, M; Beevers, S; Kitwirron, N; Dajnak, D; Walton, H; et al. (2018). Public Health Air Pollution Pathway Options to Meet the 2020 Climate Change Target - A Modelling Study. London: King's College.
  15. ^ Lewis, Alastair; Monks, Paul (2 October 2020). "Tribute to Professor Martin Williams". UK Air. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  16. ^ "Professor Martin Williams appointed as Clean Air Champion to spearhead major programme tackling air pollution". King's College, London. 20 June 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  17. ^ Nelson, N; Holman, C. "Obituary: Professor Martin Williams". Institute of Air Quality Management. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

External links Edit

  • Professor Martin Williams: Interview on Air Pollution, UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), 11 November 2013.

September 01, 2023
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For other people named Martin Williams see Martin Williams Martin Lloyd Williams 22 November 1947 21 September 2020 1 was a Welshchemist and environmental scientist who made important contributions to the science of air pollution and its incorporation into public policy in the United Kingdom 2 Williams was one of the first scientists to recognize the harmful health effects of ground level ozone in papers published in Nature in the mid 1970s 3 4 and one of the first to study vehicle emissions in the real world rather than under artificial laboratory conditions 2 5 He also established the first systematic programme to produce inventories of UK national air pollution emissions 6 Martin Lloyd WilliamsBorn 1947 11 22 22 November 1947Mountain Ash WalesDied21 September 2020 2020 09 21 aged 72 Alma materUniversity College CardiffKnown forAir pollutionPartnerRosemary HudlestonChildren2Scientific careerInstitutionsWarren Spring LaboratoryDefraImperial College London Contents 1 Early life 2 Government career 3 Academic career 4 Other activities 5 Selected publications 6 References 7 External linksEarly life EditBorn in Mountain Ash Williams studied chemistry at University College Cardiff took a Ph D at Bristol University and held research fellowships at the University of British Columbia and the University of Bradford Government career EditIn 1975 he became a government scientist at the Department of Industry s Warren Spring Laboratory in Stevenage where he headed the air pollution division before moving to the Department of Environment in 1993 2 In 2005 he became head of the air quality and science programme at the UK government s Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs where he focused on translating air pollution science into effective government policy and developed three national air quality strategies for the UK 2 7 Academic career EditIn 2010 Williams returned to academia as a professor and Head of Science Policy and Epidemiology in the Environmental Research Group at King s College London 2 where his research interests included the air quality in London 8 9 the measureable health benefits of improved air quality 10 11 and the connections between climate change and air pollution 12 13 14 He was also a visiting professor at the University of Urbino Italy 7 Other activities EditApart from his government and academic appointments he was chair of the scientific arm of the UN Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution CLRTAP co chair of the World Health Organization WHO working group on air quality guidelines an air quality adviser to the US Environmental Protection Agency and a member of the UK government s two scientific air pollution advisory committees AQEG and COMEAP 5 15 In 2019 he became one of three Clean Air Champions alongside Sir Stephen Holgate and Jenny Baverstock appointed by the UK government s Clean Air programme tasked with using scientific research to inform practical solutions to the problem of air pollution 6 16 Shortly before his death the Institute of Air Quality Management invited him to be its inaugural Honorary Fellow 17 Williams died in 2020 of the heart condition hemopericardium 2 Selected publications EditIrwin J G Williams M L 1988 Acid rain Chemistry and transport Environmental Pollution 50 1 2 29 59 doi 10 1016 0269 7491 88 90184 4 ISSN 0269 7491 PMID 15092652 Muezzinoglu Aysen Williams Martin eds 1992 Industrial Air Pollution Assessment and Control Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Industrial Air Pollution Assessment and Control held at Akbuk Didim Aydin Turkey from April 29 to Mai 10 1991 Berlin Springer ISBN 3540530983 OCLC 25164712 Retrieved 27 January 2022 Williams Martin 2009 The Policy Response to Improving Air Quality In Hester Ronald Harrison Roy eds Air Quality in Urban Environments Great Britain Royal Society of Chemistry pp 129 145 ISBN 9781847559074 Retrieved 25 January 2022 Williams Martin April 2013 Air Quality Should we have achieved more environmental SCIENTIST Institution of Environmental Sciences Retrieved 5 April 2022 Williams Martin 2014 Atmospheric Dispersal of Pollutants and the Modelling of Air Pollution In Harrison Roy ed Pollution Causes Effects and Control Great Britain Royal Society of Chemistry pp 225 243 ISBN 9781894736480 Walton Heather Dajnak David Beevers Sean Williams Martin Watkiss Paul Hunt Alistair 2015 Understanding the health impacts of air pollution in London London Transport for London Greater London Authority King s College London Retrieved 25 January 2022 Fowler David Pyle John Sutton Mark Williams Martin 2020 Global Air Quality past present and future an introduction Phil Trans R Soc A 378 2183 Bibcode 2020RSPTA 37890323F doi 10 1098 rsta 2019 0323 PMC 7536034 PMID 32981444 References Edit Professor Martin Llloyd Williams Who s Who A amp C Black Bloomsbury 1 December 2009 doi 10 1093 ww 9780199540884 013 U249992 a b c d e f Harvey Fiona 27 October 2020 Martin Williams Obituary The Guardian Retrieved 24 January 2022 Stewart H Sullivan E Williams M 14 October 1976 Ozone levels in central London Nature 263 5578 582 584 Bibcode 1976Natur 263 582S doi 10 1038 263582a0 S2CID 4161030 Retrieved 24 January 2022 Apling A Sullivan E Williams M Ball D Bernard R et al 1 October 1977 Ozone concentrations in South East England during the summer of 1976 Nature 269 5629 569 573 Bibcode 1977Natur 269 569A doi 10 1038 269569a0 S2CID 4207280 a b Kelly Frank Obituary Professor Martin Williams Imperial College London Retrieved 25 January 2022 a b Professor Martin Williams Clean Air Programme Natural Environment Research Council NERC Retrieved 25 January 2022 a b Welcome to the Green Week Conference 2013 Dr Martin Williams European Commission Environment Retrieved 4 April 2022 Levels of London pollution both increase and decrease during lockdown study finds London Air Quality Network 5 May 2020 Retrieved 4 April 2022 The lethal effects of London fog BBC News 22 December 2015 Retrieved 4 April 2022 Evangelopoulos Dimitris Perez Velasco Roman Walton Heather Gumy Sophie Williams Martin et al 2020 The role of burden of disease assessment in tracking progress towards achieving WHO global air quality guidelines International Journal of Public Health 65 8 1455 1465 doi 10 1007 s00038 020 01479 z PMC 7588380 PMID 33057794 Williams Martin Lott Melissa Kitwiroon Nutthida Dajnak David Walton Heather et al 1 May 2018 The Lancet Countdown on health benefits from the UK Climate Change Act a modelling study for Great Britain The Lancet Planetary Health 2 5 e202 e213 doi 10 1016 S2542 5196 18 30067 6 PMID 29709284 S2CID 14035459 Shindekk D Kuylenstierna J Vignati E van Dingenen R Annen M et al 13 January 2012 Simultaneously Mitigating Near Term Climate Change and Improving Human Health and Food Security Science 335 6065 183 189 Bibcode 2012Sci 335 183S doi 10 1126 science 1210026 PMID 22246768 S2CID 14113328 Retrieved 25 January 2022 Anenberg Susan Schwartz Joel Shindell Drew Amann Markus Faluvegi Greg et al 1 June 2012 Global Air Quality and Health Co benefits of Mitigating Near Term Climate Change through Methane and Black Carbon Emission Controls Science 13 1 831 839 doi 10 1289 ehp 1104301 PMC 3385429 PMID 22418651 Williams M Beevers S Kitwirron N Dajnak D Walton H et al 2018 Public Health Air Pollution Pathway Options to Meet the 2020 Climate Change Target A Modelling Study London King s College Lewis Alastair Monks Paul 2 October 2020 Tribute to Professor Martin Williams UK Air Department for Environment Food amp Rural Affairs Retrieved 25 January 2022 Professor Martin Williams appointed as Clean Air Champion to spearhead major programme tackling air pollution King s College London 20 June 2019 Retrieved 25 January 2022 Nelson N Holman C Obituary Professor Martin Williams Institute of Air Quality Management Retrieved 25 January 2022 External links EditProfessor Martin Williams Interview on Air Pollution UN Economic Commission for Europe UNECE 11 November 2013 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