Dr. William Happer

Chairman of the Board of Directors (GMI); Eugene Higgens Professor of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton University

William Happer, Chairman of the Marshall Institute and Cyrus Fogg Brackett Professor of Physics at Princeton University, is a specialist in modern optics, optical and radiofrequency spectroscopy of atoms and molecules, and spin-polarized atoms and nuclei.  From 1991 to 1993, he served as Director of Energy Research in the Department of Energy and on his return to Princeton, he was named Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics and Chair of the University Research Board.

Dr. Happer has maintained an interest in applied as well as basic science and he has served as a consultant to numerous firms, charitable foundations and government agencies.  From 1987 to 1990 he served as Chairman of the Steering Committee of JASON, a group of scientists and engineers who advised the Federal Government on matters of defense and other technical issues.  Dr. Happer is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. 

Select Works

• "Happer-Cohen RT May 14, 2010," Dr. William Happer and Dr. Roger Cohen, June 4, 2010
• "Understand Climate Science Before Making Climate Policy," Dr. William Happer and Dr. Roger Cohen, May 14, 2010
• "Presentation of Dr. William Happer ," Dr. William Happer, May 14, 2010
• "Climate Change: Statement of Dr. William Happer before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee," Dr. William Happer, February 25, 2009