- Adjunct Conservation Science Researcher - Chicago Botanic Garden, 2015-2018
- Adjunct Faculty - Roosevelt University, Spring 2018
- Postdoctoral Research Associate - Chicago Botanic Garden, 2012-2014
- Research Associate - The Field Museum, Chicago, 2011 - present
- Adjunct Faculty - Lake Forest College, Fall 2012 and 2014
- Intraspecific genetic diversity in a restoration context (with Andrea Kramer)
- Phyloecology in a restoration context (with Dan Larkin)
- Artocarpus (breadfruit and jackfruit) genetics (with Nyree Zerega)
- Lepidospartum burgessii (broomsage, scalebroom) population genetics and conservation (with Jeremie Fant)
- Botrychium s.s. (moonwort) fern systematics and population genetics
- Rare plant ecology, conservation, and restoration
My research interests encompass a range of subjects including restoration ecology and genetics, population structure, rare plant conservation, and species concepts, with natural history a constant interest and hobby.
Hipp A.L., M-C Glasenhardt, M.L. Bowles, M. Garner, B.C. Scharenbroch, E.W. Williams, et al. Accepted. Effects of phylogenetic diversity and phylogenetic identity in a restoration ecology experiment. In: R. Scherson, D.P. Faith, eds. Phylogeny-based Biodiversity Assessments for Conservation. Springer International.
Laricchia K.M., Johnson M.G., Ragone D., Williams E.W., Zerega N.J.C., Wickett N.J. 2018. A transcriptome screen for positive selection in domesticated breadfruit and its wild relatives (Artocarpus spp.). American Journal of Botany, 105: 915-926.
Seglias A.E., Williams E., Bilge A., Kramer A.T. 2018. Phylogeny and source climate impact seed dormancy and germination of restoration-relevant forb species. PLOS ONE, 13: e0191931.
Barak, R., E. W. Williams, A. Hipp, M. Bowles, G. Carr*, R. Sherman*, D. Larkin. 2018. Finding missing branches: Phylogenetic patterns of plant community diversity in restored and remnant tallgrass prairies. Journal of Applied Ecology.
Williams, E.W., R. Harris III*, E. Gardner, A. Chaveerach, J. Pereira, N. Zerega. 2017. Out of Borneo: Biogeography, phylogeny, and divergence date estimates of Artocarpus (Moraceae). Annals of Botany doi: 10.1093/aob/mcw249.
Williams, E.W., R. Cheung, C. Siegel, J. Fant, K. Havens, M. Howard. 2016. Narrowly endemic does not mean depauperate: population genetics of the gypsophile Lepidospartum burgessii (Asteraceae). Conservation Genetics 17:1201-1211.
Williams, E.W., D.R. Farrar, and D. Henson. 2016. Cryptic species and confusing morphological variation in the Botrychium matricariifolium (Ophioglossaceae) complex. American Journal of Botany103:740-753.
Hipp, A., D. Larkin, et al., E. Williams. 2015. Phylogeny in the service of ecological restoration. American Journal of Botany 102:5, 1-2.
Williams, E.W. and D. M. Waller. 2015. Tracking morphological change and demographic dynamics in ephemeral Botrychium s.s. (Ophioglossaceae) populations. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 142, 152-165.
Gardner, E.M., K.M. Laricchia, M. Murphy, D. Ragone, B.E. Scheffler, S. Simpson, E.W. Williams, N.J.C. Zerega. 2015. Chloroplast microsatellite markers for Artocarpus (Moraceae) developed from transcriptome sequences. Applications in Plant Sciences 3:1500049.
Hipp, A., D. Larkin, et al., E. Williams. 2015. Phylogeny in the service of ecological restoration. American Journal of Botany 102:5, 1-2.
Williams, E.W. and D. M. Waller. 2015. Tracking morphological change and demographic dynamics in ephemeral Botrychium s.s. (Ophioglossaceae) populations. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 142, 152-165.
Williams, E.W. and D. M. Waller. 2012. Phylogenetic placement of species within the genus Botrychium s.s. (Ophioglossaceae) based on plastid sequences, AFLPs, and flow cytometry. International Journal of Plant Sciences 173:5 516-531.
Camill, P., A. Barry, E. Williams, et al. 2009. Climate-vegetation-fire interactions and their impact on long-term carbon dynamics in a boreal peatland landscape in northern Manitoba, Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 114: Art. No. G04017.
Waller, D., S. Johnson, R. Collins, E. Williams. 2009. Threats posed by ungulate herbivory to forest structure and plant diversity in the Upper Great Lakes Region and a review of methods to assess those threats. Prepared for the Upper Great Lakes NPS 'Vital Signs' program.