Jason Williams
Jason Williams is Assistant Director, External Collaborations, at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s DNA Learning Center, where he works to spread hands-on biology education internationally. As Education, Outreach, and Training lead for CyVerse – the U.S. National Cyberinfrastructure for Life Science – Jason provides training and support to scientists and educators, helping them leverage the most advanced tools and best methods for research and education in data-intensive biology. Jason organizes, instructs, and speaks annually at more than a dozen bioinformatics workshops and conferences. Additionally, he serves on several committees and boards for projects that advance science and science education, including his service on the Steering Committee of the Software Carpentry Foundation (Chair, 2016) and as an instructor for Software and Data Carpentry – organizations that center around scientists teaching scientists computational best practice. Jason is the co-creator and Lead Instructor of “The Science Institute” at Yeshiva University High School for Girls.
Jason is also the founder of LifeSciTrainers.org – a global effort to promote a community of practice among professionals who develop short-format training for life scientists. Jason attended Stony Brook University, where he majored in biology.
