Bill Currie, PhD, is a biogeochemist, landscape ecologist, and ecosystem modeler who works on interdisciplinary topics related to environmental quality, water quality, and sustainability. He studies the linkages among carbon, nutrient, and water cycling in terrestrial landscapes, watersheds, wetlands, and human-environment systems. He collaborates with researchers across a range of fields and with students to integrate understanding and build models for synthesis. He develops and teaches interdisciplinary case studies on sustainability issues in the Great Lakes region. A current interest is in developing artificial intelligence tools and approaches for progress in the environment and sustainability domain, with a particular interest in grounding and alignment of AI.

Currie is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his work in advanced ecosystem modeling. He is co-Director of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at U-M. He serves as part of SEAS leadership as an Associate Dean, overseeing research development and ensuring SEAS faculty have access to resources for cutting-edge research for both scholarly and societal impact. Previously, he served a leadership role in planning the new School for Environment and Sustainability at U-M, which opened its doors in 2017.