William R. Klemm
Southwest Geographic Regional Director
Professor of Neuroscience
Texas A&M University

Bill Klemm has focused on brain research at the University of Notre Dame, Iowa State University and Texas A&M University. He has published 10 books and over 400 research papers. His latest book is on what science reveals about how to improve everyday memory (see http://thankyoubrain.com), and he also has a book in the works on the biology of armadillos. Funding sponsors of his research have included the U. S. Air Force, several of the National Institutes of Health and the U. S. Department of Agriculture. He has served on the editorial boards of six scientific journals, five educational technology journals and a university press. Klemm received the Distinguished Achievement Award in Research from Texas A&M University and the Distinguished Scientist Award from the A&M Chapter of Sigma Xi. The research for which he is best known deals with brainstem mechanisms of immobility behavior, animal electroencephalography and membrane mechanisms of action of alcohol. He has also had experience in research and development planning for the U.S. Air Force Reserves, serving in the rank of Colonel. Currently, he is Co-PI and Project Director on two federal grants (NIH, NSF) aimed at creating multi-media science curricula for middle schools. Klemm has also served as president of the AAAS Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division and in a variety of capacities for Sigma Xi, at both the chapter and Society levels.