About
Dr. Kramer earned degrees in wildlife biology and outer space policy. After serving in the Submarine Service, he was a wildlife biologist with the Smithsonian Institution and the US Fish and Wildlife Service working on endangered species issues throughout the Pacific. After retiring as head of the US Endangered Species Recovery Program, he assisted the Navy’s Pacific Fleet for 12 years as their senior environmental scientist. He taught at Hawaii Pacific University and worked at HDR, Inc. as their extraterrestrial environmental analyst. He was Mission Commander at the Mars Desert Research Station and Ground Support for the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation Facility on Mauna Kea.
William lectures on outer space topics at the International Space University in Strasbourg, France, other academic institutions, and aboard cruise ships. He is an advisor to the Georgetown University Space Initiative and is on the Scientific Council of the Alternative Planetary Futures Institute.