Sherilyn Williams-Stroud is a Research Scientist, and Research Associate Professor at the Illinois State Geological Survey/University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Her areas of expertise include structural and fracture analysis and modeling for oil and gas and geothermal energy production, with a specialization in microseismic data interpretation and induced seismicity. She has more than 25 years of experience in government, industry, and academia, has held adjunct positions at the University of Houston, California State U. Los Angeles and Northridge, and was a full-time faculty member at Whittier College. Her industry experience includes major operators, consulting, and service companies, working in research and technology development. She is an active member of several professional organizations and received the AAPG Honorary Membership Award in 2022 and is an AAPG Distinguished Lecturer for 2023-2024. From 2015-2019 she served as a member of the National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics, planning and moderating workshops to help inform the federal government on scientific issues important to the nation’s needs, and recently she was a member of the National Petroleum Council’s Coordinating Subcommittee for a greenhouse gas study on methane emissions in the oil and gas industry. Dr. Williams-Stroud received her B.A. in geology from Oberlin College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University, and is a licensed professional geologist in the state of California.