Bill Albright is an Associate Research Hydrogeologist in the Reno office of the Desert Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Nevada with 20 years of research experience in environmental science. His research interests have included arid lands soil physics, regional air pollution, atmospheric chemistry and weather modification, plant ecological physiology.

Bill Albright is a principle investigator for the USEPA's Alternative Cover Assessment Program (ACAP). The primary goal of ACAP is to establish a cooperative program with federal, state, and private sector entities to conduct a regional evaluation of landfill cover facilities based on field-scale testing of landfill covers at 12 sites across the country. A draft of the ACAP final report is currently in review.

Dr. Albright is an active member of the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council's (ITRC) Alternative Landfill Technologies Team.