Obama's Science Team
Wednesday December 24, 2008
President-Elect Barack Obama has announced the key figures in his scientific team, including two Nobel Prize-winners. The announcements of his scientific team was made on December 17, during his weekly webcast.
- Dr. John Holdren - Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
- Dr. Holdren is a physicist who has worked extensively on climate and energy research and policy. He is a Harvard professor and Director of the Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy (at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government).
- Dr. Harold Varmus - Co-Chair of PCAST
- Dr. Varmus was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his "discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes," which is a major discovery in studying the causes of cancer and tumor growth
- Dr. Eric Lander - Co-Chair of PCAST
- Dr. Lander is one of the driving forces behind the mapping of the human genome and Founding Director of the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard.
- Dr. Jane Lubchenco - Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Dr. Lubchenco is a former President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a leading ecologist and environmental scientist, whose expertise will prove invaluable in conserving marine and coastal resources.
It is nice to see such high-calibre choices from the science community to help define America's energy and science policies.
Comments
Muy bien que el presidente Electo OBAMA tenga en la entidades Públicas científicos de renombre. Eso será un gran ejemplo para los demás paises para que también cuenten con científicos en los órganos de gobierno.
Unfortunately both Drs. Lubchenco and Holden are anthropogenic global warming nut cases who will focus exclusively on heavily subsidized solar and wind while ignoring the critical expanse of nuclear, gas and oil derivatives. Obviously we need to develop new sources of cheap, clean energy. Solar and wind will help, but they will not provide the energy we need for independence.
Steve Chu is currently the director of LBL at UC Berkeley.
Dear,
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