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Breaking: Physicist John Holdren Is Likely Pick for Science Advisor
Eli Kintisch reports at Science Insider:
Holdren had been planning to attend a staff meeting this morning with colleagues at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, where he heads the technology and science program. But instead, he flew today to Chicago to meet with the transition team and prepare for the announcement; initial plans are to release the official news of the appointment on a weekly radio program that Obama records and will be broadcast on Saturday. The transition office declined to comment.
Holdren is well known for his work on energy, climate change, and nuclear proliferation. Trained in fluid dynamics and plasma physics, Holdren branched out into policy early in his career. He has led the Woods Hole Research Center for the past 3 years and served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (which publishes ScienceInsider) in 2006.
The science adviser usually also serves as the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Science Progress adviser Neal Lane held both of those positions for three years under the Clinton administration and authored the chapter on OSTP in the forthcoming Change for America.
UPDATE: Chris Mooney grabbed Holdren’s interview video endorsing the ScienceDebate2008 initiative:
Comments on this article
Holdren should make an exciting addition to science and technology-based team Obama is rapidly assembling.
http://2020science.org/2008/12/18/john-holdren-obamas-new-science-advisor/
December 18th, 2008 at 5:23 pmsee also http://blogs.physicstoday.org/politics08/2008/12/john_holdren_to_be_announced_a.html
December 18th, 2008 at 5:52 pm