Biden Names Science Team, Appoints Science Advisor to Cabinet

President Biden has selected geneticist Eric Lander to be his science advisor and elevated the position to Cabinet rank. Sociologist Alondra Nelson will occupy a new White House job focused on “science and society,” and Caltech’s Frances Arnold and MIT’s Maria Zuber will chair the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

Source: FYI: The AIP Bulletin of Science Policy News - January 20, 2021 Category: Physics Authors: mambrose Source Type: news