Biden will present Alondra Nelson as deputy director of science and society at OSTP. He also chose Maria Zuber and Frances H. Arnold to serve as co-chairs of the President’s Council of Science and Technology Consultants. Kei Koizumi will be OSTP’s chief of staff, while Narda Jones will serve as OSTP’s director of legislative affairs.
Dr. Francis Collins will remain as director of the National Institutes of Health.
“Science will always be at the forefront of my administration – and these world-renowned scientists will ensure that everything we do is based on science, facts and truth,” said Biden in a statement.
The president-elect continued: “Your trustworthy guidance will be essential when we come together to end this pandemic, bring our economy back and seek new advances to improve the quality of life for all Americans. Their insights will help the United States shape a future. better and I am grateful that they answered the call to serve. “
Lander served as external co-chairman of the president’s Council of Science and Technology Consultants during the Obama administration. He helped lead the Human Genome Project and was a pioneer in the field of genomic medicine, according to the transition team. He is the president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, a nonprofit biomedical research institute.
Nelson is the president of the Social Science Research Council and Harold F. Linder Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study. She serves on the board of trustees of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Russell Sage Foundation and serves on the board of directors of the Teagle Foundation and the Data & Society Research Institute, according to the research team. transition.
Arnold was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018, according to the transition team. She is Professor Linus Pauling of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry and director of the Rosen Bioengineering Center at the California Institute of Technology.
Jones served as a senior technology policy consultant and attorney for the Democratic team on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transport. She started working in the Senate in 2014, after holding key positions at the Federal Communications Commission for more than a decade.
Koizumi is part of the Biden-Harris transition team and previously served as a senior consultant for scientific policy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He also served in the Obama administration as an assistant director for federal research and development and a senior advisor to the National Council for Science and Technology at OSTP.