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Lander to take a leave of absence to assume Cabinet-level post; Zuber to co-chair presidential advisory council.
Steve Bradt | MIT News Office
President-elect namn Biden has selected two MIT faculty leaders — Broad Institute Director Eric Lander and Vice President for Research Maria Zuber — for top science and technology posts in his administration.
Lander has been named Presidential Science Advisor, a position he will assume soon after Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. He has also been nominated as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), a position that requires Senate confirmation.
Biden intends to elevate the Presidential Science Advisor, for the first time in history, to be a member of his Cabinet.
Zuber has been named co-chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), along with Caltech chemical engineer Frances Arnold, a 2018 winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Zuber and Arnold will be the first women ever to
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Timeline
Anton, Ted. "Timeline". Planet of Microbes: The Perils and Potential of Earth's Essential Life Forms, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017, pp. 267-270. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226354132-006
Anton, T. (2017). Timeline. In Planet of Microbes: The Perils and Potential of Earth's Essential Life Forms (pp. 267-270). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226354132-006
Anton, T. 2017. Timeline. Planet of Microbes: The Perils and Potential of Earth's Essential Life Forms. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 267-270. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226354132-006
Anton, Ted. "Timeline" In Planet of Microbes: The Perils and Potential of Earth's Essential Life Forms, 267-270. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226354132-006
Anton T. Timeline. In: Planet of Microbes: The Perils and Potential of Earth's Essential Life Forms. Chicago: University of Chicago Press; 2017. p.267-270. https://doi.org/1
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2021
Arnold Named Co-Chair of President-elect Biden's Science and Technology Advisory Council
President-elect Joe Biden has appointed Frances Arnold, Caltech's Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry and director of the Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center, to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). [Caltech story] 1-15-21
2020
Lihong Wang and Changhuei Yang Named to National Academy of Inventors
According to the NAI, election as a fellow is the "highest professional distinction accorded to academic inventors who have demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society." [Caltech story] 12-9-20
Van Valen Named Rita Allen Foundation Scholar
Biotechnology Leadership Program mentor and Rosen Center faculty member, David Van Valen named 2020