Ernest Moniz | |
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| 13th United States Secretary of Energy | |
| In office May 21, 2013 – January 20, 2017 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Deputy | Daniel Poneman Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall |
| Preceded by | Steven Chu |
| Succeeded by | Rick Perry |
| Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and Environment | |
| In office October 29, 1997 – January 20, 2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Steven Chu |
| Succeeded by | Robert G. Card |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ernest Jeffrey Moniz December 22, 1944 Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Naomi Moniz |
| Education | Boston College (BS) Stanford University (MS, PhD) |
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Ernest Jeffrey Moniz, GCIH[1] (Portuguese: [muˈniʃ];[2] born December 22, 1944) is an American nuclear physicist and former government official. From May 2013 to January 2017, he served as the 13th United States secretary of energy in the Obama administration. Prior to this, Moniz served as associate director for science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States from 1995 to 1997 and undersecretary of energy from 1997 to 2001 during the Clinton administration. He is currently the co-chair and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI),[3] as well as president and CEO of the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI), a nonprofit organization working on climate and energy technology issues, which he co-founded in 2017.[4]
Moniz, who is one of the founding members of The Cyprus Institute, has served at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the Cecil and Ida Green professor of physics and engineering systems, director of the Energy Initiative and director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment.[5] Before his appointment as secretary of energy, he served in a variety of advisory capacities, including at BP,[6] General Electric[7] and the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[6]
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- ^ Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Faculty & Teaching Staff". MIT Engineering Systems Division. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
- ^ a b Wald, Matthew L. (March 29, 2013). "Nominee for Energy Secretary Lists Assets and Posts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
- ^ Elliott, Justin (March 20, 2013). "Drilling Deeper: The Wealth of Business Connections for Obama's Energy Pick". ProPublica. Retrieved September 22, 2020.