John Holdren

John Holdren
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
In office
March 19, 2009 – January 20, 2017
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byTed Wackler (Acting)
Succeeded byTed Wackler (Acting)
Personal details
Born (1944-03-01) March 1, 1944 (age 80)
Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationMassachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS)
Stanford University (PhD)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, Environmental science
Institutions
ThesisCollisionless stability of an inhomogeneous, confined, planar plasma (1970)
Doctoral advisorOscar Buneman
Doctoral studentsKirk R. Smith

John Paul Holdren (born March 1, 1944) is an American scientist who served as the senior advisor to President Barack Obama on science and technology issues through his roles as assistant to the president for science and technology, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Holdren was previously the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University,[7] director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and director of the Woods Hole Research Center.[8]

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  2. ^ Holdren, J. P. (2009). "Science in the White House". Science. 324 (5927): 567. doi:10.1126/science.1174783. PMID 19407163.
  3. ^ Mervis, J. (2009). "NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: John Holdren Brings More Than Energy to His Role as Science Adviser". Science. 324 (5925): 324–325. Bibcode:2009Sci...324..324M. doi:10.1126/science.324.5925.324. PMID 19372403. S2CID 153264821.
  4. ^ Mervis, J. (2009). "OBAMA ADMINISTRATION: No News is Good News for Holdren, Lubchenco at Confirmation Hearing". Science. 323 (5917): 995. doi:10.1126/science.323.5917.995. PMID 19229004. S2CID 36622530.
  5. ^ Tollefson, J. (2009). "John Holdren: Adviser on science, fish and wine". Nature. 457 (7232): 942–943. doi:10.1038/457942b. PMID 19225485.
  6. ^ Kintisch, E.; Mervis, J. (2009). "THE TRANSITION: Holdren Named Science Adviser, Varmus, Lander to Co-Chair PCAST". Science. 323 (5910): 22–23. doi:10.1126/science.323.5910.22. PMID 19119188. S2CID 206583629.
  7. ^ John Holdren's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  8. ^ News release. "Obama to Name John P. Holdren as Science Adviser" Archived 2008-12-23 at the Wayback Machine AAAS, December 18, 2008.