Eric Lander
Eric Steven Lander (born February 3, 1957) is an American mathematician and geneticist. He has been the 11th Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy since 2021 during the Joe Biden administration.
Eric Lander | |
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| 11th Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | |
| Assumed office June 2, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Deputy | Alondra Nelson |
| Preceded by | Kelvin Droegemeier |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 3, 1957 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic[1] |
| Spouse(s) | Lori Lander |
| Education | Princeton University (BS) Wolfson College, Oxford (MS, DPhil) |
| Awards | MacArthur Fellowship (1987) Dickson Prize (1997) Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service (1998) Gairdner Award (2002) Harvey Prize (2012) Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Broad Institute Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Topics in algebraic coding theory (1980) |
| Doctoral students | Manolis Kellis[2] Erez Lieberman Aiden Mark Daly |
Lander is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She was a professor of systems biology at Harvard Medical School.
He was a former member of the Whitehead Institute, and the founding director of the Broad Institute. He was co-chair of U.S. President Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.[3][4] He is a 1987 MacArthur Fellow.
On January 15, 2021 Lander was nominated to be Director of Office of Science and Technology Policy by then President-elect Joe Biden.[5] Biden also upgraded the office to cabinet-level office.[5] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 28, 2021.[6]
References
- ↑ Facher, Lev (February 1, 2021). "Eric Lander Is Brilliant, Connected, and Controversial. Now Joe Biden Wants Him to 'Reinvigorate' American Science". Stat. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ↑ Kamvysselis, Manolis (2003). Computational comparative genomics : genes, regulation, evolution. MIT. . https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7999.
- ↑ Nair, P. (2011). "QnAs with Eric S. Lander". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (28): 11319. Bibcode:2011PNAS..10811319N. doi:10.1073/pnas.1106996108. PMC 3136317. PMID 21606349.
- ↑ Lander, E. S. (2004). "Eric S. Lander". Nature Reviews Drug Discovery. 3 (9): 730. doi:10.1038/nrd1514. PMID 15368656. S2CID 19725860.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Biden will elevate White House science office to cabinet-level". The Washington Post. January 15, 2021.
- ↑ "Biden's top scientist quickly confirmed by Senate". Politico. May 28, 2021.
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