Biden names former DARPA leader Arati Prabhakar as science adviser

Photo caption: Arati Prabhakar will be the first woman and first person of colour to serve as the US president’s chief science adviser. Photo credit: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters. Article by Jeff Tollefson. Nature – June 22, 2022.

Scientists applaud the nominee, who is set to replace Eric Lander following his controversial exit from the White House science office.

US President Joe Biden has nominated Arati Prabhakar, an applied physicist with extensive experience in both government and the private sector, to be head of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), and named her as his next science adviser. The appointment comes four months after the controversial departure of Biden’s previous science adviser, geneticist Eric Lander. It is a crucial moment, as the Biden administration seeks to advance its agenda on science, innovation and climate. […]

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