Sentences with phrase «new science advisor»

John Holdren on Mineral / Energy Depletion (Part III in a series on Obama's new science advisor)(January 2, 2009)

John Holdren and Anti-Growth Malthusianism (Part IV in a series on Obama's new science advisor)(January 5, 2009)

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The report from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology was released on September 18 in conjunction with a new executive order that directs certain federal agencies to amp up their efforts to combat antibiotic resistance and a new national strategy to fight resistant bacteria.

But Eric Lander, co-chair of the panel convened by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), says their adoption would require «little or no new federal money.»

Using their star power and connections, the foursome have pushed their ideas on conspicuous occasions, a number of which they created themselves: a session at the National Academy of Sciences» annual meeting that Varmus described as «heated;» a briefing by Krischner, Tilghman, and Varmus at the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; a meeting at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute that «brought together some senior... influencers to talk about the problem;» a new paper about that meeting that will soon appear in PNAS; and a presentation by Kirschner at the Future of Research symposium organized by Boston - area postdocs in October.

Creating a coordinated review A new report from the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology released on November 29 looks at how best to accelerate the pace of change in energy technologies.

«With our system, you can draw a polygon on the map and say, «I want this entire region to be controlled,»» says Jason Gao, a graduate student in electrical engineering and computer science who developed the new system together with his advisor, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Li - Shiuscience who developed the new system together with his advisor, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Li - ShiuScience Li - Shiuan Peh.

President Barack Obama appointed Schaal to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in 2009 and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appointed her as one of three new science envoys in 2012 to advise the White House, the Department of State and the U.S. scientific community about insights gained from travels and interactions Science and Technology in 2009 and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton appointed her as one of three new science envoys in 2012 to advise the White House, the Department of State and the U.S. scientific community about insights gained from travels and interactions science envoys in 2012 to advise the White House, the Department of State and the U.S. scientific community about insights gained from travels and interactions abroad.

«This analysis of data from the new National Seismic Hazard Maps reveals that significantly more Americans are exposed to earthquake shaking, reflecting both the movement of the population to higher risk areas on the west coast and a change in hazard assessments,» said co-author Bill Leith, senior science advisor at USGS.

A new study of science PhDs who embarked on careers between 2004 and 2014 showed that while nearly two - thirds chose employment outside academic science, their reasons for doing so had little to do with the advice they received from faculty advisors, other scientific mentors, family, or even graduate school peers.

The Board recommends a dedicated seat for science at an influential new world leaders» forum created to promote and monitor sustainable development — the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development — saying science needs to be engaged «formally in the HLPF as an advisor rather than an observer.»

The new system, which Tomescu developed together with his thesis advisor, Srini Devadas, the Edwin Sibley Webster Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, defends against such «equivocation.»

A recent report (15) by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), in which I participated, delves further into the new importance of the outstanding U.S. research universities.

Joined by the President's science advisor, John P. Holdren, President Obama greeted Kavli Prize Laureates Roger Angel (University of Arizona), Jerry E. Nelson (University of California, Santa Cruz), Donald M. Eigler (IBM Almaden Research Center), James E. Rothman (Yale University), Richard H. Scheller (Genentech), Nadrian C. Seeman (New York University), and Thomas C. Südhof (Stanford University).

I'm pretty new to research development — I started in my position at UMass Lowell about a year and a half ago after six years as a program director and science advisor at the National Science Founscience advisor at the National Science FounScience Foundation.

The new advisors, some of the most wellrespected individuals in their fields, were specifically sought for the wealth of experience they bring to bear on Foundation efforts to advance drug development in SMA: Paul S. Anderson, PhD, retired vice president for Chemistry at Merck, G. Stephen DeCherney, MD, MPH, president of Clinical Development Services Americas for Quintiles Transnational Corp., Corey S. Goodman, PhD, president and chief executive officer of Renovis, Inc., Jonathan S. Leff, managing director at Warburg Pincus LLC and responsible for the firm's life sciences investment effort, John H. Park, Partner at Blum Capital Partners, LP, and Wesley Thompson, PhD, professor of Neurobiology at The University of Texas at Austin.

Michael serves on the U.S. National Academies Board on Energy and Environmental Systems and the New York City Climate Change Panel, and is a science advisor to the Environmental Defense Fund.

A live webcast includes the announcements from Oslo by Nils Christian Stenseth, President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, as well as a special Kavli Prize program from the World Science Festival in New York, featuring opening remarks by John P. Holdren, 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).

He was an advisor for the â $ ˜ Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo, and served on the State's Hawaiian lexicon committee, developing new Hawaiian words to keep up with advances in science.

This year, we've got Andrew Coy, senior advisor for making in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, sharing why making is critical in schools today; Alixandra Klein, a Vermont - based entrepreneur who makes jewelry using a laser cutter and upcycled materials, talking about the importance of art and creativity; and Dr. Jorge Valdes of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (and also a high school science teacher here in New Jersey) discussing intellectual property, patents, and the inventor's mScience and Technology Policy, sharing why making is critical in schools today; Alixandra Klein, a Vermont - based entrepreneur who makes jewelry using a laser cutter and upcycled materials, talking about the importance of art and creativity; and Dr. Jorge Valdes of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (and also a high school science teacher here in New Jersey) discussing intellectual property, patents, and the inventor's mscience teacher here in New Jersey) discussing intellectual property, patents, and the inventor's mindset.

Stephen Zawistowski, senior vice president and science advisor for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) in New York City, said the difficulty with breed - specific legislation is that it doesn't address the root problem: dogs are bred and created by people.

Even neater, Kevin R Grazier, apparently the science advisor to Battlestar Galactica (the new one, not the chrome»80s one!)

Michael serves on the U.S. National Academies Board on Energy and Environmental Systems and the New York City Climate Change Panel, and is a science advisor to the Environmental Defense Fund.

When President Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology spread panic in August 2009 about the purported dangers of a swine flu epidemic breaking out later that year, Alex Newman wrote for The New American at that time: «The co-chair of Obama's advisory council that issued the report, John Holdren, actually co-authored a book titled Ecoscience calling for forced abortions, mass sterilization, and a «planetary regime» with the power to enforce the sick notions.

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