Update (September 23): The Senate voted 56 to 40 yesterday to confirm Arati Prabhakar as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. She is expected to assume the role in the next week or two, Bloomberg Law reports.
Yesterday (June 21), President Joe Biden nominated Arati Prabhakar to become his chief science advisor, a role she would assume as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Becoming head of the OSTP requires Senate confirmation, a process that could take several months, according to Nature. Prabhakar would become the first Senate-confirmed woman, person of color, and immigrant to head the OSTP and oversee shaping and executing the President’s science agenda, reports the Associated Press.
“Dr. Prabhakar is a brilliant and highly-respected engineer and applied physicist and will lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy to leverage science, technology, and innovation to expand our possibilities, solve our ...
