After receiving his Ph.D. in 1971, Kingsbury taught microbiology at the University of California at Irvine. In 1981 he became a professor of medical microbiology and virology at the University of California at Berkeley, from which he is now on leave. His research interests include pathogenesis of the slow viruses, infection by microbial pathogens and molecular diagnostic techniques in medical microbiology.
Kingsbury, who joined the NSF in 1984, is also an adjunct professor at George Washington University. He was interviewed in his NSF office in Washington last month by Tabitha M. Powledge, editor of The Scientist. This is an edited version of their talk.
Over the next five years, the balance will change a little bit. Several things are going to happen. One is that NSF is going to be playing a much more significant role in education and human resource development. We're going to change from our recent focus ...
