McNutt to be first woman to head US National Academy of Sciences
JUL 07, 2015
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.029015
Science : Marcia McNutt, editor-in-chief since 2013 of Science and other journals published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, has been nominated to be the next president of the National Academy of Sciences. The NAS will hold the final election in December 2015, but the vote is mostly a formality as there has never been more than one candidate for the presidency. McNutt is a geophysicist and previously served as head of the US Geological Survey. She says that she will continue to work at AAAS until taking her position at NAS on 1 July 2016, replacing two-term president and atmospheric scientist Ralph J. Cicerone.
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