Science Board Nominations

Louis Lanzerotti is one of eight scientists nominated by President Bush to serve on the National Science Board, the panel that oversees NSF. Lanzerotti, a physics professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and a consultant to Lucent Technologies’ Bell Laboratories, has focused his recent research on space weather and the effects of the Sun on Earth’s space environment. He also serves on a National Research Council committee that is studying whether to prolong the life of the Hubble Space Telescope (see Physics Today, October 2004, page 33 ).

In addition to Lanzerotti, the other nominees are Dan Arvizu, executive director for energy technologies at the University of Chicago; Steven Beering, president emeritus of Purdue University; G. Wayne Clough, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology; Kelvin Kay Droegemeier, director of the Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms at the University of Oklahoma in Norman; Alan Leshner, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC; Jon Strauss, president of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California; and retired astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, president of the Center of Science and Industry in Columbus, Ohio.

The eight nominees face confirmation by the Senate, then will begin six-year terms on the 24-member board. In addition to overseeing NSF, the board conducts studies on a wide range of technology issues and biennially publishes Science and Engineering Indicators, a detailed analysis of the state of US science and engineering.