John Holdren

John Holdren ( John P. Holdren, born March 1, 1944 in Sewickley, Pennsylvania) is an American physicist and currently stands at U.S. President Barack Obama's adviser on science and technology.

On 19 March 2009 he was confirmed by unanimous vote in the Senate as Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy ( OSTP ). Previously, he was Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and director of the settled also at the Harvard University Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Holdren authored over 300 articles and served as co-author and co-editor of books and reports. He has been involved, among others, the books were created: Energy ( 1971), Human Ecology (1973 ), Ecoscience (1977 ), Energy in Transition ( 1980), Earth and the Human Future (1986 ), Strategic Defences and the Future of the Arms Race (1987 ), Building Global Security Through Cooperation ( 1990), Conversion of Military R & D (1998) and Ending the Energy Stalemate ( 2004).

Holdren is chairman of the board of Innovations: Technology | Governance | Globalization, a quarterly magazine from MIT Press about entrepreneurial solutions to global problems.

Biography

Holdren earned in 1965 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Bachelor degrees. In 1970 he completed a course of study at Stanford University with the degree of Ph.D. from. Holdren has taught over 20 years at the University of California, Berkeley. His priorities are global environmental change, energy technology, energy policy, nuclear arms control, science and technology policy.

From February 2007 to February 2008 Holdren served as CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science ( AAAS).

After his nomination Holdren became the target of a public campaign by anti-abortion activists and opponents of climate change policy. The attacks against Holdren based primarily on points in his contribution to a 1977 published book, in which possible measures to control overpopulation of the earth are discussed.

Holdren rejects the use of nuclear weapons in response to attacks from biological and chemical weapons.

Holdren shows open to examine the question scientifically, if necessary, the threat of global warming with the use of available technical means ( " Geoengineering " ) could be prevented.

Holdren was asked hundred global thought leader in 2009, with Steven Chu from Foreign Policy at number 34 of the top; their merit: You have the top science again gives political influence.

Awards

  • Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Member, National Academy of Sciences
  • MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship, 1981
  • Member of President Clinton 's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology ( PCAST ​​), 1994-2001
  • Chair of the Committee on International Security and Arms Control of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, 1993-2004
  • Volvo Environment Prize of 1993 ( with Paul Ehrlich)
  • Nobel Peace Prize acceptance lecture on behalf of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, December 1995
  • Chair of the Executive Committee of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, 1987-1997
  • Kaul Foundation Award in Science and Environmental Policy, 1999
  • Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, 2000
  • 7th Heinz Award in Public Policy, 2001
  • President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006
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