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John P. Holdren

Office of Science and Technology Policy
Director
Confirmed: March 19, 2009
Nominated: Jan. 20, 2009
Announced: Dec. 20, 2008

Bio

A physicist with with degrees from MIT and Stanford, Holdren spent much of his career as a professor at University of California at Berkeley. Most recently a professor of environmental policy at Harvard and director of Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Holdren has expertise in two of the thorniest issues facing the Obama White House: energy and climate change.

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