Arati Prabhakar
2022 - Present
2025
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Arati Prabhakar is President Joe Biden's director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).
Biden announced that Prabhakar, a former director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, was his nominee for the position on June 21, 2022. Like Biden's former OSTP director, Eric Lander, Prabhakar would also serve as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and as a member of the Cabinet.[1] Prabhakar was confirmed by a 56-40 vote in the Senate on September 22, 2022.[2] See below to follow the progress of the nomination.
Biography
Prabhakar received her B.A. in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University. She went on to attend the California Institute of Technology, where she received a Ph.D. in applied physics and an M.S. in electrical engineering.[1]
She began her career working as a congressional fellow in the Office of Technology Assessment. From 1993 to 1997, during the Clinton administration, she led the National Institute of Standards and Technology. She then spent 15 years working in Silicon Valley as a business executive and venture capitalist, where her work included components for consumer electronics and semiconductor process technology.[1]
Prabhakar served as the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency during the Obama administration from 2012 to 2017. In 2019, she founded a nonprofit, Actuate, that aimed to bring "new actors to the table to develop solutions to the challenges of climate, health, trustworthy data and information technology, and opening access to opportunity for every person."[1]
Career
Below is an abbreviated outline of Lander's academic, professional, and political career:[3]
- 2018-present: Co-founder and chief executive officer, Actuate
- 2017-2018: Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University
- 2012-2017: Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- 2001-2011: Partner, U.S. Venture Partners
- 1998-2000: Vice president, president, Interval Research
- 1997-1998: Senior vice president and chief technology officer, Raychem
- 1993-1997: Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- 1986-1993: Defense Sciences Office program manager and Microsystems Technology Office director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- 1984-1986: Congressional fellow and analyst, Office of Technology Assessment
- 1984: Received M.S. in electrical engineering and Ph.D. in applied physics from the California Institute of Technology
- 1979: Received B.A. in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University
Nomination for director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
- See also: Joe Biden presidential administration and Confirmation process for Arati Prabhakar for director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
| Joe Biden's Cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate: Arati Prabhakar | ||
| Position: Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy | ||
 | Announced: | June 21, 2022 |
| Hearing: | July 20, 2022 |
| Committee: | Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
| Reported: | July 27, 2022 |
| Confirmed: | September 22, 2022 |
| Vote: | 56-40 |
President Joe Biden (D) announced the nomination of Arati Prabhakar for director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy on June 21, 2022.[1] This presidential appointment required Senate confirmation. Biden also elevated the presidential science advisor to a Cabinet-level position.
Prabhakar was confirmed by a 56-40 vote in the Senate on September 22, 2022.[2]
Prabhakar is Biden's second nominee for the position. His first, Eric Lander, resigned on February 18, 2022.
Biden said of Prabhakar, "Dr. Prabhakar is a brilliant and highly-respected engineer and applied physicist and will lead the Office of Science and Technology Policy to leverage science, technology, and innovation to expand our possibilities, solve our toughest challenges, and make the impossible possible."[1]
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See also
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 White House, "President Biden to Nominate Dr. Arati Prabhakar to Lead Office of Science and Technology Policy," June 21, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Congress.gov, "PN2267 — Arati Prabhakar — Executive Office of the President," accessed September 22, 2022
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Arati Prabhakar," accessed June 22, 2022
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