President Barack Obama has appointed Barbara A. Schaal, Ph.D., the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor of biology in Arts & Sciences and vice president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
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PCAST is an advisory group of 20 of the nation's leading scientists and engineers who will advise the president and vice president and formulate policy in the many areas where understanding of science, technology and innovation is key to strengthening the nation's economy and forming policy that works for the American people.
Obama announced the PCAST members during remarks April 27 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. Obama is only the fourth president in modern times to address the annual meeting of the National Academy of Sciences.
"This council represents leaders from many scientific disciplines who will bring a diversity of experience and views," Obama said during the meeting, which Schaal attended. "I will charge PCAST with advising me about national strategies to nurture and sustain a culture of scientific innovation."
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