Nature：Obama任命天體物理學(xué)家為NSF新主任

來源：科學(xué)網(wǎng) 2013-08-02 10:57

圖為France Anne Cordova 來自：Prudue.edu 美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬7月31日宣布，提名天體物理學(xué)家France Anne Cordova出任美國國家科學(xué)基金會(huì)（NSF）主任。 Cordova于1947年出生于法國巴黎。1979年她從加州理工**獲得物理學(xué)博士學(xué)位。2007年至2012年，她曾出任美國普渡**校長。

圖為France Anne Cordova 來自：Prudue.edu

美國總統(tǒng)奧巴馬7月31日宣布，提名天體物理學(xué)家France Anne Cordova出任美國國家科學(xué)基金會(huì)（NSF）主任。

Cordova于1947年出生于法國巴黎。1979年她從加州理工**獲得物理學(xué)博士學(xué)位。2007年至2012年，她曾出任美國普渡**校長。

自2013年3月前任主任Subra Suresh離任以來，NSF一直由副主任Cora Marrett代為管理。NSF年預(yù)算高達(dá)70億美元，機(jī)構(gòu)使命是通過資助基礎(chǔ)研究、改進(jìn)科學(xué)教育、增進(jìn)國際科學(xué)合作等辦法促進(jìn)美國科學(xué)的發(fā)展。（生物谷 Bioon.com）

原文標(biāo)題為：美國國家科學(xué)基金會(huì)將迎來新主任

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Obama nominates astrophysicist to lead NSF

Astrophysicist France Anne Cordova has been tapped to head the US National Science Foundation (NSF), which has been run by an acting director since March 2013. President Barack Obama announced the pick on 31 July. If confirmed, Cordova would fill the gap left by Subra Suresh, who announced his resignation in February, after serving less than half of his six-year term leading the US$7 billion agency.

Cordova, who earned her doctorate from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, served as president of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, from 2007 to 2012. In 2010, she oversaw the creation of the Colombia-Purdue Institute for Scientific Research, which aims to foster scientific collaboration between the Colombia and the United States.

Earlier in her career, Cordova worked in the Earth and Space Sciences Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, and went on to lead the department of astronomy and astrophysics at Pennsylvania State University in University Park. In September 1993, Cordova was named NASA’s first female chief scientist.

“She’s a very accomplished academic researcher,” says Umar Mohideen, chairman of the physics and astronomy department at the University of California, Riverside, where Cordova served as chancellor from 2002-2007. “She’s managed academia, and those are qualities that would make her a good choice.”

Cordova now begins the sometimes lengthy process of winning confirmation from the US Senate — normally an easy process for candidates to lead NSF. But her nomination comes at a time when Republican lawmakers in the Senate have used procedural tactics to slow consideration of Obama administration picks. EPA chief Gina McCarthy was confirmed on 18 July after a historic delay caused by political infighting, and Obama has struggled to fill several other top science positions.

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