Neal Lane
(Former Science Advisor to President Clinton)

Since January 2001 Neal Lane has held the position of University Professor with appointments as Senior Fellow of the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and in the Physics and Astronomy Department at Rice University, in Houston, Texas. From 1998 to 2001 Professor Lane served as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and also Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. From 1993 to 1998 he was Director of the National Science Foundation. Professor Lane is a distinguished scientist and educator and is the author of numerous articles and presentations on theoretical atomic and molecular physics and science and technology policy. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Association for Women in Science and a member of the American Association of Physics Teachers.

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