Global Connections: Emerging Science Partners

Appendix A: Steering Committee and Working Group Members

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Challenges for International Scientific Partnerships

Steering Committee on Challenges for International Scientific Partnerships

Arthur Bienenstock (Cochair), Professor Emeritus of Photon Science, Special Assistant to the President for Federal Research Policy, and Associate Director of the Wallenberg Research Link, Stanford University; Member of the National Science Board

Peter Michelson (Cochair), Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Professor of Physics, and Senior Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences, Stanford University

Claude Canizares, Bruno Rossi Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Matthias Hentze, Director, European Molecular Biology Laboratory

John G. Hildebrand, Regents Professor and Professor of Neuroscience, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Entomology, and Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Arizona

Kerri-Ann Jones, Former Vice President, Research and Science, Pew Charitable Trusts; Former Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

William Lee, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr

Shirley Malcom, Senior Advisor and Director of SEA Change, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Cherry Murray, Deputy Director for Research, Biosphere 2, and Professor of Physics, The University of Arizona; Former Director, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy

Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy, Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Physics Emeritus, Harvard University; Former Director, Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Dean of Physical Sciences, Harvard University

Olufunmilayo Olopade, Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor in the Biological Sciences Division, Professor of Medicine & Human Genetics, and Associate Dean for Global Health, The University of Chicago

Vaughan Turekian, Executive Director of the Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Former Science and Technology Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State

Caroline Wagner, Ambassador Milton A. and Roslyn Z. Wolf Chair in International Affairs at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University; Former RAND Scholar
 


 

Emerging Science Partners Working Group

Shirley Malcom (Cochair), Senior Advisor and Director of SEA Change, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Olufunmilayo Olopade (Cochair), Walter L. Palmer Distinguished Service Professor in the Biological Sciences Division, Professor of Medicine & Human Genetics, and Associate Dean for Global Health, The University of Chicago

Alice Abreu, Professor Emerita, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Member of GenderInSITE Steering Committee

Bruce Alberts, Professor Emeritus, Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco; President Emeritus, U.S. National Academy of Sciences

Bernard Amadei, Distinguished Professor and Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder; Founding President, Engineers Without Borders–USA; Co-Founder, Engineers Without Borders–International Network

Arthur Bienenstock (ex officio), Professor Emeritus of Photon Science, Special Assistant to the President for Federal Research Policy, and Director of the Wallenberg Research Link, Stanford University; Member of the National Science Board

Jared Cohon, President Emeritus and University Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

Rita Colwell, University Distinguished Professor, University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland College Park

James W. Curran, James W. Curran Dean of Public Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Codirector, Emory Center for AIDS Research

Ali Douraghy, Chief Strategy Officer, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (concluded participation in the working group on January 19, 2021)

Nina Dudnik, Founder, Seeding Labs; Chief Business Officer, BioLabs

Mohamed Hassan, President, The World Academy of Sciences; President, The Sudanese National Academy of Sciences

John G. Hildebrand, Regents Professor and Professor of Neuroscience, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Entomology, and Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Arizona

Nkem Khumbah, Lecturer and Member of the STEM-Africa Steering Committee, University of Michigan

Peter Michelson (ex officio), Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Professor of Physics, and Senior Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences, Stanford University

Peggy Oti-Boateng, Director, Division of Science Policy and Capacity-Building, Natural Sciences, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

Jamil Salmi, Professor Emeritus of Higher Education Policy, Diego Portales University; Research Fellow, Boston College Center for Higher Education; Former Tertiary Education Coordinator at the World Bank

Flavia Schlegel, Director, Science Governance Partnership Independent Consulting; Former Assistant Director General for Natural Sciences, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

Vaughan Turekian, Executive Director of the Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Former Science and Technology Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State

Caroline Wagner, Ambassador Milton A. and Roslyn Z. Wolf Chair in International Affairs at the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University; Former RAND Scholar
 


 

Large-Scale Science Working Group

Arthur Bienenstock (Cochair), Professor Emeritus of Photon Science, Special Assistant to the President for Federal Research Policy, and Associate Director of the Wallenberg Research Link, Stanford University; Member of the National Science Board

Peter Michelson (Cochair), Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Professor of Physics, and Senior Associate Dean for the Natural Sciences, Stanford University

Claude Canizares, Bruno Rossi Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

E. William Colglazier, Editor-in-Chief of Science & Diplomacy; Senior Scholar in the Center for Science Diplomacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science

Inez Fung, Professor of Atmospheric Science, Department of Earth & Planetary Science, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley

Michael Holland, Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Research Strategies, University of Pittsburgh

Kaye Husbands Fealing, Dean and Ivan Allen Jr. Chair, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Georgia Institute of Technology

Cherry Murray, Deputy Director for Research, Biosphere 2, and Professor of Physics, The University of Arizona; Former Director, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy

Philip Rubin, Chief Executive Officer Emeritus, Haskins Laboratories; Professor Adjunct, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine; President, Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences; Former Principal Assistant Director for Science, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Gary Sanders, Project Manager, TMT International Observatory, LLC, and California Institute of Technology

Diane Souvaine, Professor, Department of Computer Science, Tufts University; Chair Emerita, National Science Board
 


 

Project Staff

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