Abbreviated Curriculum Vitae
The Honorable JANE LUBCHENCO, Ph.D.
Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology
University Distinguished Professor — Department of Integrative Biology
Oregon State University
Education:
B.A. 1969, Colorado College (Biology; Ford Foundation Independent Study Scholar)
M.S. 1971, University of Washington (Zoology; advisors R.T. Paine, A.J. Kohn)
Ph.D. 1975, Harvard University (Ecology; advisors T.W. Schoener, F.E. Smith)
Positions:
Assistant Professor, 1975-1977, Harvard University.
Assistant Professor 1977‑1982
Associate Professor 1982-88, Oregon State University (OSU).
N.B.: From 1977-1989, Dr. Lubchenco worked part-time, by choice, so she could spend more time with her two young sons. She held a 0.5 FTE tenure-track, then tenured appointment for ten years, followed by a 0.75 FTE appointment for two years; in 1989, she returned to full-time.
Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, 1978-1984.
Visiting Professor: University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, 1976; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, 1975-1984; Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile, 1986; Institute of Oceanography, Academica Sinica, Qingdao, P.R. China, 1987; University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1994-95, 1999-2000, 2002-2003.
Professor 1988-2009; Chair, Department of Zoology 1989-92; Distinguished Professor 1993-2009,
OSU (2009-2013 on leave while serving as NOAA Administrator), 2013-present;
Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology 1995-2009, 2013-present, OSU;
Distinguished University Professor and Marine Studies Advisor to the President and Provost 2014-present.
National Science Board, member 1996-2000, 2000-2006; nominated for each term by President William Jefferson Clinton and confirmed each time by the U.S. Senate
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), March 20, 2009 to February 27, 2013; (on leave from OSU). Nominated by Barack Obama December 20, 2008; confirmed by U.S. Senate March 19, 2009, resigned February 27, 2013.
Mimi and Peter Haas Distinguished Visitor in Public Service and Visiting Fellow, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, March-June 2013 (on leave from OSU)
Inaugural U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean, U.S. State Department, 2014-2016, under Secretary John Kerry and President Obama (pro bono position).
Deputy Director for Climate and Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, February 16, 2021 – January 10, 2025 (on loan from Oregon State University, on an agreement under the Intergovernment Personnel Act, IPA)
Interests/Expertise:
Science, people, and the planet; nature, the environment, climate and other global changes, and human well-being; social responsibilities of scientists; sustainability science; use-inspired science; biodiversity and conservation biology; natural capital; environmental solutions; communication of science; state of the ocean; ecosystem services; Marine Protected Areas; hypoxia (‘dead zones’); ocean acidification, evolutionary community ecology; plant-herbivore interactions; biogeography; mollusks; echinoderms; seaweeds.
Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology
University Distinguished Professor — Department of Integrative Biology
Oregon State University
Education:
B.A. 1969, Colorado College (Biology; Ford Foundation Independent Study Scholar)
M.S. 1971, University of Washington (Zoology; advisors R.T. Paine, A.J. Kohn)
Ph.D. 1975, Harvard University (Ecology; advisors T.W. Schoener, F.E. Smith)
Positions:
Assistant Professor, 1975-1977, Harvard University.
Assistant Professor 1977‑1982
Associate Professor 1982-88, Oregon State University (OSU).
N.B.: From 1977-1989, Dr. Lubchenco worked part-time, by choice, so she could spend more time with her two young sons. She held a 0.5 FTE tenure-track, then tenured appointment for ten years, followed by a 0.75 FTE appointment for two years; in 1989, she returned to full-time.
Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution, 1978-1984.
Visiting Professor: University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, 1976; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, 1975-1984; Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile, 1986; Institute of Oceanography, Academica Sinica, Qingdao, P.R. China, 1987; University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1994-95, 1999-2000, 2002-2003.
Professor 1988-2009; Chair, Department of Zoology 1989-92; Distinguished Professor 1993-2009,
OSU (2009-2013 on leave while serving as NOAA Administrator), 2013-present;
Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology 1995-2009, 2013-present, OSU;
Distinguished University Professor and Marine Studies Advisor to the President and Provost 2014-present.
National Science Board, member 1996-2000, 2000-2006; nominated for each term by President William Jefferson Clinton and confirmed each time by the U.S. Senate
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), March 20, 2009 to February 27, 2013; (on leave from OSU). Nominated by Barack Obama December 20, 2008; confirmed by U.S. Senate March 19, 2009, resigned February 27, 2013.
Mimi and Peter Haas Distinguished Visitor in Public Service and Visiting Fellow, Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, March-June 2013 (on leave from OSU)
Inaugural U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean, U.S. State Department, 2014-2016, under Secretary John Kerry and President Obama (pro bono position).
Deputy Director for Climate and Environment, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, February 16, 2021 – January 10, 2025 (on loan from Oregon State University, on an agreement under the Intergovernment Personnel Act, IPA)
Interests/Expertise:
Science, people, and the planet; nature, the environment, climate and other global changes, and human well-being; social responsibilities of scientists; sustainability science; use-inspired science; biodiversity and conservation biology; natural capital; environmental solutions; communication of science; state of the ocean; ecosystem services; Marine Protected Areas; hypoxia (‘dead zones’); ocean acidification, evolutionary community ecology; plant-herbivore interactions; biogeography; mollusks; echinoderms; seaweeds.