The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D.

University Distinguished Professor 
Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology
 Marine Studies Advisor to the Provost and President of
 Oregon State University

NOTE: Beginning February 2021, Dr. Lubchenco is on loan from OSU to the White House.
She is serving as the Deputy Director for Climate and the Environment
White House ​Office of Science and Technology Policy 

Oceanário de Lisboa, 2018

Dr. Lubchenco is a world-renowned environmental scientist with deep experience in science, academia, and government. She is a champion of science, the stronger engagement of scientists with society, and finding durable solutions to environmental challenges. She served as Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration from 2009-2013. She was an inaugural member of President Obama's “Science Dream Team".  From 2014 to 2016 she served as the first U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean. She is a marine ecologist and environmental scientist, with expertise in the ocean, climate change, and interactions between the environment and human well-being. To introduce her to his Senate colleagues for her confirmation hearing, Senator Ron Wyden called Lubchenco ‘the bionic woman of good science.’ ​

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Interests/Expertise:
Science, people and the planet. Climate, the environment and human well-being.  Social responsibilities of scientists; engagement of scientists with society; sustainability science; use-inspired science; environmental solutions; communication of science.  Biodiversity, conservation biology, natural capital; marine protected areas.  State of the ocean; ocean acidification, evolutionary community ecology; plant-herbivore interactions; biogeography; mollusks; echinoderms; seaweeds.