The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D.
Wayne and Gladys Valley Professor of Marine Biology
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University Distinguished Professor — Department of Integrative Biology
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University Distinguished Professor — Department of Integrative Biology
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Dr. Lubchenco is a world-renowned environmental scientist with deep experience in science and exploration, academia, and government. She is a champion of science, the stronger engagement of scientists with society, and finding durable solutions to environmental challenges. She was Presidentially nominated and Senate confirmed to serve two terms on the National Science Board, the Board of Directors for the National Science Foundation (1996-2006). She was again Presidentially nominated and Senate confirmed to serve 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".
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From 2014 to 2016 she served as the first U.S. Science Envoy for the Ocean. And from 2021-2025 she led the Climate and Environment Team at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. She is a marine ecologist and environmental scientist, with expertise in the ocean, nature, climate change, and interactions between the environment and human well-being. To introduce her to his Senate colleagues for her NOAA 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, biodiversity and nature, 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. Conservation biology, natural capital; marine protected areas. State of the ocean; ocean acidification, community ecology; plant-herbivore interactions; biogeography; mollusks; echinoderms; seaweeds.
Science, people and the planet. Climate, biodiversity and nature, 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. Conservation biology, natural capital; marine protected areas. State of the ocean; ocean acidification, community ecology; plant-herbivore interactions; biogeography; mollusks; echinoderms; seaweeds.