Abstract
US president Joe Biden announced Sept. 22 the new members of his scientific advisory committee, including several leaders in the chemistry enterprise. The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) will consist of 30 members from a variety of disciplines, including agriculture, engineering, neuroscience, and cybersecurity. Biden had announced the three cochairs for PCAST in January. They are Biden’s science adviser and Broad Institute mathematician and geneticist Eric Lander ; Chemistry Nobel Laureate and California Institute of Technology chemical engineer Frances Arnold; and Massachusetts Institute of Technology geophysicist and vice president for research Maria Zuber. The full council is the most diverse ever, the administration says. More than half the members are women and more than a third are people of color or immigrants. This is also the first time women have served as PCAST cochairs. “We are thrilled that some of our most accomplished Americans are willing
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