John Holdren

John Holdren
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
In office March 19, 2009 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Ted Wackler (Acting)
Succeeded by	Ted Wackler (Acting)
Personal details
Born	(1944-03-01) March 1, 1944 (age 80) Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS) Stanford University (PhD)
Awards	Public Welfare Medal (2022)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics, Environmental science
Institutions	Harvard University University of California, Berkeley
Thesis	Collisionless stability of an inhomogeneous, confined, planar plasma (1970)
Doctoral advisor	Oscar Buneman
Doctoral students	Kirk R. Smith

John Paul Holdren (born March 1, 1944) is an American scientist who served as the senior advisor to President Barack Obama on science and technology issues through his roles as assistant to the president for science and technology, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Holdren was previously the Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University,^[7] director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and director of the Woods Hole Research Center.^[8]