Arati Prabhakar
Arati Prabhakar (born February 2, 1959) is an Indian-born American engineer and politician who has been the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy since 2022.[1] She is a founder and the CEO of Actuate, a nonprofit organization.[2]
In June 2022, Prabhaker was nominated to be Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) by President Joe Biden.[3] She was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 22, 2022 and sworn-in the following week.[4]
She headed National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) from 1993 to 1997, and was the first woman to head NIST.[5][6][7]
Prabhakar was born in New Delhi, India and her family moved to the United States when she was three.[8] At first, her family moved to Chicago and later to Lubbock, Texas.[9][10]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Shachtman, Noah (2012-07-10). "Exclusive: Darpa Gets a New Boss, and Solyndra Is in Her Past". Wired. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- ↑ "Actuate".
- ↑ "Arati Prabhakar set to become Biden's science adviser and his pick to lead science office". www.science.org. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ↑ PN2267 — Arati Prabhakar — Executive Office of the President
- ↑ Holusha, John (1993-08-01). "Profile/Arati Prabhakar; She's Not Just Setting Standards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
- ↑ Gibbs, W. W. (1995) Profile: Arati Prabhakar – Engineering the Future, Scientific American 272(4), 44–48.
- ↑ "Directors of the National Bureau of Standards (1901–1988) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (1988–present)". NIST. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
- ↑ Joshi, Manoj (2012-07-12). "Delhi-born Arati Prabhakar is new head of US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency". India Today. Retrieved 2012-08-26.
- ↑ Olstein, Katherine (Spring 2008). "Family Expectations Spawn Successful Careers". IEEE SSCS News. IEEE. pp. 34–35. doi:10.1109/N-SSC.2008.4785747.
- ↑ "Alumni Profile: Arati Prabhakar". Engenious. UC Berkeley College of Engineering. 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-10-16. Retrieved 2012-08-25.
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