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The wait is over: Trump taps meteorologist as White House science adviser

  • ️Witze, Alexandra
  • ️Tue Jul 31 2018
  • NEWS
  • 31 July 2018

Nomination of Kelvin Droegemeier could end long drought at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

  1. Sara Reardon
  2. Alexandra Witze

US President Donald Trump will nominate meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier as his government’s top scientist. If confirmed by the Senate, Droegemeier would lead the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP).

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Nature 560, 150-151 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05862-y

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