Eric Lander
President-elect Joe Biden on Friday nominated Eric Lander to be his science adviser and director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy -- and also elevated the role of science adviser so that it will have cabinet rank.
Lander is president and founding director of the Broad Institute at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
In a speech introducing Lander, Biden outlined five priorities for science in his administration.
"First, the pandemic and what can we learn about what is possible, or what should be possible, to address the widest range of our public health needs?