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Congratulations, Dr. Chu

Dec 11, 2008

Word's out on who will lead the US Department of Energy -- home of the Joint Genome Institute -- in the Obama administration: physicist and Nobel laureate Steven Chu, according to this article in the New York Times. Chu is currently director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he has been an advocate for biofuel research, among other things.

The news has been well received by bloggers. Adaptive Complexity's Michael White is thrilled to see a scientist named to a high-level position in the new administration, while James Hrynyshyn at Island of Doubt says he "can think of no better an American for the job."

 

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