12th Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Incumbent
Assumed office October 3, 2022
President
Joe Biden
Preceded by
Alondra Nelson (acting)
22nd Science Advisor to the President
Incumbent
Assumed office October 3, 2022
President
Joe Biden
Preceded by
Francis Collins (acting)
20th Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
In office July 30, 2012 – January 20, 2017
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Regina E. Dugan
Succeeded by
Steven Walker
3rd Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
In office 1993–1997
President
Bill Clinton
Preceded by
John Lyons
Succeeded by
Raymond Kammer
Personal details
Born
(1959-02-02) February 2, 1959 (age 65) New Delhi, India
Citizenship
India (1959–67) United States (1967–present)
Political party
Democratic
Children
2
Education
Texas Tech University (BS) California Institute of Technology (MS, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields
Applied physics
Institutions
National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Venture Partners Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Thesis
Investigation of Deep Level Defects in Semiconductor Material Systems(1985)
Doctoral advisor
Thomas McGill
Arati Prabhakar's voice
Arati Prabhakar speaks on the role of technical experience within a governmental position Recorded July 20, 2022
Arati Prabhakar (born February 2, 1959) is an American engineer and public official. Since October 3, 2022, she has served as the 12th director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President.[1][2]
From 1993 to 1997, Prabhakar served as Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the first woman to hold the position.[3][4][5] Prabhakar served as Director of DARPA (United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) from 2012 to 2017. In 2019, she founded and became CEO of Actuate, a data-focused nonprofit organization.[6]
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^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. 16 March 2010. Retrieved 2012-08-30.
^"President Biden to Nominate Dr. Arati Prabhakar to Lead Office of Science and Technology Policy". The White House. 2022-06-21. Retrieved 2023-10-30. In 2019, she founded Actuate, a non-profit organization bringing new actors to the table to develop solutions to the challenges of climate, health, trustworthy data and information technology, and opening access to opportunity for every person.
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