September 30, 2010
Chairman Gordon Congratulates Incoming Director of the National Science Foundation
(Washington, DC) – Last night, the Senate confirmed Dr. Subra Suresh to be the next director of the National Science Foundation (NSF). He was nominated by the president in June of this year. Dr. Suresh was most recently the dean of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He succeeds Dr.Arden L. Bement, Jr., who stepped down after six years serving as director and is now leading Purdue University’s new Global Policy Research Institute in West Lafayette, Indiana.
House Committee on Science and Technology Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) offered the following statement:
“I congratulate Dr. Suresh on his appointment. NSF will benefit from having an accomplished engineer at the helm, in particular with experience in some of the fast-growing fields of materials science, nanotechnology and the life sciences.
Dr. Suresh is known as a strong advocate for greater collaboration across fields of engineering and science. We know that finding solutions to the nation’s greatest scientific and technological challenges increasingly requires strong and sustained interdisciplinary collaboration. Dr. Suresh’s experience will help NSF—and, with it, the nation—remain on the cutting edge.”
About NSF
NSF is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…" NSF is the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally-supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing.
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