Biden Appoints New National Science Board Members

President Biden on Jan. 13 made a new group of appointments to the National Science Board (NSB).

The board functions to establish the policies of the National Science Foundation (NSF), particularly those related to the promotion of research and education in science and engineering, and also advises president and Congress.

Notable among the new NSB board members are those not from academia, including Marvi Ann Matos Rodriguez, director of Engineering at Boeing, and Merlin Theodore, group lead for the Manufacturing Science Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The remaining appointees are:

• Deborah Loewenberg Ball, professor of education at the University of Michigan;
• Vicki L. Chandler, provost at Minerva University;
• Dorota A. Grejner-Brzezinska, professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering at The Ohio State University (OSU);
• Keivan G. Stassun, chair in Physics & Astronomy at Vanderbilt University;
• Wanda Elaine Ward, executive associate chancellor for public engagement at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; and
• Bevlee A. Watford, associate dean for equity and engagement and professor of engineering education in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech.