Updated: Biden's science team sees another mini-transition as Alondra Nelson departs
Alondra Nelson, once the interim head of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, has now decided to leave President Biden’s science team after about two years working there. Her departure comes amid a concerted effort to boost some scientific knowledge at the office.
Nelson, who will return to the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, according to an IAS spokesperson, stepped into the role alongside a reemerging, post-NIH Francis Collins to fill the hole left by ousted Eric Lander, who also recently moved back to the Broad Institute, after allegedly bullying his former staffers at OSTP.
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