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I was a presidential science adviser – here are the many challenges Arati Prabhakar faces as she takes over President Biden's science policy office

  • Written by Neal Lane, Emeritus Professor of Science and Technology Policy and Physics and Astronomy, Rice University
imageU.S. science policy can support anything from basic research to late-stage applications. Anchalee Phanmaha/Moment via Getty Images

Arati Prabhakar has been sworn in as director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and assistant to the president for science and technology after being confirmed by the U.S. Senate, two months following her no...

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