The president moves quickly to fill the S&T roles through the government.
President Donald Trump submitted a nominations In the Senate earlier this month, including various scientific and technological roles at the Office of the Science and Technological Policy of the White House, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Defense and the Department of Commerce. The pace of appointments contrasts with his first mandate, when many management positions of science remained vacant For long periods.
The latest choices include familiar faces of the first Trump administration, such as the former Subsecretaire to Energy for Paul Dabbar, who has now been used to be assistant to trade secretary. In a Linkedin Post Regarding his appointment, Dabbar wrote that in his role as DOE, he frequently interacted with the Commerce Department, “in particular the Office of American Patents (as a major generator of new technologies), NIST and Noaa on research and standards, and technological security at Bis.”
Ethan Klein, An OSTP technological policy advisor at the first Trump administration was appointed to serve as director of American technology. Klein obtained a doctorate in nuclear sciences and engineering at 2023 and conducted research at Lawrence Livermore National Lab during his studies. If he is confirmed, Klein will be the first CTO at the OSTP from Michael Kratsios, who held the role in the first Trump administration. The role of CTO was vacant during the Biden administration. Kratsios has been confirmed as director of the OSTP by the Senate today in a 74-25 vote.
At the Ministry of Energy, Trump appointed Catherine Jereza be chief of the electricity office. Jereza was the deputy deputy secretary for transmission permits and technical assistance in this same office during Trump’s first term. Trump also appointed Timothy John Walsh, a Colorado Republican, to lead the DEE environment management office, which is responsible for cleaning nuclear waste dating from the Manhattan project. Lawyer Jonathan Brightbirl, Who served the Ministry of Justice during Trump’s first mandate, was also appointed Advocate General at the DOE. These choices add to a anterior wave nine doe appointments.
At the Ministry of Defense, the former naval intelligence officer and director of EY, Michael Cadenazzi, was appointed to be the assistant secretary of the administration with industrial basic policy, a role that dried Include engaging with start-ups on emerging technologies. In the trade department, the law professor at the University of Pennsylvania and an intellectual property expert John Squires was appointed to lead the American Patent and Brands Bureau.
Adding to these choices, Trump made Another wave staff announcements yesterday, including the appointment of Greg others As a financial director of NASA.
These nominees now join a large group of other S&T choices awaiting confirmation from the Senate, in particular:
- Jared Isaacman Direct Nasa,
- Darío Gil to be under-secretary to Doe’s science and innovation,
- Brandon Williams Direct the National Nuclear Security Administration of Doe,
- Emil Michael to be under-secretary of DOD research and engineering,
- Neil Jacobs directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Taylor Jordan to become assistant secretary of the NOAA,
- Jeffrey Kessler directs the Export Control Branch of the Commerce Department,
- Arielle Roth managed national telecommunications and information administration, and
- Ned Mamula to direct the US Geological Survey.
Two key S&T roles that Trump has not yet fulfilled are the director of the Doe Office of Science and the director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.