Eric Lander Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Eric Lander
Lander in 2008
Born	February 3, 1957 (1957-02-03) (age 64) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Princeton University (BS) University of Oxford (DPhil)
Spouse(s)	Lori Lander
Awards	MacArthur Fellowship (1987) Dickson Prize (1997) Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service (1998) Gairdner Award (2002) Harvey Prize (2012) Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013) Killian Award (2017)
Scientific career
Institutions	Broad Institute Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis	Topics in algebraic coding theory (1980)
Doctoral advisor	Peter Cameron
Doctoral students	Manolis Kellis Erez Lieberman Aiden Mark Daly

Eric Steven Lander (born February 3, 1957) is an American mathematician and geneticist.

Lander is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She was a professor of systems biology at Harvard Medical School.

He was a former member of the Whitehead Institute, and the founding director of the Broad Institute. He was co-chair of U.S. President Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He is a 1987 MacArthur Fellow.

On January 15, 2021 Lander was nominated to be Director of Office of Science and Technology Policy by President-elect Joe Biden. Biden also upgraded the office to cabinet-level office.

Cabinet of President Joe Biden (2021–present)

Cabinet

Secretary of State	Blinken (2021–present)

Secretary of the Treasury	Yellen (2021–present)

Secretary of Defense	Austin (2021–present)

Attorney General	Garland*

Secretary of the Interior	Haaland*

Secretary of Agriculture	Vilsack*

Secretary of Commerce	Raimondo*

Secretary of Labor	Walsh*

Secretary of Health and Human Services	Becerra*

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Fudge*

Secretary of Transportation	Buttigieg*

Secretary of Energy	Granholm*

Secretary of Education	Cardona*

Secretary of Veterans Affairs	McDonough*

Secretary of Homeland Security	Mayorkas*

Cabinet-level

Vice President	Kamala Harris (2021–present)

White House Chief of Staff	Klain (2021–present)

Trade Representative	Tai*

Director of National Intelligence	Haines (2021–present)

Ambassador to the United Nations	Thomas-Greenfield*

Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Rouse*

Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Tanden*

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Regan*

Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Guzman*

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate	Kerry (2021–present)

Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy	Lander*

Executive Cabinet

National Security Advisor	Sullivan (2021–present)

White House Press Secretary	Psaki (2021–present)

White House Communications Director	Bedingfield (2021–present)

Director of the National Economic Council	Deese (2021–present)

Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy	TBD *

Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration	TBD *

Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission	Gensler*

Solicitor General	TBD *

Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau	Chopra*

Director of the United States Domestic Policy Council	Rice (2021–present)

White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator	Zients (2021–present)

Chairs of the COVID-19 Advisory Board	Kessler (2021–present) Murthy (2021–present) Nunez-Smith (2021–present)

White House Climate Coordinator	McCarthy (2021–present)

Other independent offices

Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation	Wray** (2017–present)

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency	Burns*

Secretary of the Army	TBD *

Secretary of the Air Force	TBD *

Secretary of the Navy	TBD *

Surgeon General	Murthy*

United States Permanent Representative to NATO	TBD *

Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration	TBD *

Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development	Power*

Chair of the Federal Communications Commission	TBD *

Administrators of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	TBD *

Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Walensky (2021–present)

Chair of the Federal Reserve	Powell** (2018–present)

President of the World Bank Group	Malpass** (2019–present)

*Pending Senate confirmation
**Kept/Stayed from the Trump administration

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