Donald Trump may finally appoint a science adviser after 18 month wait

Kelvin Droegemeier

Kelvin Droegemeier could possibly be Donald Trump’s science adviser

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More than a 12 months and a half after changing into US president, Donald Trump has lastly nominated somebody to be the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The place, which beforehand has all the time been held by a physicist, might go to meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier, an knowledgeable on excessive climate.

Droegemeier is at the moment vp for analysis on the University of Oklahoma, where he has worked since 1985.

The director of the OSTP often turns into the president’s science advisor. They are …