To coincide with Earth Day, the Biden Administration announced yesterday 12 nominations for key climate and infrastructure positions. Included among the dozen were those for NOAA Administrator and Director of the Office of Science at the Department of Energy.
NOAA veteran and current Oregon State University faculty member Rick Spinrad has been nominated to lead NOAA. Asmeret Berhe, a faculty member and administrator at UC Merced, has been tapped to head the DOE Office of Science.
The official announcement from the White House is available here.