Science Advisor to the President

The Science Advisor to the President is a person in charged with advising the President of the United States with scientific and technology opinions and issues. The first Science Advisor, Vannevar Bush, chairman of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. The US Congress created the Office of Science and Technology Policy in 1976, usually making the director of that office the science advisor. In 2021, President Joe Biden made that position part of the Cabinet of the United States.^[1][2]

Science Advisors

Image	Name	Agency	Start	End	President
	Vannevar Bush	OSRD	June 28, 1941	December 31, 1947		Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945)
						Harry S. Truman (1945–1953)
	Oliver Buckley	PSAC	April 20, 1951	June 15, 1952
	Lee DuBridge		1952	1956
						Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961)
	Isidor Rabi		1956	1957
	James Killian		November 7, 1957	July 1959
	George Kistiakowsky		July 1959	January 20, 1961
	Jerome Wiesner	OST	January 20, 1961	January 24, 1964		John F. Kennedy (1961–1963)
						Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969)
	Donald Hornig		January 24, 1964	January 20, 1969
	Lee DuBridge		January 20, 1969	August 31, 1970		Richard Nixon (1969–1974)
	Ed David		August 31, 1970	January 26, 1973
	Guyford Stever	OSTP	August 9, 1976	January 20, 1977		Gerald Ford (1974–1977)
	Frank Press		January 20, 1977	January 20, 1981		Jimmy Carter
	Benjamin Huberman Acting		March 5, 1981	August 1981		Ronald Reagan (1981–1989)
	Jay Keyworth		August 1981	December 1985
	John McTague Acting		January 1986	May 23, 1986
	Richard Johnson Acting		May 24, 1986	October 1, 1986
	William Graham		October 2, 1986	June 1989
	Thomas Rona Acting		June 1989	August 1989		George H. W. Bush (1989–1993)
	William Wells Acting		August 1989	August 1989
	Allan Bromley		August 1989	January 20, 1993
	Jack Gibbons		January 20, 1993	April 3, 1998		Bill Clinton (1993–2001)
	Kerri-Ann Jones Acting		April 4, 1998	August 3, 1998
	Neal Lane		August 4, 1998	January 20, 2001
	Rosina Bierbaum Acting		January 21, 2001	September 30, 2001		George W. Bush (2001–2009)
	Clifford Gabriel Acting		October 1, 2001	October 28, 2001
	Jack Marburger		October 29, 2001	January 20, 2009
	Ted Wackler Acting		January 20, 2009	March 19, 2009		Barack Obama (2009–2017)
	John Holdren		March 19, 2009	January 20, 2017
	Ted Wackler Acting		January 20, 2017	January 11, 2019		Donald Trump (2017–2021)
	Kelvin Droegemeier		January 11, 2019	January 15, 2021
	Kei Koizumi Acting		January 20, 2021	January 25, 2021		Joe Biden (2021–2025)
	Eric Lander		January 25, 2021	February 18, 2022
	Francis Collins Acting		February 18, 2022	October 3, 2022
	Arati Prabhakar		October 3, 2022	January 20, 2025
	Michael Kratsios		January 20, 2025	present		Donald Trump (2025–present)