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2007 AIP Industrial Physics Forum abstractsRosina M. BierbaumDean and Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy
Before joining the University of Michigan, Dr. Bierbaum served both the U.S. Congress and the U.S. President through twenty years of science policy leadership in Washington, D.C. As Acting Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, she was the Administration’s senior scientific advisor on environmental research and development, with responsibilities for scientific input and guidance on a wide range of national and international environmental issues. She currently serves on the boards of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research; the National Research Council’s Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate; the Federation of American Scientists; the Environmental and Energy Study Institute; and the Energy Foundation. She is also a member of the Design Committee for The Heinz Center’s The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems project and of the Executive Committee for the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. Dr. Bierbaum received her B.S. in Biology and B.A. in English from Boston College, and earned her Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. |
In October 2001, Rosina Bierbaum became Dean of the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan. It is the only school at any major university that successfully brings into one shared professional education enterprise the natural sciences, social sciences and planning and design. 