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Bruce Alberts

Bruce Alberts
Editor-in-Chief, Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Area(s) of expertise: Cell biology, science education
Language(s) spoken: English
Contact Information:
202-326-6440
scipak@aaas.org

PIO Contact: Ginger Pinholster
202-326-6440
gpinhols@aaas.org
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Bruce Alberts, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and president emeritus of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, became the 18^th editor-in-chief of Science on 1 March 2008. A prominent cell biologist best known for his work on the protein complexes that allow chromosomes to be replicated, Alberts has focused in recent years on public issues, especially the improvement of science education.

Alberts earned a PhD from Harvard University in 1965, spent 10 years on the faculty of Princeton University, and moved to UCSF in 1976. He has published more than 150 research papers and is one of the original authors of a leading textbook, Molecular Biology of the Cell. He served two terms as president of the National Academy of Sciences, from 1993 to 2005. He returned to UCSF to continue working on issues he emphasized during his tenure at the academies: internationalizing science--especially building links to scientists in the developing world and strengthening scientific infrastructures--and improving science education.

Since 2000 and until 2009, Alberts will serve as co-chair of the InterAcademy Council, a new advisory institution in Amsterdam governed by the presidents of the science academies of 15 different nations. He also sits on the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Corporation of New York as well as the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. His six-year term as an overseer of Harvard University ended in 2007.

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