J. Paul Gilman, formerly director of policy planning for Celera Genomics, in Rockville, MD, has been named head of the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Research and Development (ORD). He was a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow from 1978-1979 in the office of Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM). Gilman, 49, follows former fellow Norine Noonan (1982-1983) into the job at the EPA. Noonan is now executive director of the National Space, Science and Technology Center in Huntsville, AL.