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NSF selects Joanne Tornow to head its Biological Sciences directorate

NSF selects Joanne Tornow to head its Biological Sciences directorate

Joanne Tornow

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected Dr. Joanne Tornow to serve as head of the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO).

Tornow has served with NSF for nearly two decades, with a career that has ranged from program management to the highest levels of NSF leadership and strategic development. Her work at NSF has been marked by a focus on accountability, and on supporting cross-disciplinary, convergent research that draws on the strengths of scientists and engineers ...

More at https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=297642&WT.mc_id=USNSF_51&WT.mc_ev=click


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Published February 11, 2019 at 08:00PM
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