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Donald Trump may finally appoint a science adviser after 18 month wait

By Michael Le Page

1 August 2018

Kelvin Droegemeier

Kelvin Droegemeier could be Donald Trump’s science adviser

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More than a year and a half after becoming US president, Donald Trump has finally nominated someone to be the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The position, which previously has always been held by a physicist, could go to meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier, an expert on extreme weather.

Droegemeier is currently vice president for research at the University of Oklahoma, .

The director of the OSTP usually becomes the president’s science advisor. They are formally appointed as “the…

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