Eric Lander

Eric Lander
Eric Lander
11th Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
	In office; June 2, 2021 – February 18, 2022
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Kei Koizumi (acting)
Succeeded by	Alondra Nelson (acting)
Science Advisor to the President
	In office; January 25, 2021 – February 18, 2022
President	Joe Biden
Preceded by	Kei Koizumi (acting)
Succeeded by	Francis Collins (acting)
Personal details
Born	February 3, 1957; New York City, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Lori Lander
Education	Princeton University (BA); Wolfson College, Oxford (MSc, DPhil)
Awards	MacArthur Fellowship (1987); Dickson Prize (1997); Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service (1998); Max Delbrück Medal (2001); Gairdner Award (2002); Harvey Prize (2012); Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences (2013); William Allan Award (2018)
Website	www.broadinstitute.org/bios/eric-s-lander
	Scientific career
Institutions	Broad Institute; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thesis	Topics in Algebraic Coding Theory (1980)
Doctoral advisor	Peter Cameron
Doctoral students	Julie Segre; Kenro Kusumi; Manolis Kellis; Erez Lieberman Aiden; Mark Daly

Eric Steven Lander (born February 3, 1957) is an American mathematician and geneticist who is a professor of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a professor of systems biology at Harvard Medical School. Eric Lander is founding director emeritus of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

Lander served as the 11th director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to the President in Joe Biden's presidential Cabinet. In response to allegations that he had engaged in bullying and abusive conduct, Lander apologized and resigned from the Biden Administration effective February 18, 2022.

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