WASHINGTON — President Biden today announced the members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), 20 of whom are also members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), National Academy of Engineering (NAE), and National Academy of Medicine (NAM). PCAST is the sole body of external advisers charged with making science, technology, and innovation policy recommendations to the president and the White House.

“We congratulate our members on being appointed by President Biden to PCAST,” said NAS President Marcia McNutt, NAE President John L. Anderson, and NAM President Victor J. Dzau in a joint statement. “We are proud of their willingness to serve the nation in this capacity, and look forward to working with them as they advise the White House on how science, engineering, and medicine can inform solutions to the many challenges facing the United States and the world.”

PCAST is co-chaired by White House Office of Science and Technology Director Eric Lander, who is a member of NAS and NAM, Frances Arnold, who is a member of all three Academies, and NAS member Maria Zuber.

Eric Lander (NAS/NAM)

Frances Arnold (NAS/NAE/NAM)

Maria Zuber (NAS)

Other National Academies members appointed today are:

Dan E. Arvizu (NAE)

Lisa A. Cooper (NAM)

William Dally (NAE)

Sue Desmond-Hellmann (NAM)

Inez Fung (NAS)

Andrea Goldsmith (NAE)

Laura H. Greene (NAS)

Paula Hammond (NAS/NAE/NAM)

Eric Horvitz (NAE)

Steve Pacala (NAS)

Saul Perlmutter (NAS)

William Press (NAS)

Jennifer Richeson (NAS)

Lisa T. Su (NAE)

Kathryn Sullivan (NAE)

Terence Tao (NAS international member)

Catherine Woteki (NAM)

Additional PCAST members are: Marvin Adams, John Banovetz, Ashton Carter, Frances Colón, John O. Dabiri, Joe Kiani, Jonathan Levin, Penny Pritzker, Vicki Sato, and Phil Venables.