Neal F. Lane

Dates

August 22, 1938 – present

Authorized Form of Name

Lane, Neal F.

Additional Forms of Names

Lane, Cornelius Francis

Biography

Abstract

Neal F. Lane is Malcolm Gillis University Professor at Rice University (2005-present). Other institutional affiliations include the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President and the National Science Foundation. His research interests include science and technology policy and the public and science policy.

Important Dates

August 22, 1938Birth, Oklahoma City (Okla.).

1960Obtained BSc, University of Oklahoma, Norman (Okla.).

1962Obtained MS, University of Oklahoma, Norman (Okla.).

1964Obtained PhD in Physics, University of Oklahoma, Norman (Okla.).

1964 – 1965National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Fellowship, Queen's University, Belfast.

1965 – 1966Visiting Fellow, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado.

1966 – 1984Assistant to Associate Professor of Physics (1966-1972); Professor of Physics, Space Physics, and Astronomy (1972-1984); and Chair, Department of Physics (1977-1982), Rice University, Houston (Tex.).

1977 – 1978Chair, Division of Electron and Atomic Physics, American Physical Society.

1979 – 1980Director, Physics Division, National Science Foundation.

1981 – 1984Member, Panel on Faculty Positions for Women Physicists (1981-1982); Member, Executive Committee (1981-1983); Councilor at Large (1981-1984); and Chair, Panel on Public Affairs (1983), American Physical Society.

1983 – 1986Member, Governing Board, American Institute of Physics.

1984 – 1986Chair, Advisory Panel on Advanced Scientific Computing, National Science Foundation.

1984 – 1986Chancellor, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs.

1986 – 1988Chair, Panel on Science and Engineering Manpower, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress.

1986 – 1993Chair, Evaluation Panel for the Center for Basic Standards of the National Bureau of Standards (1986-1988); Chair, Evaluation Panel of the Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (1988-1990); and Chair, Panel on Future Opportunities in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences, (1991-1993), National Research Council.

1986 – 1993Provost and Professor of Physics, Rice University, Houston (Tex.).

1987 – 1993Member, Board of Overseers (1987-1993) and Member, Executive Committee (1990-1993), Superconducting Super Collider.

1993 – 1998Member, National Science Board.

1993 – 1998Director, National Science Foundation, Washington (D.C.).

1998 – 2001Director and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President.

2001 – presentEdward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly University Professor of Physics and Astronomy (2001-2005) and Malcolm Gillis University Professor (2005-present), Rice University, Houston (Tex.).

2002 – presentAdjunct Fellow, Joint Institute for Lab Astrophysics, University of Colorado, Boulder.

2003 – 2005Adjunct Professor, Health Sciences Center, University of Texas.

2003 – 2005Chair, Committee on the Transportation of Radioactive Waste, National Research Council.

2004 – 2007Member, Advisory Board, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara.

2009 – presentChair, Board of Directors, Federation of American Scientists.

Occupation

Science policy maker and educator.

Places

Subjects

Atomic and molecular physics.

High temperature plasmas.

Physics -- Study and teaching.

Science and state.

Relationships

People

Family

Lane, Christy Saydjari

Daughter.

Lane, John

Son.

Lane, Joni Sue Williams

Wife. Married 1960.