Steven E. Koonin
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Steven E. Koonin was the Under Secretary of Energy for Science at the United States Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
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. He left that post in November 2011 for a position at the Institute for Defense Analyses. He was previously Chief Scientist for BP plc, where he was responsible for guiding the company’s long-range technology strategy, particularly in alternative and renewable energy
Renewable energy
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 sources. Dr. Koonin joined BP in 2004 following a 29-year career at the California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
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 as a Professor of Theoretical Physics
Theoretical physics
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, including a 9-year term as the Institute's provost
Provost (education)
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. He has served on numerous advisory bodies for the National Science Foundation
National Science Foundation
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, the Department of Defense
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, and the Department of Energy and its various national laboratories. Koonin's research interests have included theoretical and computational physics, as well as global environmental science.

Koonin received his Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
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 from Caltech and his Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
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 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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