Steven E. Koonin
Steven E. Koonin | |||||||||
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| Director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress, New York University | |||||||||
| In office April 2012 – ? | |||||||||
| 2nd Under Secretary for Science | |||||||||
| In office May 2009 – November 2011 | |||||||||
| President | Barack Obama | ||||||||
| Preceded by | Raymond L. Orbach | ||||||||
| 7th Provost of Caltech | |||||||||
| In office February 1995 – March 2004 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Paul C. Jennings | ||||||||
| Succeeded by | Edward Stolper (acting) | ||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | December 12, 1951 Brooklyn, New York | ||||||||
| Spouse | Laurie Koonin | ||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||
| Alma mater | B.S., California Institute of Technology Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||||||||
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Steven Elliot Koonin (born December 12, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist and former director of the Center for Urban Science and Progress at New York University. He is also a professor in the Department of Civil and Urban Engineering at NYU's Tandon School of Engineering. From 2004 to 2009, Koonin was employed by BP as the oil and gas company’s Chief Scientist. From 2009 to 2011, he was Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy, in the Obama administration. In 2024, he became the Edward Teller Fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.