>From Wikipedia: *Steven E. Koonin* was the Under Secretary of Energy for Science<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_Energy_for_Science> at the United States Department of Energy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Energy> .[1] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_E._Koonin#cite_note-1> He left that post in November 2011 for a position at the Institute for Defense Analyses <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Defense_Analyses>. He was previously Chief Scientist for BP plc<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP_plc>, where he was responsible for guiding the company’s long-range technology strategy, particularly in alternative and renewable energy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy> sources.[2] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_E._Koonin#cite_note-2> Dr. Koonin joined BP in 2004 following a 29-year career at the California Institute of Technology<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Institute_of_Technology> as a Professor of Theoretical Physics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoretical_Physics>, including a 9-year term as the Institute's provost<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provost_(education)> .[3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_E._Koonin#cite_note-3> He has served on numerous advisory bodies for the National Science Foundation<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation>, the Department of Defense<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense>, and the Department of Energy and its various national laboratories.[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_E._Koonin#cite_note-4> Koonin's research interests have included theoretical and computational physics, as well as global environmental science.
On April 23, 2012, Koonin was named director of NYU<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_University> 's Center for Urban Science and Progress<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Urban_Science_and_Progress> (CUSP).[5] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_E._Koonin#cite_note-5> Koonin received his Bachelor of Science<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science> from Caltech and his Ph.D. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy> from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology> . Wow.... This guy appears to have built quite a career on the foundation of helping his colleague at Caltech, Nathan Lewish, deep six funding for cold fusion research.
