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SENIOR OFFICIAL ASSUMES POST FOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

Release Date: 04/05/2002
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J. Paul Gilman has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate and has been formally sworn in to serve as EPA’s Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development. In this capacity, Gilman is responsible for oversight of, and providing direction to, EPA’s research activities.

“I am very pleased to have Paul Gilman as part of my senior staff here at EPA,” said EPA Administrator Christie Whitman. “His experience with cutting-edge scientific issues will be a real asset for EPA. It is important that we continue to make decisions based upon the best available data, and that we remain committed to the best use of science in the regulatory process,” she added.

EPA’s Office of Research and Development is dedicated to the conduct of leading-edge research and fostering the sound use of science and technology to fulfill the Agency’s core mission to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment. Under Gilman’s direction will be three National Laboratories, two National Centers, and two Washington-based science support offices. He will also be responsible for the Agency’s research and development intramural and extramural science program, carried out by a staff of 2,000 employees at 13 locations nationwide.

Before assuming this post, Gilman most recently directed research integration and policy planning at Celera Genomics, in Rockville, Md. Between March 1993 and September 1998, he concurrently held the position of Executive Director of both the Commission on Life Sciences and the Board on Agriculture at the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences. Since 1999, Gilman also served on the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology of the National Research Council. Additionally, Gilman was the acting chair of the U.S. Department of Energy Laboratory Operations Board.

In addition, Gilman served as Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget; Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Energy; Administrative Assistant and Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Staff Director, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. His doctorate is in ecology and evolutionary biology.

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