In April 2002, Dr. Paul Gilman was sworn-in to serve as the Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research and Development which is the scientific and technological arm of the Environmental Protection Agency. In May 2002, he was appointed the Agency Science Advisor. In this capacity, he will be responsible for working across the Agency to ensure that the highest quality science is better integrated into the Agency's programs, policies and decisions.

Before his confirmation, he was Director, Policy Planning for Celera Genomics in Rockville, Maryland. Celera Genomics, a bioinformation and drug discovery company, is known for having decoded the human genome. In his position Dr. Gilman was responsible for strategic planning for corporate development and communications.

Prior to joining Celera, Dr. Gilman was the Executive Director of the life sciences and agriculture divisions of the National Research Council of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering. The National Research Council is the operating arm of the National Academies which were chartered to provide independent advice to the government in matters of science and engineering. Dr. Gilman's divisions focused on risks to health and the environment, protection and management of biotic resources, and practical applications of biology including biotechnology and agriculture.

Before joining the National Research Council, Gilman was the Associate Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Natural Resources, Energy, and Science. There he coordinated budget formulation, regulatory, and legislative activities between agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, Agriculture, and Energy with the Executive Office of the President.

Dr. Gilman served as Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Energy for technical matters before joining the OMB. His responsibilities included participating in policy deliberations and tracking implementation of a variety of programs including the Department's environmental remediation and basic science research.

Gilman has 13 years of experience working on the staff of the United States Senate. He began that time as a Congressional Science Fellow sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the office of Senator Pete V. Domenici. Later, as the Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development, he was involved in the passage of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 and oversight of energy technology and environmental research. Later he served as the chief-of-staff for Senator Domenici.

Dr. Gilman matriculated at Kenyon College in Ohio and received his A.B., M. A., and Ph.D. degrees in ecology and evolutionary biology from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Associate Assistant Administrator
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