Shirley Ann Jackson

Shirley Ann Jackson
  • President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), USA

PhD. Former senior US leadership and advisory positions in government, industry and research, with focus on global energy security and national capacity for innovation; 1995-99, Chairman, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Director: IBM; FedEx; Marathon Oil. Member: US National Academy of Engineering; American Philosophical Society; Council on Foreign Relations. Fellow: American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Physical Society; AAAS. International Fellow, Royal Academy of Engineering. Regent, Smithsonian Institution. Recipient: Vannevar Bush Award, for achievements in scientific research, education and contributions to public policy (2007); Philip Hauge Abelson Prize (2011).