Trump’s former science adviser urges universities to seize moment for regulatory reform
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Rebecca Trager2025-02-19T14:30:00
White House is ‘very keen’ on rolling back administrative workload and that could serve researchers well, Kelvin Droegemeier claims
Meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier, who served as science adviser to President Donald Trump during his first term in office, is urging the country’s scientific workforce to leverage the current political climate to undo overly prescriptive regulations. Droegemeier, who is currently a consultant for the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and former acting director of that agency, made the remarks to researchers attending the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Boston on 15 February.