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Current as of: Sunday, September 19, 2010 5:47 PM

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President Obama also announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key administration posts:

Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Appointee for Member, President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science

Carlos Castillo-Chavez is a Regents and Joaquin Bustoz Jr. Professor at Arizona State University. He is also the founding director of the Mathematical, Computational and Modeling Sciences Center. He is the Executive Director of the Mathematical and Theoretical Biology Institute and The Institute for Strengthening the Understanding of Mathematics and Science. Dr. Castillo-Chavez’ awards include the Presidential Faculty Fellowship Award, the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, the 2002 SACNAS Distinguished Scientist Award, the 2003 Richard Tapia Award, and the 2010 AMS Distinguished Public Service Award. In 2003 he was the Stanislaw M. Ulam Distinguished Scholar at Los Alamos National Laboratory and was named honorary professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University in China in 2004. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the recipient of the 2007 AAAS Mentor award and a Fellow of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. Dr. Castillo-Chavez is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Banff International Research Station and served as a member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Council and Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute Committee. He is also a member of the National Research Council’s Board of Higher Education and Workforce.

Joseph S. Francisco, Appointee for Member, President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science

Joseph S. Francisco is the William E. Moore Distinguished Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and Chemistry at Purdue University. Dr. Francisco’s laboratory focuses on basic studies in spectroscopy, kinetics, and photochemistry of novel transient species in the gas phase. He was recently named the President of the American Chemical Society, and served as President of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers from 2005 to 2007. Dr. Francisco is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983 and his B.S. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1977.

Inez Fung, Appointee for Member, President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science

Inez Fung is a Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where she serves as Director of the Berkeley Institute of the Environment. Her research focuses on the interactions between climate change and biogeochemical cycles. Dr. Fung is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society, and a recipient of the Roger Revelle Medal of the American Geophysical Union. She was a contributor to the United Nations Environmental Programme’s Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change that was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for its work. In 2006 she received the World Technology Network Award for the Environment, and in 2005 she was named one of the “Scientific American 50”. Dr. Fung received her S.B. in 1971 and Sc.D. in 1977 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Margaret Murnane, Appointee for Member, President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science

Margaret Murnane is a Fellow of JILA and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics and of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Colorado. She runs a multi-disciplinary research group using coherent beams of laser and x-ray light to capture the fastest dynamics in molecules and materials at the nanoscale. Dr. Murnane is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was awarded a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship in 2000, the 2009 Ahmed Zewail Award of the American Chemical Society, the 2010 Schawlow Prize of the American Physical Society and the 2010 R.W. Wood Prize of the Optical Society of America. She received her B.S and M.S. degrees from University College Cork, Ireland, and her Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

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The United States Senate is an active partner the confirming Nominations of the President of the United States. These are the portions of the Senate Floor Agenda when the Senate is in Session, and the Hearings Agenda for confirmation hearings. These scheduled items are volitale and change often throughout business days. They are current through: Sunday, September 19, 2010 8:53 PM

Floor Agenda - Monday September 20

Convenes: 2:00pm

Following any Leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business until 3:00pm with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each.

At 3:00pm, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.3454, the Department of Defense Authorization bill. There will be no roll call votes during Monday’s session of the Senate.

No Scheduled Confirmation Business at this hour.

Hearings Agenda

No Scheduled Hearings Monday

Scheduled Hearings - Tuesday 9-21-10

9:30 am
	Armed Services
		Hearings to examine the nomination of General James F. Amos, USMC, for reappointment to the grade of general and the be Commandant of the Marine Corps.

9:15 am

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Business meeting to consider the nomination of Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

2:15 pm
	Foreign Relations

The Committee will consider the nominations of Alexander A. Arvizu, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, Matthew J. Bryza, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Norman L. Eisen, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Joseph A. Mussomeli, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, and Duane E. Woerth, of Nebraska, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, all of the Department of State.

2:30 pm
	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
		Hearings to examine the nomination of Maria Elizabeth Raffinan, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.

2:30 pm
	Intelligence
		Hearings to examine the nomination of David B. Buckley, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency.