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About Carnegie Corporation
Bruce
Alberts
Trustee, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Bruce
Alberts, a prominent biochemist with a strong commitment to the
improvement of science education, began service as editor-in-chief
of Science on March 1, 2008. Alberts is also a professor in the
department of biochemistry and biophysics at the University of California,
San Francisco in 2005, a position he returned to after serving two
six-year terms as the president of the National Academy of Sciences
(NAS) in Washington, D.C.
During
his tenure at the NAS, Alberts was instrumental in developing the
landmark National Science Education standards that have been implemented
in school systems nationwide. The type of “science as inquiry”
teaching we need, says Alberts, emphasizes “logical, hands-on
problem solving, and it insists on having evidence for claims that
can be confirmed by others. It requires work in cooperative groups,
where those with different types of talents can discover them –
developing self confidence and an ability to communicate effectively
with others.”
Alberts
is also noted as one of the original authors of The Molecular
Biology of the Cell, a pre-eminent textbook in the field now
in its fifth edition. For the period 2000 to 2009, he serves as
the co-chair of the InterAcademy Council, a new organization in
Amsterdam governed by the presidents of 15 national academies of
sciences and established to provide scientific advice to the world.
Committed
in his international work to the promotion of the “creativity,
openness and tolerance that are inherent to science,” Alberts
believes that “scientists all around the world must now band
together to help create more rational, scientifically-based societies
that find dogmatism intolerable.”
Widely
recognized for his work in the fields of biochemistry and molecular
biology, Alberts has earned many honors and awards, including 15
honorary degrees. He currently serves on the advisory boards of
more than 25 non-profit institutions. He is a Trustee of the Gordon
and Betty Moore Foundation, a member of the advisory board of the
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and the immediate past president
of the American Society of Cell Biology.
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