12 Facts About Kelvin Droegemeier

Kelvin Kay Droegemeier was born on September 23,1958 and is an American research meteorologist, most recently having served as director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Kelvin Droegemeier currently is serving as a professor and special advisor to the chancellor for science and policy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Kelvin Droegemeier was born on September 23,1958, in Ellsworth, Kansas.

Kelvin Droegemeier went on to co-found two centers of the National Science Foundation: the Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms in 1989, and the Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere in 2003.

Kelvin Droegemeier founded and directed the Sasaki Institute, a now-defunct non-profit organization at the University of Oklahoma.

Kelvin Droegemeier became Vice President for Research at the University of Oklahoma in 2009, and held this position until August 2018.

Kelvin Droegemeier was appointed Oklahoma Secretary of Science and Technology in March 2017.

Kelvin Droegemeier was noted for being a strong supporter of federally funded research.

Kelvin Droegemeier would be the first OSTP Director who is not a physicist.

Kelvin Droegemeier was confirmed by the Senate on January 2,2019, the final day of the 115th United States Congress.

Kelvin Droegemeier was sworn in officially on January 11,2019, and then ceremonially by Vice President Mike Pence on February 11,2019.

Kelvin Droegemeier returned to his professorships at the University of Oklahoma when President Trump left office in January 2021.