Alondra Nelson (NAM) is the Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study and there leads the Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab. Nelson’s research takes an innovative approach to the social sciences in generative dialogue with other fields. She connects these dimensions in a range of publications including the books Genetics and the Unsettled Past and The Social Life of DNA, as well as articles in Science, PLOS: Computational Biology, PLOS: Medicine, Genetics in Medicine, WIRED, Foreign Affairs, and the American Journal of Public Health. Her writing, reviews, and commentary have been featured in national and international media outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, Die Zeit, Le Monde, Foreign Policy, NPR, and CNN. Between 2021-2023, she was deputy assistant to President Joe Biden and acting director and principal deputy director of science and society at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). At OSTP, Dr. Nelson led the development of the “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights,” which was a cornerstone of President Biden’s executive order on artificial intelligence. She also served as an inaugural member of the Biden Cancer Cabinet, strengthened evidence-based policymaking and scientific integrity, and galvanized a multisector strategy to advance equity and excellence in STEM, among other accomplishments. In recognition of Dr. Nelson’s public service tenure, Nature included her in the list of “Ten People Who Shaped Science” in 2022. In 2023, she was named to the inaugural TIME100 list of most influential people in AI and was also appointed to the United Nations High-Level Advisory Board on AI. In 2024, she was appointed to the National Science Board. Nelson is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Medicine, and the Council on Foreign Relations. She is the recipient of honorary degrees from Northeastern University, Rutgers University, and the City University of New York.