August 18, 2000

Energy Department's Research Office Gets a New Leader

After a wait of nine months, the Department of Energy's Office of Science has a new director, although the administrator may hold the post for only a short time.

Mildred S. Dresselhaus, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was sworn in last week to take over the office, which finances most of the agency's campus-based research. She replaces Martha Krebs, who resigned in December.

Ms. Krebs was the longest-serving director of the

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