October 15, 1999

Key Research Official to Leave Energy Dept.

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Martha Krebs, the longest-serving director of the Department of Energy's Office of Science, announced last month that she would resign, effective in early December. She is the first woman to hold the position and one of a handful of women who hold important scientific positions in the Clinton Administration.

Ms. Krebs has overseen the Energy Department's financing of university-based civilian research, which includes studies in biology, environmental science,