Title: From Natural Laws to Writing Laws: A Physicist turned Policymaker

Abstract:The federal government touches all aspects of our lives through its $4 trillion annual budget (less than 4% is for research and development), laws, regulations, rules, and policies.  Dr. Anna Quider will discuss her experience as a physicist-turned-policymaker working within the federal government at the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Department of State, and external to the federal government as a higher education and science advocate.  She will also briefly discuss some of the major science-related issues that are likely to arise in 2017 in relation to the outcome of the congressional and presidential elections.