Norman P. Neureiter, PhD is Director of the Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a post he has held since 2003. Prior to that, Dr. Neureiter was appointed as a Distinguished Presidential Fellow for International Affairs at the National Academy of Sciences, which followed his completion of a three-year assignment as the first Science and Technology Adviser to the U.S. Secretary of State. In 1973, Dr. Neureiter joined Texas Instruments (TI), where he held several positions, including Manager, East-West Business Development; Manager, TI Europe Division; Vice President, Corporate Staff; and Vice President of TI Asia, where he was resident in Tokyo for five years. He obtained his PhD in organic chemistry from Northwestern University and was a Fulbright Fellow in the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Munich. He speaks German, Russian, Polish, French, Spanish and Japanese