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Susanne Lee Huttner was named Director of the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry as of 1 September 2007.
Ms. Huttner, an American citizen, has brought with her over 20 years of experience in the fields of research initiatives and science and technology partnership.
Prior to joining the OECD, she was Associate Vice-Provost for Major Research Initiatives and Industry Partnerships in the University of California System, Office of the President, where she worked from 2001 to 2007.
Over the past decade, she has been responsible for the California Institutes for Science and Innovation and the Industry-University Cooperative Research Programme, which engage hundreds of R&D companies and represent a joint research investment portfolio of more than $2 billion from industry, university, and government sources. These economic development initiatives advance new paradigms for performing science and engineering research. She also oversaw the University of California Economic Research Program that develops quantitative measures of contributions from industry-university research activities and improves understanding of the role of public research investments in regional economies.
Between 1985 and 2001, she was director of two biotechnology programmes, the Systemwide Biotechnology Research and Education Program and the BioSTAR Project, which expanded regional basic research and workforce development, and promoted public understanding and scientifically sound public policy making in health, agriculture, environment, and the economy. She also taught neurobiology at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
Most of her career has focused on leading innovative research initiatives aimed at sustainable regional development through university basic research capacity partnered with commercial R&D capacity of entrepreneurial life science and high technology businesses. This work has involved innovative approaches to building consensus among diverse actors, leveraging investments, and mobilising talent.
Ms. Huttner holds a B.A. and a PhD in Neuroscience from the University of California at Berkeley and a University of California Management Institute certificate.
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