Neal Lane
- Born: August 22, 1938 (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
Education
- 1960: BSc, University of Oklahoma
- 1962: MS, University of Oklahoma
- 1964: PhD, University of Oklahoma (Physics)
Major Positions
- 1964–1965: Queen's University, Belfast, NSF Research Fellowship
- 1965–1966: University of Colorado, Visiting Fellow, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
- 1966–1972: Rice University, Assistant to Associate Professor, Physics
- 1972–1984: Rice University, Professor of Physics, Space Physics, and Astronomy
- 1984–1986: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Chancellor
- 1986–1993: Rice University, Provost and Professor of Physics
- 1993–1998: National Science Foundation, Director
- 1998–2001: Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, Director and Assistant to the President for Science and Technology
- 2001–2005: Rice University, Edward A. and Hermena Hancock Kelly University Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- 2005–present: Rice University, Malcolm Gillis University Professor
Other Positions
- 1977–1982: Rice University, Chair, Department of Physics
- 1979–1980: National Science Foundation, Director, Physics Division
- 2009–present: Federation of American Scientists, Chair, Board of Directors
Selected Part-Time Positions
- 1977–1978: Chair, Division of Electron and Atomic Physics, American Physical Society
- 1981–1982: Member, Panel on Faculty Positions for Women Physicists, American Physical Society
- 1981–1983: Member, Executive Committee, American Physical Society
- 1981–1984: Councilor at Large, American Physical Society
- 1983–1983: Chair, Panel on Public Affairs, American Physical Society
- 1983–1986: Member, Governing Board, American Institute of Physics
- 1984–1986: Chair, Advisory Panel on Advanced Scientific Computing, National Science Foundation
- 1986–1988: Chair, Panel on Science and Engineering Manpower, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress
- 1986–1988: Chair, Evaluation Panel for the Center for Basic Standards of the National Bureau of Standards, National Research Council
- 1987–1993: Member, Board of Overseers, Superconducting Super Collider
- 1988–1990: Chair, Evaluation Panel of the Center for Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Research Council
- 1990–1993: Member, Executive Committee, Superconducting Super Collider
- 1991–1993: Chair, Panel on Future Opportunities in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Sciences, National Research Council
- 1993–1998: Member, National Science Board
- 2002–present: Adjunct Fellow, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder
- 2003–2005: Chair, Committee on the Transportation of Radioactive Waste, National Research Council
- 2003–2005: Adjunct Professor, Health Sciences Center, Univerity of Texas
- 2004–2007: Member, Advisory Board, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
