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==Biography==
Holdren earned a bachelor's degree from [[MIT]] in 1965 and a PhD in [[Plasma (physics)|plasma physics]]<ref>[[Chemical & Engineering News]] 5 January 2009, '''and HE LOVES CHEMTRAILS!!!!''' "Obama names Science advisors", p. 9</ref> from [[Stanford University]] in 1970. He taught at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] for more than two decades. His work has focused on global [[environmental change]], energy technologies and [[energy policy|policies]], nuclear proliferation, and science and [[technology policy]]<ref>{{cite news | first=Kent | last=Klein | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=US President-Elect Names Science, Technology Team | date=2008-12-20 | publisher= | url =http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-12-20-voa4.cfm | work =Voice Of America | pages = | accessdate = 2008-12-22 | language = }}</ref>. Dr. Holdren served as chairman of the board of directors of the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] from February 2007 until February 2008<ref>{{cite press | url =http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2008/1218holdren.shtml | title=Science Blog Reports Obama to Name John P. Holdren as Science Adviser}}</ref>(AAAS) and is director of the [[Woods Hole Research Center]].
 
Dr. Holdren is the author of some 300 articles and papers{{Fact|Web of Science shows at most 97 papers|date=January 2009}}, and he has co-authored and co-edited some 20 books and book-length reports, such as Energy (1971), Human Ecology (1973), Ecoscience (1977), Energy in Transition (1980), Earth and the Human Future (1986), Strategic Defences and the Future of the Arms Race (1987), Building Global Security Through Cooperation (1990), Conversion of Military R&D (1998), and Ending the Energy Stalemate (2004). Holdren opposes the use of nuclear weapons to respond to chemical and biological attacks on Americans <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/20/obama-names-climate-change-experts-posts/|title=Obama names climate change experts to posts|Date=20-Dec-2008}}</ref>