I was happy to see that President elect Obama has recently selected as his new DoE chief, a condensed matter experimental physicist with lab experience. Dr. Steven Chu was honored with a Nobel in the cooling of trapped atoms in 1997, something by all accounts if you keep abreast of current trends has helped many breakthroughs in the last few years in several areas of physics.

The world of DoE certainly needs a science head that knows the experimental condensed matter world with it's broad impact on the future. His biology background is also a definite strength in my opinion given the huge role DoE plays in the genomics area along with many nanotechnology initiatives.

The Atomic Motor certainly wishes him all the best and will miss the hard work the current DoE Secretary Bodman has done for our nation in very tough and challenging times.