Ellis Rubinstein is an innovator and change agent. As the leader of the 200-year-old New York Academy of Sciences for 15 years, he established one of the world’s greatest networks to address many of the planet’s grand challenges. The Academy has partnered with the United Nations Secretary General and UN agency heads on sustainability; advised heads of state, ministers, and mayors on science, technology, and innovation policy; and established more than 1,000 partnerships with corporations, universities, and non-governmental organizations in areas ranging from Alzheimer’s disease and malnutrition to “smart cities,” early childhood development, and science and math education. Under Rubinstein, the Academy is also developing an unmatched network of the world’s most promising young scientists and engineers, and has created the Global STEM Alliance to identify, inspire, and empower a million or more high school students in science- and technology-related careers.

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A 1967 magna cum laude graduate in English literature of the University of California, Berkeley, where he also attended graduate school, Rubinstein taught high school English before becoming a journalist. He is a Fellow of the AAAS, a lifetime member of the IEEE, and a foreign member of Sweden’s Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences. He has been a member of the National Association of Science Writers since 1989. Rubinstein was a member of the World Economic Forum, moderating panels in Davos, Switzerland, and he also participates on the Council of Japan’s prestigious Science & Technology in Society (STS) Forum, among other external activities. He holds honorary degrees in communications from Hallym University in South Korea and in science from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.