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Ernest Moniz

1944 - Today

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Ernest Jeffrey Moniz, GCIH (Portuguese: [muˈniʃ]; born December 22, 1944) is an American nuclear physicist and former government official. From May 2013 to January 2017, he served as the 13th United States secretary of energy in the Obama administration. Prior to this, Moniz served as associate director for science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President of the United States from 1995 to 1997 and undersecretary of energy from 1997 to 2001 during the Clinton administration. He is currently the co-chair and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), as well as president and CEO of the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI), a nonprofit organization funded by the natural gas industry that works on climate and energy technology issues, which he co-founded in 2017. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest Moniz is the 820th most popular physicist (down from 807th in 2019), the 13,696th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,304th in 2019) and the 193rd most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ernest Moniz ranks 820 out of 851. Before him are Raja Ramanna, J. Richard Gott, Sidney Drell, Edwin Thompson Jaynes, Albert-László Barabási, and Sabine Hossenfelder. After him are Narinder Singh Kapany, Carver Mead, Richard A. Muller, Gabriele Hegerl, John C. Baez, and Rohini Godbole.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Ernest Moniz ranks 717. Before him are Storrs L. Olson, Bernie Worrell, Dave Morgan, Steve Beshear, Shelley Fabares, and Ibrahim Gambari. After him are David Kelly, Bob Riley, David Gerrold, George Armstrong, Celeste Yarnall, and Julia Phillips.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernest Moniz ranks 13,700 out of 20,380. Before him are David Castañeda (1989), Danielle Panabaker (1987), Henry Heth (1825), Steve Huffman (1983), Rivers Cuomo (1970), and Nick Diaz (1983). After him are Dorothy Fields (1904), Don LaFontaine (1940), Ashley Laurence (1966), David Chokachi (1968), Walt Faulkner (1918), and Catherine Asaro (1955).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Ernest Moniz ranks 193. Before him are Howard Georgi (1947), Arthur Wightman (1922), Daniel Kleppner (1932), J. Richard Gott (1947), Sidney Drell (1926), and Edwin Thompson Jaynes (1922). After him are Carver Mead (1934), Richard A. Muller (1944), John C. Baez (1961), Jacqueline Hewitt (1958), Victoria Kaspi (1967), and Deborah S. Jin (1968).

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