Alan I. Leshner, Substance Abuse

Alan I. Leshner, PhD, is chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and publisher of Science. Dr. Leshner formerly was director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse. He also has held senior positions at the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Dr. Leshner went to NSF from Bucknell University, where he was professor of psychology. While on the faculty of Bucknell, he also held long-term appointments at the Postgraduate Medical School in Budapest, Hungary; at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Research Center; and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. He is the author of numerous book chapters and papers in professional journals. He also wrote a major textbook on the relationship between hormones and behavior. Dr. Leshner received his undergraduate degree in psychology from Franklin and Marshall College and his MS and PhD degrees in physiological psychology from Rutgers University. In 1996, he received the Presidential Distinguished Executive Rank Award, the highest award in federal service.