Former Tufts University Vice Provost for Research, Dr. Diane L. Souvaine elected as the chair of the National Science Board.
She has been a faculty member at Tufts since 1988, as a Professor of Computer Science and an Adjunct Professor of Mathematics. Served as the Vice Provost for Research from 2012 to 2016, as a senior advisor to the Provost from 2016-2017, and Chair of the Department of Science from 2002-2009.