France A. Córdova
France Córdova | |
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Córdova in 2017 | |
| 14th Director of the National Science Foundation | |
| In office March 31, 2014 – March 31, 2020 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Subra Suresh |
| Succeeded by | Kelvin Droegemeier (acting) Sethuraman Panchanathan |
| 11th President of the Purdue University System | |
| In office July 16, 2007 – June 30, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Martin C. Jischke |
| Succeeded by | Timothy Sands (acting) Mitch Daniels |
| 7th Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside | |
| In office July 1, 2002 – July 1, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Raymond L. Orbach |
| Succeeded by | Timothy P. White |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 5, 1947 |
| Spouse | Christian Foster |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) California Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | National Science Foundation Purdue University University of California, Riverside University of California, Santa Barbara NASA Pennsylvania State University Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Thesis | X-ray observations of dwarf novae (1979) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gordon Garmire |
France Anne-Dominic Córdova (born August 5, 1947) is an American astrophysicist. She served as the 11th president of Purdue University from 2007 to 2012 and as the 14th director of the National Science Foundation from 2014 to 2020. She currently serves as the president of the Science Philanthropy Alliance.