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Interim Chair and Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Professor Robert Watson has been the Chief Scientific Adviser for Defra since September 2007, and received a knighthood in January 2012.
His main role is to provide ministers with the best possible scientific advice and build on existing measures to ensure that science and technology are used to inform policy.
He also supports the UK Government's scientific work on minimising the effects of climate change and improving sustainability by promoting consistency across Defra and working together with other government departments.
Bob Watson was previously at the World Bank where he was the Chief Scientist and Senior Adviser for Sustainable development. He has also held senior positions at NASA and, more recenlty at the White House, where he was responsible for ensuring that science underpinned policy making.
