 William
O. Berry, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Fellow
Dr. William O. (Bill) Berry
is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Center for Technology
and National Security Policy, National Defense University.
He also holds an appointment as a Senior Research Scientist
in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland.
As the Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Laboratories
and Basic Sciences (2004-2006) and the Director for Basic
Research (2001-2006), Dr. Berry was responsible for providing
scientific leadership, management oversight, policy guidance
and coordination of the $1.3 billion yearly basic research
programs of the Military Services and Defense Agencies. In
this capacity, Dr. Berry had cognizance over the complete
spectrum of basic research. In addition, he was responsible
for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education
and workforce issues, policy for grants, policy for defense
laboratories and international science and technology programs.
Dr. Berry began his association with the Department of Defense
as a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow at the
Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory in 1976. At
the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (1978-1997) he
was responsible for the Air Force’s basic research program
in chemistry and life sciences. From 1983-1988 he served on
the Aerospace Medical Panel of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development.
Dr. Berry served as the U.S. Principal Member on the NATO
Research and Technology Board (2005-2006) and as the U.S.
Washington Deputy for The Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP)
with Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom
(2001-2006). From 1997-2001, Dr. Berry served as the Associate
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Science Technology
and Engineering and Director of the Washington Office of the
Air Force Research Laboratory.
Dr. Berry’s research publications are in the fields
of environmental toxicology and neuroscience. He is the co-editor
of four scientific books and monographs. Dr. Berry earned
a BS in Biology from Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA,
a MAT in Zoology from Miami University, Oxford, OH, and a
Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Vermont, Burlington,
VT. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement
of Science and Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.
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