Jim Turner

Jim Turner began working in January 2009 for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) as a consultant on energy policy. This follows a career of over 30 years working for the House of Representatives, 29 of which were on the Professional staff of the Committee on Science and Technology which he first joined in 1977 and returned in 1984 after three years in the private sector. Most recently Jim was the Science Committee’s Chief Counsel and worked across the board on the Committee's legislative agenda, which has jurisdiction over non-defense federal scientific research and development. In 2009 he has been chosen to receive the Bayh-Dole Award of the Association of University Technology Managers and an Award of Appreciation from the American Association for Engineering Education.