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Dr. Hart is an internationally recognized scientist and scholar.He has served on the editorial boards of more than a dozen professional journals, as editor of six scientific volumes, and authored or co-authored over 650 scientific publications.Dr. Hart is credited with developing the first direct proof of the pivotal role of DNA damage in certain cancers.He is internationally recognized for his pioneering work in aging and his studies on nutrition and health.As a result of his contributions to science, Dr. Hart received over two dozen national and international awards and recognitions including the Karl-August-Forester-Preis of the German Academy of Science and Literature.He holds the post of Distinguished Professor at a number of universities including Cairo University, Moscow State University and Guangzhou University.Dr. Hart has been elected a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, American College of Toxicology (where he served as president in 1981), the Association of Clinical Scientists, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Dr. Hart and his scientific achievements have been featured in a number of popularized books, magazines and television specials.
Dr. Hart founded and managed, at The Ohio State University, what became one of the largest internationally recognized research complexes in that institution's history with competitive research grants totaling over $7 million.As Director of the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) Dr. Hart developed and instituted innovative management methods.Under his leadership, the research output of NCTR increased while the facility overhead decreased.During the same period, NCTR enjoyed enhanced credibility and recognition in the scientific community.As a result of his management initiatives, Dr. Hart received a number of awards including a Presidential citation.Additional endorsement of Dr. Hart's management abilities has come from the private sector including recognition by the American Industrial Research Association, the Grace Commission Report and others.In addition to his scientific and governmental accomplishments, Dr. Hart has served on the board of directors of a number of companies including: Telescan, Inc. (a Paul Allen company), Wireless Services, Inc. (a Steve Wood company), First Commercial Bank, Little Rock, AR, e-School Solutions, and Mindography, Inc..He was one of the initial board members of Telescan, Inc., a co-founder of FarCountries.com and serves on the Advisory Board of VoiceNet, Inc, WaterChef, Inc., as well as others.
Dr. Hart was co-founder and first chair of the board of directors for the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority, an author of the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 1986, chair of the US-USSR Emerging Leaders Conference, Science and Technology Section, 1988, first co-chair of the Intergovernmental Task Force on Technology Transfer in 1988, and in 1991, he and Hillary Rodham Clinton conceived the concept of a regional science and technology residential high school for Arkansas.Dr. Hart received recognition from President Ronald Regan, President (then Governor) Bill Clinton and President Mohamed Mubarak for his visionary efforts.His views on the management of science, creative deployment of scientific resources, management of technology-based industries, and the training/re-training of workers are highly solicited for publication, as keynote addresses, and in the formulation of public and private policies.
Due to Dr. Harts' accomplishments, he is frequently asked to serve in the role of mediator and consensus-builder.In this capacity, he served as chair of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's (OSTP) Task Force on Chemical Carcinogens, the OSTP's Formaldehyde Task Force the Domestic Policy Council's Agent Orange Science Panel, the PHS's Committee to Coordinate Environmental Health and Related Programs, the Food and Drug Administration's Red Dye Number Three Panel, the FDA's Color Additive Committee, the Foundation of the Arkansas School for Math and Science.He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1971.