135. Steven Chu is the Secretary of Energy

Via Cosmic Variance:

This is fantastic news. Steven Chu, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and 1997 Nobel Laureate in Physics for his work in laser cooling of atoms, has been nominated to be the next Secretary of Energy in the Obama administration. (Thanks to Elliot in comments.) This post is enormously important for science in general and physics in particular, as the DOE is responsible for much of the funding in physics and a lot of other R&D work. It?s also, needless to say, a crucial position for determining the country?s energy policy at a time when strong and imaginative leadership in this area is crucial.

It is so great to feel that I was wrong about Obama and he is going to actually listen scientists. Moreover, he is going to listen them every single day during his morning briefing

Prof. Chu seems to be perfect match for the job: he is active researcher working on the cutting edge of science, he is enormously respected, he perfectly knows how to establish healthy interactions between universities and industry leaders (try googling the research pact between UC Berkeley and British Petroleum).