Laura Greene, former Chair of the IUPAP Commission on Structure and Dynamics of Condensed Matter (C10)  and current Vice-President at Large with the responsibility for Outreach and Ethics of our Union has been appointed to the US President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) on September 22, 2021. Established in 2001, PCAST consists of distinguished individuals from industry, academia, and non-profit organizations who advice the US President on policy matters where the understanding of science, technology and innovation is key. “I am humbled and honored to be selected to advise the president on science and technology policy,” said Laura Greene to APS News. We are certain that Laura will bring into this Council some of the key ideas that underlie IUPAP’s goals, particularly those that seek to promote the use of physics to solve the problems of concern for humanity.