Maureen Condic is a Professor and Faculty Ombudsman at the Catholic University of America. Before that she was Associate Professor of Neurobiology at the University of Utah with an adjunct appointment in Pediatrics and taught Embryology in the Medical School. (Ph.D., 1989, UC Berkeley) Her research has focused on the role of stem cells in development and regeneration and has been recognized by both the Basil O’Connor and the McKnight awards. In 2015, she was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life, an international scientific advisory body to the Vatican.  n 2018, she was appointed by the President of the United States to the National Science Board, that oversees the National Science Foundation and advises both the President and Congress on scientific issues. Dr. Condic is co-author of Human Embryos, Human Beings: A Scientific and Philosophical Approach (CUA Press, 2018) and author of Untangling Twinning (2019).

More information at https://www.nsf.gov/nsb/members/current_members/condic.jsp
and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_L._Condic