Kathie L. Olsen

Kathie L. Olsen is an American neuroscientist who is noted for her work in scientific policy. Between August 2005 and January 2009, she was the Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the National Science Foundation, a United States government agency. She was also NASA's Chief Scientist from May 24, 1999 to April 2002.

She serves on the advisory board of the Journal of Science Policy & Governance.

Book

 * Haug, M, R. Whalen, R.E; Aron, Cl., and Olsen, K (Eds.). The Development of Sex Differences and Similarities in Behaviour. Dordrecht: Kluwar Academic Publishers, 1993.

Book chapters

 * Olsen, K.L. and Carlson, A., "Federal Science Policy: A Perspective from Inside the Beltway" in Defining Values for Research and Technology-The University's Changing Role. Greenough, W.T, McConnaughay, P.  J., and Kesan, J. P.  New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007.
 * Olsen, K.L., "Sex and the Mutant Mouse: Strategies for Understanding the Sexual Differentiation of the Brain," in NATO Advanced Research Workshop: The Development of Sex Differences and Similarities in Behaviour. M. Haug, R. Whalen, Cl. Aron, and K. L. Olsen (Eds.) Dordrecht: Kluwar Academic Publishers, 1993.
 * Olsen, K.L., "Genetic Influences on Sexual Behavior Differentiation," in Sexual Differentiation: A Life-Span Approach, Handbook of Neurobiology. Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology. A. Gerall, H. Moltz, and I. L. Ward (Eds.) Plenum Press, 1992,  pp. 1–40.
 * Olsen, K.L., "Aromatization: Is It Critical for Differentiation of Sexually Dimorphic Behaviors?" in Neurobiology. R. Gilles and J. Balthazart (Eds.) Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1985, pp. 149–164.
 * Olsen, K.L., "Genetic Determinants of Sexual Differentiation," in Hormones and Behavior in Higher Vertebrates. J. Balthazart, E. Prove, and R. Gilles (Eds.). Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1983, pp. 138–158,
 * Fox, T.O., Olsen, K.L., Vito, C.C., and Wieland, S.J., "Putative Steroid Receptors: Genetics and Development," in Molecular Genetics and Neurosciences: A New Hybrid. F.O. Schmitt, S.J. Bird, and F.E. Bloom (Eds.). New York: Raven Press, 1983, pp. 289–306.

Significant articles

 * Olsen, Kathie. L.; Neysa M. Call; Melissa A. Summers; and Ann B. Carlson. "The Evolution of Excellence: Policies, Paradigms, and Practices Shaping U.S. Research and Development. In China, India, and the United States (Special Issue)". Technology in Society: An International Journal, vol. 30, no. 3-4, 2008.

PhD thesis

 * Hormonal mechanisms controlling the development and regulation of male-female differences, Doctoral thesis, 1979