Richard Meserve is senior of counsel with the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP. From 1999 to 2003, Meserve was chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Early in his career, he served as legal counsel to President Carter’s science and technology adviser and was a law clerk to Justice Harry A. Blackmun of the U.S. Supreme Court.
From 2004 to 2022, Meserve served as chairman of the International Nuclear Safety Group, chartered by the International Atomic Energy Agency. He is a former president of the Carnegie Institution for Science, which conducts research in neuroscience, astronomy, and biology. Meserve earned a Bachelor of Arts from Tufts University, a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, and a Ph.D. in applied physics from Stanford University.