President Trump may not have a science advisor right now, but Secretary of State Rex Tillerson does. His name is Vaughan Turekian, and he was appointed to the post in 2015 . It's not a very old job; it was created by former Secretary of State Madeline Albright in 2000. It's also not a very common job; only seven foreign ministers in the world have a science advisor. Paul Berkman, an oceanographer turned science diplomacy expert at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University,