Art Robinson, Ph.D., is a biochemist and research professor at the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine. An expert on energy, medicine and emergency preparedness, he was educated at the Cal Tech and the University of California at San Diego, where he served as a faculty member until co-founding the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine with Pauling in 1973. A five-time Republican nominee for Oregon's 4th congressional district, he also served as chairman of the Oregon Republican Party.