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From 1997 to 2001, Dr. Moore served as Associate Director for Technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for the Clinton administration. He also served as Science and Technology Advisor to Senator John D. Rockefeller IV. Dr. Moore is the Rudolf and Hilda Kingslake Professor of Optical Engineering at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics where he has served as a faculty member since 1974. In addition, he is a Professor of Business Administration and Entrepreneurship at the Simon Graduate School of Business. He is currently working on several advanced projects including the James Webb Space Telescope, which will be the replacement for the Hubble telescope. From 2002 until 2004, Dr. Moore served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Infotonics Technology Center Inc., an industry, academia, and government partnership to foster cutting-edge research prototyping of new technology and economic development in Upstate New York state. Dr. Moore founded Rochester-based Gradient Lens Corp., which makes and sells industrial boroscopes. Other major areas of Dr. Moore’s research include computer-aided design and design for manufacturing methods, the manufacture of optical systems, medical optics and optics for minimally invasive surgery, and optical instrumentation. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Rochester Museum and Science Center. Dr. Moore earned a doctorate and master’s degree in Optics from the University of Rochester. His undergraduate degree was received from the University of Maine in Physics. Dr. Moore was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1998. | 