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John C. Sommerer is the first Director of Science and Technology and the Chief Technology Officer of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., the largest of the DOD University Affiliated Research Centers. JHU/APL provides DOD and NASA with essential capabilities in Combat and Guided Missile Systems, Theater Air Defense, Space Science and Engineering, Strategic Systems Test and Evaluation, Submarine Security, Information Technology, Modeling & Simulation, and Research & Development.Dr. Sommerer has served on several technical advisory bodies for the US Government and is currently Vice Chair of the Naval Research Advisory Committee, senior technical advisory body to the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, and Commandant of the Marine Corps. He has received a number of awards, including being named Maryland's Distinguished Young Scientist in 1994. He has also served as a Director of the Jim Rouse Entrepreneurial Fund and as an Advisor to the Howard County, Maryland new business incubator, NeoTech. | 