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Dr. Wade M. Poteet Ph.D. Principal Scientist is a research physicist whose work has focused primarily on advanced instrumentation in optics electro-optics and detector technologies. For CDEX Dr. Poteet is responsible for research and development of remote species detection technologies and applications for new products. He joined CDEX in 2001 after a nearly 40 year career in this field with a range of public research institutions and private companies including CP Systems System Specialists Infrared Laboratories LTA E/ERG The University of Arizona Rice University and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. His work has led to the development of products in the detection of explosives and illegal or counterfeit drugs commercial infrared cameras and an array of aerospace optical instrumentation. Dr. Poteet has published more than 45 referenced papers and 250 technical reports for the private sector and government agencies and has been the recipient of NASA certificates of recognition and a public service group award in 1986 for his work on a Spacelab 2 research program. Dr. Poteet holds a Ph.D. in Experimental Solid State Physics an M.S. in Physics and a B.S. in Physics from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. | 