Moore will oversee all University research activities and
will be responsible for the advancement of FAMU’s academic mission through
sponsored programs, contracts, and grants. In addition, he will lead the
University’s efforts in technology transfer, protection of intellectual
property, and licensing.
Moore brings to the role more than two decades of experience in federal, private, and academic research and development experience, including currently serving as associate vice president for institutional advancement and research program development at Auburn University.
“As a researcher and experienced leader, Dr. Moore’s
extensive knowledge and proficiency in research and program development,
cross-organizational relationships and fiscal oversight will provide leadership
and strategic accountability,” said Mangum. “His experience in the
identification, protection, and commercialization of new technologies and
intellectual property will play a critical role in advancing FAMU’s academic
and research mission.”
Mangum added, “The search process to name the next vice
president for research drew candidates from across the nation. Dr. Moore is one
of the few individuals in the country with a unique background experience in
federal, military, private and public academic research, and partnership
development. He brings to FAMU a depth of expertise in building partnerships,
securing commercialization for new products and technologies, as well as
advancing economic development.”
Moore has been the architect of a number of “firsts” during
his career, including securing more than $180 million in competitive federal
contract awards in the past two decades across a variety of federal agencies.
He also led the proposal development for the largest competitive award in
Auburn University history, the Equine Source Plasma Program, to produce
equine-derived antibodies for use in an FDA-licensed Botulinum antitoxin
vaccine, which generated more than $50 million in sales over 10 years and was
anticipated to produce 500 new jobs for the region.
“I am extremely proud and honored to join FAMU. FAMU is an
extraordinary institution with a proud past and a very bright future,” said
Moore. “I look forward to assisting President Mangum, other members of the
University’s leadership team, our world-class faculty, and our students as we
expand our research enterprise. I intend to do my very best to ensure that our
students have every opportunity to expand their individual skills so that they
are highly competitive in the global market place of the 21st century.”
Moore previously served as the director of federal research
program development at the National Agricultural Biosecurity Center at Kansas
State University in Manhattan, Kan., and led a federal Homeland Security
contract to invest more than $200 million in a new agricultural disease center
research complex. He also served as market-sector manager for multiple product
lines, including the Army and Marine Corps’ business activities at the
Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland,
Wash., where he oversaw the business activities for the nation’s fourth largest
national laboratory. Prior to his academic career, Moore served as an active
duty Army officer from 1985 to 1992, including a post as the director of the
U.S. Army’s Chemical Weapons Defense Laboratory in Dugway Proving Ground in
Utah.
Moore received a bachelor of science in biology from Wofford
College, a master of science in biology and microbiology from NC State
University, and a doctorate in kinesiology-exercise physiology from Auburn
University.
He begins his new role in January 2015.