Chemist Named as Northwestern’s Vice President for Research

Summer 2003, Volume 25, Number 1

	C. Bradley Moore, the newly appointed VP for research, chats with Fay Lomax Cook.

C. Bradley Moore stepped into his new role as vice president for research at Northwestern University on May 1. Moore, an internationally recognized chemist, was recruited from Ohio State University where he was vice president of research, following an intensive, nationwide search. His mandate is to help Northwestern to continue expanding and enhancing the University’s research efforts. Current research volume is $324 million, which has doubled over the past nine years.

“We had a large field of excellent candidates to choose from, and Brad Moore just stood out as the cream of the crop,” said Fay Lomax Cook, IPR’s Director and professor of human development and social policy, who was part of the search committee.

During a meeting with several IPR faculty members shortly after his arrival, Moore praised Northwestern’s community of “first-class scholars that made this an extremely attractive place to come to,” he said. “I’m looking forward to helping you to build research programs that can have a major impact on society.”

A first-rate scholar, Moore has worked on molecular energy transfer, chemical reaction dynamics, photochemistry, and spectroscopy. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1986 and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, and is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Over the years, his work has been recognized by more than a dozen fellowships and awards.

Prior to joining Ohio State, Moore was a faculty member at the University of California at Berkeley from 1963 to 2000, serving as chair of the chemistry department and dean of the college of chemistry while there. He received his B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley.