Dec. 7, 2009
KNOXVILLE -- Dr. Robert "Buddy" Moore, associate dean for research
and graduate programs for the College of Veterinary Medicine, has
been named executive director of the University of Tennessee Space
Institute, UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek announced today.
Moore will begin serving on Jan. 1, 2010. Dr. Stephen Corda, who has
been serving in the role as interim associate vice president and
chief operating officer since July, will return to his faculty and
research post at the institute.
"Dr. Moore is a very well respected and proven administrator who
will lead the institute’s research and instructional mission with an
eye for building new partnerships and graduate enrollment. He is a
proven leader who can help implement strategies to enhance
interdisciplinary projects and take advantage of opportunities,"
said Cheek. "His experience with the university and several key
research centers provides a broad framework for enhanced
collaboration with UT, as well as other universities and public and
private partners."
Moore joined the UT Knoxville faculty in 1981 as an assistant
professor of microbiology. He later served as the head of the
department of microbiology, helping to grow individual and
collaborative research programs. In 2001, he was named associate
dean for research and graduate studies for the College of Veterinary
Medicine. Along with overseeing the college’s research and graduate
programs, he directs the Center of Excellence in Livestock Diseases
& Human Health. He also directs the Comparative and Experimental
Medicine (CEM) Graduate Program, a joint program of the college and
the UT Health Science Center’s Graduate School of Medicine. The CEM
program has seen a dramatic increase in faculty participation,
student enrollment and assistantships as well as support for shared
projects about human and animal health.
Moore has a bachelor's and a master's from Clemson University and a
doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. Before joining the
UT faculty, he served as a staff fellow at the National Institutes
of Health. Throughout his career, he has published significant
research and has been an associate editor of the Journal of
Immunology and editor of Infection and Immunity.
The UT Space Institute, located in Middle Tennessee, is a graduate
education and research institution that was established in 1964 to
focus on research in engineering, physics, mathematics and aviation
systems. Nearly 1,500 graduate degrees -- including more than 180
doctorates -- have been awarded through the institute in partnership
with UT Knoxville’s College of Engineering.
At the recommendation of UT Interim President Jan Simek at its
annual meeting last June, the UT Board of Trustees approved a new
organizational structure that placed reporting responsibilities for
the institute with the Knoxville chancellor.
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