BS Angelo State University, Chemistry, 1983
PhD Texas A&M University, Analytical Chemistry, 1988
Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Adi Eisenberg, McGill University, Polymer Physical Chemistry, 1989-1990

Assistant Professor of Polymer Science, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, 1991-1997
Associate Professor of Polymer Science, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, 1997-2004
Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, Univ. of Southern Mississippi, 2004-2007
Adjunct Professor of Polymer Science and Engineering, Univ. of Souther Mississippi, 2007-present
Professor of Chemistry, Virginia Tech, 2007-present
Associate Director, Institute for Critical Sciences and Applied Technology, Virginia Tech, 2010-present

Honors and Awards:
Chair of the Polymer Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society, (Vice-Chair: 2009; Chair-Elect: 2010; Chair: 2011)
Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Macromolecular Science; Pure and Applied Chemistry, 2008-present
Distinguished Service Award, ACS Polymer Division, 2006
Trophy Award for best paper, 2004 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA,  2004
Treasurer of the Polymer Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society, 2003-2005
Chair, 2005 Gordon Research Conference on Ion-Containing Polymers, May 1-6, 2005, Il Ciocco, Barga, Italy
Program Co-Chair, 7th International Symposium on Polymers for Advanced Technologies, PAT, 2003
Distinguished Service Award, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry, 2001
Associate Editor of Polymer Preprints, American Chemical Society, Division of Polymer Chemistry, 1995 – 2000
Elected Member of the Board of Directors, Engineering Properties and Structure Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers, 2000 – 2004
ASEE-Navy Senior Summer Faculty Fellow, China Lake Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake, CA, 1999

Professor Moore's current research interests include: nanoscale characterization of ion-containing polymers; morphological and physical property modifications of semicrystalline ionomers; control of morphology-transport property relationships in PEM fuel cell systems via tailored processing procedures and controlled molecular/supramolecular architecture; characterization and control of actuation behavior in nanostructured ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) artificial muscles; small-angle x-ray and neutron scattering methods for the characterization of morphology and dynamics in nanostructured materials; and polymer-based nanocomposites for improved chemical and physical properties.

1. Park, J.K.; Jones, P.J.; Sahagun, C.; Page, K.A.; Hussey, D.S.; Jacobson, D.L.; Morgan, S.E.; Moore, R.B. “Electrically-Stimulated Gradients in Water and Counterion Concentrations within Electroactive Polymer Actuators,” Soft Matter, 2010, in press.
2. Brown, R.H.; Duncan, A.J.; Choi, J.-H.; Park, J.K.; Wu, T.; Leo, D.J.; Winey, K.I.; Moore, R.B.; Long, T.E “Effect of Ionic Liquid on Mechanical Properties and Morphology of Zwitterionic Copolymer Membranes,” Macromolecules 2010, 43, 790-796. 
3. Lee, M.; Park, J.K.; Lee, H.-S.; Lane, O.; Moore, R.B.; McGrath, J.E.; Baird, D.G. “Effects of Block Length and Solution-Casting Conditions on the Final Morphology and Properties of Disulfonated Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfone) Multiblock Copolymer Films for Proton Exchange Membranes,” Polymer, 2009, 50, 6129-6138. 
4. Park, J.K.; Spano, J.; Moore, R.B.; Wi, S. “Counterion Motions and Thermal Ordering Effects in Perfluorosulfonate Ionomers Probed by Solid-State NMR,” Polymer, 2009, 50, 5720-5727.
5. Park, J.K.; Moore, R.B. “Influence of Ordered Morphology on the Anisotropic Actuation in Uniaxially-Oriented Electroactive Polymer Systems,” ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2009, 1(3), 697-702. 
6. Page, K.A.; Park, J.K.; Moore, R.B.; Garcia-Sakai, V. "Direct Analysis of the Ion-hopping Process Associated with the α-Relaxation in Perfluorosulfonate Ionomers using Quasielastic Neutron Scattering," Macromolecules 2009, 42, 2729-2736.