Biographical Sketch: Dr. Ronald W. Moses, Jr.
ASE Co-founder
Dr. Moses, a native of Ames, Iowa; received his B.S. with Honors in physics from Iowa State University in 1963 and earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1968. At Wisconsin, he entered the field of electron optics as related to the electron microscope, developing novel lens system optimization techniques. His work in electron microscopy continued as Ron held an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, England; followed by research positions at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, and the University of Chicago. He returned to the University of Wisconsin in 1973, working in the fields of magnetic energy storage and fusion energy. While there, he also taught two courses in basic physics in the Nuclear Engineering Department.
Dr. Moses became a staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1976, working on the theory of magnetic confinement fusion. He was instrumental in the development of numerous new models of plasma heating and confinement using both MHD and kinetic theory. Over time, he worked on a variety of subjects in the fields of: plasma physics, ionospheric physics, electromagnetic detection of buried objects, synthetic aperture radar, pulsed power, charged-particle optics, fluid dynamics, ductile failure of metals, and energy production and storage. As an example, Dr. Moses was central to the design and optimization of the GENESIS solar wind concentrator that successfully collected solar wind ions to determine isotopic ratios in the sun. He retired from LANL on July 1, 2005, and has been an independent consultant, working with LANL and Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore. He is co-founder of Applied Science Enterprises, llc. Dr. Moses is a member of the American Physical Society.
Dr. Moses, a native of Ames, Iowa; received his B.S. with Honors in physics from Iowa State University in 1963 and earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1968. At Wisconsin, he entered the field of electron optics as related to the electron microscope, developing novel lens system optimization techniques. His work in electron microscopy continued as Ron held an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, England; followed by research positions at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, and the University of Chicago. He returned to the University of Wisconsin in 1973, working in the fields of magnetic energy storage and fusion energy. While there, he also taught two courses in basic physics in the Nuclear Engineering Department.
Dr. Moses became a staff member at Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1976, working on the theory of magnetic confinement fusion. He was instrumental in the development of numerous new models of plasma heating and confinement using both MHD and kinetic theory. Over time, he worked on a variety of subjects in the fields of: plasma physics, ionospheric physics, electromagnetic detection of buried objects, synthetic aperture radar, pulsed power, charged-particle optics, fluid dynamics, ductile failure of metals, and energy production and storage. As an example, Dr. Moses was central to the design and optimization of the GENESIS solar wind concentrator that successfully collected solar wind ions to determine isotopic ratios in the sun. He retired from LANL on July 1, 2005, and has been an independent consultant, working with LANL and Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore. He is co-founder of Applied Science Enterprises, llc. Dr. Moses is a member of the American Physical Society.