“Research is one of the top priorities at Florida Atlantic University.”

C. Michael Moriarty, Ph.D. Interim Vice President for Research Florida Atlantic University Dr. Michael Moriarty serves as Florida Atlantic University’s (FAU) Interim Vice President for Research overseeing the offices of the Vice President, Sponsored Research (pre-award), Contracts and Grants (post-award), Technology Transfer and the Florida Atlantic University Research Corporation.

Prior to joining FAU, Dr. Moriarty was the Vice President for Research at Auburn University in Alabama and served in that capacity for more than twelve years. Previously, he was the Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Georgia for six years. At the University of Nebraska he held positions of Assistant Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, Executive Assistant to the President, and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. He has been a tenured research professor for 36 years.

At Auburn, Dr. Moriarty was the chief administrator of a research program approximating $100 million that over twelve years grew at an annual rate of 12%. He also served as the university’s liaison with the Alabama Congressional delegation. Through their efforts and support, Auburn received more than $250 million in Congressionally-directed money over the course of ten years. During his time at Auburn, efforts at commercializing the technology discovered through university research resulted in eleven start-up companies and 53 license agreements with specific industries. Plans to establish a 156 acre campus-based Research Park were initiated and implementation began under his leadership.

Dr. Moriarty served as President of the Auburn Research and Technology Foundation. In addition, he served on the Board of Trustees of the Southeastern University Research Association and the Board of Councilors of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Aetos Technologies, Inc. and CytoViva, Inc.

A native of Schenectady, New York, Dr. Moriarty earned his B.S. in Physics from Carnegie-Mellon University; his M.S. in Engineering Physics and Mathematics from Cornell University; and his Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Dr. Moriarty has taken graduate courses in management at Harvard and has presented invited lectures and seminars at such institutions as the Universities of British Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Malaga (Spain), Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Pittsburgh, Toledo, Virginia, Creighton University, Louisiana State University, Texas Tech University, Utah State University, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech. His research interests include cellular basis of hormone secretion, toxicity of heavy metals and blood markers for detection of malignant tumors. These areas have been funded by the National Science Foundation, five institutes of the National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Army.

Dr. Moriarty and his wife, Donna, have three children (Megan, David and Brent) and six grandchildren.

Updated February 2008