Senior Legal and Technical Fellow

Dr. George Moore, J.D.

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Dr. George Moore is a MIIS Cyber Senior Legal and Technical Fellow at the Middlebury Institute. Concurrently, he is a visiting Scientist in Residence and Adjunct Faculty member at the Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. He teaches courses and workshops in nuclear trafficking, nuclear forensics, cyber security, drones and surveillance as well as various other legal and technical topics. He also manages an International Safeguards Course sponsored by the National Nuclear Security Agency in cooperation with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Dr. Moore has over 40 years of computer programming experience in various programming languages and has managed large database and document systems. He completed IAEA training in cyber security at Brandenburg University and is the first instructor to use the IAEA’s new publication NS22 Cyber Security for Nuclear Security Professional as the basis for a course.

From 2007-2012 Dr. Moore was a Senior Analyst in the IAEA’s Office of Nuclear Security where he was involved with, among other issues, the IAEA’s Illicit Trafficking Database System and the development of the Fundamentals of Nuclear Security publication – the top-level document in the Nuclear Security Series. He is a former staff member of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he had various assignments in areas relating to nuclear physics, nuclear effects, radiation detection and measurement, nuclear threat analysis and emergency field operations. He is also a former licensed research reactor operator (TRIGA).

Dr. Moore has authored numerous technical and legal articles and guides and is a frequent presenter at training programs and technical society meetings. He is a member of a number of professional organizations and presents regularly at their annual meetings. He earned a Bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Masters and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He also holds a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from the University of California’s Boalt Hall School of Law and is licensed to practice law in California and Colorado. In addition, Dr. Moore is a licensed Professional Engineer in California, holds a commercial pilot’s license and acts as a legal expert for Plane and Pilot magazine.