AFRL’s top scientist takes job at OSU

A former COLUMBUS — high-ranking scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory atWright-Patterson will become senior vice president for research at Ohio State University.

Morley O. Stone will earn a base salary of $420,000 to oversee an $864 million researchprogramthroughout the universitywhen he takes the job in August, according to Ohio State.

Stone, whorecentlyretired, helpedopenadowntownDayton satellite offiffice to collaboratewithinnovatorsandtechnology start-upsandpursued commercializationoftechnology out of AFRL’s labs.

He hasmore than 25 years experience in research and developmentandhelpedoversee a $2.3 billion internalAir Forcebudget and$2.5billion budget funded by government agencies and industry at AFRL.

He was involved in awiderange of research, spanning molecular systems biotechnology to human performance. He started as amaterial research engineer at the Materials andManufacturing Directorate atWright-Patterson in 1992 and rose to chief technology offifficer of AFRL.

“Throughouthiscareer, Dr. Stone has built strong, strategic collaboration with academia, industry and governmentorganizations, including Ohio State,” university President Michael Drake sad in a statement.

A former chief scientist at the 711th Human PerformanceWing and amanager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Stone ledAFRLpartnerships withDARPA, theNationalScienceFoundation, NASA, and the Defense Health Agency.

Stone has more than a dozen patents and invention disclosures, OSU said.