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"Exciting ideas must precede innovation.”
–Dr. Anthony Tether, DARPA, Accelerating Innovation 2005 Conference
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__Dr. Kent A. Murphy, Chief Executive Officer

Kent A. Murphy, Ph.D., founder of Luna Innovations, has served as President, Chief Executive Officer, Treasurer and Chairman of Luna's board since 1992. Dr. Murphy is formerly a tenured professor in Virginia Tech’s Bradley Department of Engineering. He has over 35 patents which have generated hundreds of millions of dollars in product revenue.

In 2001, he was named Virginia SBIR Entrepreneur of the Year, and in 2004 was recognized by the Governor and Science Museum of Virginia as Virginia’s Outstanding Industrialist of the Year.
Dr. Murphy is a founding member of the Virginia Research and Technology Advisory Commission, appointed by the Governor, and continues to serve today. He is also a member of the Greater Washington Board of Trade Virtual Incubator Action Committee, SBIR Steering Committee in association with the National Research Council and the National Academies, and the Potomac Tech Task Force. In May of 2003, Dr. Murphy gave testimony at the Full Committee Hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on S.189, the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and Development Act, a $3.4 billion nanotechnology funding bill.

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