Kent A. Murphy, Ph.D.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Murphy is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Luna Innovations Incorporated. He has founded and built three additional companies that were later sold to a Fortune 300 company, a multi-billion dollar European firm and a billion dollar biotech company, and has taken Luna Innovations public.

Dr. Murphy is a founding member and Co-Chairman of the Virginia Research & Technology Advisory Commission (VRTAC) and Co-Chairman of the Productivity Advisory Committee, which offers advice on the Commonwealth of Virginia's approach to effective and efficient government operations. Both of these positions are appointed by the Governor of Virginia. Dr. Murphy is a member of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Steering Committee in association with the National Research Council and the National Academies. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Northern Virginia Technology Council and is also a member of the VirginiaFIRST Executive Advisory Board, a non-profit organization that has a focus to make science, math, engineering and technology exciting to youth.

In 2004, Dr. Murphy was recognized by the Governor and Science Museum of Virginia as an Outstanding Industrialist of the Year and Luna was recognized with a Governor's Technology Award for Entrepreneurship in 2005. In 2007, Luna was recognized with an R&D 100 award for its test / measurement instrument, the Optical Backscatter Reflectometer™. This award recognizes the 100 most technologically significant new products introduced into the marketplace. The company is also a three-time recipient of the highly prestigious Tibbetts Award, which is presented to companies that best exemplify the philosophy and doctrine of the SBIR program.

Dr. Murphy began his career in fiber optics at age 19 when he received multiple patents for fiber optic couplers. He has a portfolio of more than 35 patents in the areas of telecommunications, sensing for oil and gas and aerospace, diagnostics for pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Dr. Murphy received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, where he became a tenured professor.

Dale Messick

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Messick has served as our Chief Financial Officer since August 2006. He is a strong financial executive with more than 20 years of experience in accounting and financial reporting, pre-initial public offering and IPO activities, and management of a multi-national company with revenue in excess of $900 million. Other areas of expertise include international operations, cost control, forecasting, budgeting, and significant strategic and tactical planning. He began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he worked for seven years in rapidly advancing positions of leadership within the firm. In 1993 he joined Worldspan as an Assistant Controller before being named Chief Financial Officer. While there, he prepared Worldspan twice for a public offering, the first resulting in a leveraged buy out and the second in a new public debt offering. Mr. Messick received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the College of William and Mary and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Scott A. Graeff

Chief Commercialization Officer and Treasurer

Mr. Graeff has served as our Chief Commercialization Officer since August 2006. He is responsible for defining the company's commercialization and strategic initiatives, presiding over the Company's Investment Committee and leading all business development activities. Prior to this role, Mr. Graeff served as our Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, and was a member of Luna's Board of Directors from August 2005 until March 2006. He has financial management, strategic planning and capital markets experience in both privately and publicly held companies. During his career, Mr. Graeff has been the Managing Director of a venture capital fund, the CFO of a software technology company that was sold to a Fortune 500 Company, and has held senior-level positions at various investment banking firms. In these various roles, Mr. Graeff has completed a public offering and has been involved with mergers and acquisitions with a notional value of more than $8 billion. He is experienced in a broad range of capital market transactions, strategic planning, and financial management. Mr. Graeff holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce from the University of Virginia.

Scott A. Meller

President, Technology Development Division

Mr. Meller has served as President of Luna's Technology Development Division (formerly named the Contract Research Division) since September 2005. He has a proven track record in identifying and bringing leading technologies to market. From May 2004 to September 2005, Mr. Meller served as Luna's Chief Operating Officer. From October 2002 to May 2004, Mr. Meller was Luna's Vice President of Research and Development and previously served at Luna Technologies, Inc., now a division of Luna Innovations, as Director of Engineering. He joined Luna Innovations in 1996 as a Research Scientist and was a major contributor to early research that led to spin-offs and new products. Mr. Meller holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University, a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech, and is a licensed Professional Engineer. He also holds three patents in optical fiber sensors and devices.

Brian Soller

President, Products Division

Dr. Soller, a Luna employee since 2001, is the President of Luna Innovations’ Products Division. In this capacity he oversees product engineering, development, marketing and manufacturing operations. Previously, Dr. Soller served as Vice President and General Manager of the Luna Technologies group, where his strategy and execution helped establish Luna Technologies as an internationally recognized leader in fiber optic test solutions. He received his doctorate in Optical Science as a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellow in optical science at the University of Rochester in New York, and earned his bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Physics from the University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse where he studied as a Goldwater Scholar. Dr. Soller has authored numerous publications and has several patents pending.

Robert Lenk

President, Luna nanoWorks Division

Dr. Lenk has served as President of Luna's nanoWorks Division since August 2005. During his career, he has founded three companies, led two IPO's and successfully brought drugs to market. Since December 2003, Dr. Lenk has served as President of Oncovector Inc., a biopharmaceutical company. He has also served as a member of Oncovector's Board of Directors since May 2003. From July 1999 to September 2003, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Therapeutics 2000, an inhalation pharmaceutical research company. Dr. Lenk holds a doctorate in Cell Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.